Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
Financial Review
ISSN 0732-8516 · eISSN 1540-6288 · Wiley-Blackwell
Financial Review: CAS Zone 3 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,900; median 241 days to acceptance (66 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 23% (journal website); 80 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Financial Review 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 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Corporate Finance and Governance and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, together about 45% of its articles. Its main subfields are Finance. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Financial Review publishes original empirical, theoretical and methodological research providing new insights into issues of importance in all areas of financial economics. Examples of topics include asset pricing, banking, corporate finance, corporate governance, derivative instruments, financial intermediation, financial research methodology, investment management, market microstructure, mergers and acquisitions, risk management, risk measurement, securities pricing and market equilibrium. We seek a global authorship and varied perspectives.Please direct questions to: financialrevieweditors@gmail.com The Financial Review is the official journal of the Eastern Finance Association.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS, FINANCE
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 7%); most named United States 37, Mainland China 4, United Kingdom 4, Australia 4, Canada 3 (60 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 Finance18.3%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting17.4%
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting9.3%
- Financial Reporting and Valuation ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting8.1%
- Housing Market and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.1%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.6%
- Market Dynamics and VolatilityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.7%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | 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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceEconLitPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, 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 (publisher)
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.97LetPub ·
- h-index
- 88OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 794OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.65OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 33.12%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 71LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,016Publisher website ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 72Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 111,530Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,181 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43 | 24 | 4 |
| 2025 | 80 | 44 | 121 |
| 2024 | 53 | 30 | 166 |
| 2023 | 47 | 32 | 237 |
| 2022 | 44 | 14 | 336 |
| 2021 | 40 | 11 | 524 |
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
241 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 148 days – 437 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (67 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 262 days
- Sample
- 66 articles with submission and acceptance dates (126 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)
- 23%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 23%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 35 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 35 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 225 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 15 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 2,900 / EUR 2,450 / GBP 1,930 | — | — |
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
- 175
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Optional
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
- 0732-8516
- Electronic ISSN
- 1540-6288
- Society / sponsor
- Eastern Finance Association
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 61, Issue 3 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Financial Review
What CAS zone is Financial Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Financial Review 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 3 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Financial Review?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 88.
How long does peer review take at Financial Review?
Based on the dates recorded on 66 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 241 days (interquartile range 148–437 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 23% (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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Financial Review?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Financial Review based?
Of the 60 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 7%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (37), Mainland China (4) and United Kingdom (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Financial Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Financial Review is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and EconLit; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Financial Review open access, and what is the APC?
Financial Review is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,900.
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: .