Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
Financial Management
ISSN 0046-3892 · eISSN 1755-053X · Wiley-Blackwell
Financial Management: CAS Zone 3 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 7.12; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,850; median 257 days to acceptance (51 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 12% (journal website); 49 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Financial Management is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Corporate Finance and Governance, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies and Financial Reporting and Valuation Research, together about 49.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting and Finance. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Financial Management, FMA's flagship quarterly journal, publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed research in all established and emerging areas of financial economics. Financial Management seeks to inform academics and industry professionals on important topics in finance.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS, FINANCE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting22.3%
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance15.4%
- Financial Reporting and Valuation ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting11.5%
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting8.9%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.3%
- Capital Investment and Risk AnalysisEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.3%
- Housing Market and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.1%
- Private Equity and Venture CapitalBusiness, Management and Accounting2.9%
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 3 |
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 2 |
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
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EconLitCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, RePEc
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
- 7.12LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 7.5Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 7.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 8.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 8.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 3.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.5LetPub ·
- h-index
- 156OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,238OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.95OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 37.11%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 37LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 37Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 192,395Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,332 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 47 | 25 | 6 |
| 2025 | 49 | 31 | 90 |
| 2024 | 52 | 34 | 341 |
| 2023 | 33 | 14 | 694 |
| 2022 | 31 | 11 | 870 |
| 2021 | 46 | 5 | 749 |
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
257 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 146 days – 430 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (54 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 291 days
- Sample
- 51 articles with submission and acceptance dates (110 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)
- 12%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 12%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 33 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 33 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 431 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,850 / EUR 2,390 / GBP 1,880 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 250 / USD 350 / USD 280 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- USD 250
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0046-3892
- Electronic ISSN
- 1755-053X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 55, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Financial Management
What CAS zone is Financial Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Financial Management is in Zone 3 of Economics, and in Zone 3 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 Management?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 7.12; CiteScore 8.7, h-index 156.
How long does peer review take at Financial Management?
Based on the dates recorded on 51 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 257 days (interquartile range 146–430 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 12% (2025). 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.
Which databases index Financial Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Financial Management is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EconLit and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Financial Management open access, and what is the APC?
Financial Management is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,850.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .