Journal profile · Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Finance

Foundations and Trends in Finance

ISSN 1567-2395 · eISSN 1567-2409 · Now Publishers Inc.

Foundations and Trends in Finance: fully open access; 1 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.

Impact factor—No published value
CAS zone—Not in the CAS Journal Ranking
CiteScore quartileQ1Finance · rank 43/342 · 87th percentile
Review time—No reports yet
APC—No source gives fee information
Acceptance—No reports yet
Articles per year12025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Foundations and Trends in Finance is published by Now Publishers Inc.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Corporate Finance and Governance and Financial Analysis and Corporate Governance, together about 45.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Finance and Accounting. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Research area (LetPub): Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Finance

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance20.9%
  2. Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting18%
  3. Financial Analysis and Corporate GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting6.5%
  4. Stochastic processes and financial applicationsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5%
  5. Private Equity and Venture CapitalBusiness, Management and Accounting5%
  6. Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.3%
  7. Economic theories and modelsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.3%
  8. Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.6%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered

Not covered by this edition.

CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)

SubjectQuartileRankPercentile
FinanceQ143/34287th
Economics and EconometricsQ1103/75586th

Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub

Database indexing

ScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Metrics

Impact metrics and publication volume

Impact

CiteScore 2026-06
8LetPub ·
SJR 2026-06
6.64LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
4.32LetPub ·
h-index
33OpenAlex ·
i10-index
42OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
6.83OpenAlex ·
Share of gold OA articles
0%LetPub ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 53 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
202622272
202511371
202433441
202344404
202211360
202122418

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.

Fees & open access

APC and open-access policy

Fully open accessOpenAlex

Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).

No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Profile

Publication details and official links

Publisher
Now Publishers Inc.
ISSN
1567-2395
Electronic ISSN
1567-2409

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Foundations and Trends in Finance

Which databases index Foundations and Trends in Finance?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Foundations and Trends in Finance is indexed in Scopus.

Is Foundations and Trends in Finance open access, and what is the APC?

Foundations and Trends in Finance is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.

Sources and updates

The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .