Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
Financial Analysts Journal
ISSN 0015-198X · eISSN 1938-3312 · Association for Investment Management and Research
Financial Analysts Journal: CAS Zone 3 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.11; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 234 days to acceptance (50 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 8% (journal website); 32 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Financial Analysts Journal is published by Association for Investment Management and Research and is in Zone 3 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Financial Reporting and Valuation Research and Corporate Finance and Governance, together about 34.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting and Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Financial Analysts Journal aims to be the leading practitioner journal in the investment management community. Over the last 76 years, the journal has continued to advance the knowledge and understanding of the practice of investment management through the publication of rigorous, peer-reviewed, practitioner relevant research from leading academics and practitioners. We entertain submissions on all topics related to investment management provided that: The findings are useful for investment practitioners. The findings have inference and application to an investment management audience beyond a particular region or sector. The exposition is not excessively theoretical or technical, although we recognize that a technical presentation may sometimes be necessary. The arguments incorporate practical considerations, such as trading costs, liquidity, availability of information etc.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS, FINANCE
Editor-in-chief William GoetzmannPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 8%); most named United States 4, Hong Kong, China 2, Mainland China 1, United Kingdom 1, Germany 1 (12 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance19%
- Financial Reporting and Valuation ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting9%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting6.6%
- Insurance and Financial Risk ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.4%
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting4.8%
- Housing Market and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.4%
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement AnalysisBusiness, Management and Accounting3.9%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceEconLitCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Business Index, Clarivate Analytics, Advanced Placement Source, Book Review Digest Plus (H.W. Wilson), Business Abstracts with Full Text (H.W. Wilson), Business Source Alumni Edition, Business Source Complete, Business Source Corporate, Business Source Corporate Plus, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, Corporate ResourceNet, Current Abstracts, Finance Source, Nonprofit Organization Reference Center, OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson), Public Affairs Index, Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies, TOC Premier (Table of Contents), Elsevier BV, Emerald Publishing Limited, Emerald Management Reviews (Online), Gale, Book Review Index Plus, Business & Company ProFile ASAP
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.11LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.43LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 1.43Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.67LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.67Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 170OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,466OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.78OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 18.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 20%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 351,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,579 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 11 | 8 |
| 2025 | 32 | 13 | 50 |
| 2024 | 22 | 13 | 164 |
| 2023 | 35 | 16 | 312 |
| 2022 | 33 | 14 | 615 |
| 2021 | 27 | 16 | 1,294 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
234 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 164 days – 344 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 37 days (50 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 272 days
- Sample
- 50 articles with submission and acceptance dates (60 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 8%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 29 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 81 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 39 daysPublisher website ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted1
- editorialEditorial Team Executive Editor William Goetzmann, Yale School of Management, United States Managing Editor Luis Garcia-Feijoo, CFA, CIPM, Florida Atlantic Univ…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright
APC may apply for open access publishing; reduced or waived under institutional agreements; no APC for non-OA. Model summary
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis. If you choose not to publish open access in this journal, there is no APC.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal (Open Select). Authors may choose open access; if not, no APC applies. Model summary
Financial Analysts Journal is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability …
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Association for Investment Management and Research
- ISSN
- 0015-198X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1938-3312
- Society / sponsor
- CFA Institute
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 82, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Financial Analysts Journal
What CAS zone is Financial Analysts Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Financial Analysts Journal is in Zone 3 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business, Finance. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Financial Analysts Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.11; CiteScore 4.4, h-index 170.
How long does peer review take at Financial Analysts Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 50 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 234 days (interquartile range 164–344 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 8%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What JCR quartile is Financial Analysts Journal in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Economics.
Where are the editorial board members of Financial Analysts Journal based?
Of the 12 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 8%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (4), Hong Kong, China (2) and Mainland China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Financial Analysts Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Financial Analysts Journal is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, EconLit and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Financial Analysts Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Financial Analysts Journal is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .