Journal profile · Multiple
Financial Internet Quarterly
ISSN 2719-3454 · Sciendo · Poland
Financial Internet Quarterly: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.6 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 31 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Financial Internet Quarterly is published by Sciendo and is in Zone 4 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Economic and Fiscal Studies, Financial Reporting and Valuation Research and Finance, Markets, and Regulation, together about 26.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting and Finance. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Social Sciences Citation Index Impact Factor 2025: 0.600 Established in 2004 with the support of the National Central Bank of Poland, the Financial Internet Quarterly (FIQ), initially 'Financial Internet Quarterly e-Finanse’, is a scientific Journal published by The University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, Poland. As a peer-reviewed, open-access Journal, FIQ plays a pivotal role in bridging the research gap within the European financial scholarly community, appealing to a wide array of finance professionals, academics, and students. By eliminating Article Processing Charges (APCs), it ensures unrestricted access to its comprehensive research findings.FIQ’s scope spans crucial financial disciplines. It offers insights into corporate finance, focusing on investment strategies and governance. The journal delves into banking, covering risk management and financial innovation, and explores public finance topics like fiscal policy and taxation. It also examines capital markets, analyzing securities trading and market dynamics, alongside addressing insurance, accounting, and legal aspects of financial management. This broad coverage ensures FIQ’s role as a pivotal platform for finance-related discourse, upheld by its distinguished Editorial Board.The Editorial Board, consisting of esteemed scholars, ensures that FIQ maintains rigorous academic standards and relevance in its publications. This commitment positions FIQ as an essential resource for advancing knowledge and fostering dialogue within the global financial community. More Less
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Tomasz SkicaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Poland 7, Italy 2, Spain 2, United States 1, United Kingdom 1 (18 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Economic and Fiscal StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.7%
- Financial Reporting and Valuation ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting8.6%
- Finance, Markets, and RegulationEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.5%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting6.1%
- Accounting Theory and Financial ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting5.7%
- Working Capital and Financial PerformanceBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
- Polish socio-economic developmentEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.2%
- Banking Systems and StrategiesBusiness, Management and Accounting4.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SSCIPublisher website
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 (publisher)
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.65OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 30LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 680 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 14 | 2 |
| 2025 | 31 | 31 | 28 |
| 2024 | 294 | 294 | 529 |
| 2023 | 31 | 31 | 88 |
| 2022 | 30 | 30 | 191 |
| 2021 | 45 | 45 | 312 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Open access
- Authorship
Only accepts manuscripts in English Model summary
The editors at Financial Internet Quarterly only accept manuscripts in English.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Peer-reviewed, open-access journal with no Article Processing Charges (APCs). Model summary
As a peer-reviewed, open-access Journal, FIQ plays a pivotal role in bridging the research gap within the European financial scholarly community
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
- Sciendo
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2719-3454
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 22, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Financial Internet Quarterly
What CAS zone is Financial Internet Quarterly in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Financial Internet Quarterly is in Zone 4 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business, Finance / Economics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Financial Internet Quarterly?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.6; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 15.
How long does peer review take at Financial Internet Quarterly?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Financial Internet Quarterly based?
Of the 18 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Poland (7), Italy (2) and Spain (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Financial Internet Quarterly?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Financial Internet Quarterly is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SSCI; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Financial Internet Quarterly open access, and what is the APC?
Financial Internet Quarterly is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .