Journal profile · Multiple
Green Finance
ISSN 2643-1092 · AIMS Press · United States
Green Finance: CAS Zone 2 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.4 (journal website); fully open access; no APC; review about 6 weeks (community reports); 30 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Green Finance is published by AIMS Press and is in Zone 2 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Environmental Sustainability in Business and Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, together about 38.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Green Finance (GF) is an international, quarterly published, Open Access journal devoted to publishing peer-reviewed, high quality, original papers in the field of Green finance, Environmental, and Sustainability research and practice.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance18.7%
- Environmental Sustainability in BusinessBusiness, Management and Accounting10.6%
- Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting9%
- Climate Change Policy and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9%
- Sustainable Finance and Green BondsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.8%
- Market Dynamics and VolatilityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.8%
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation PoliciesEnergy5%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology | 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 |
| Minor | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology | Zone 3 |
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 SciencePublisher website
Other: Academic OneFile (Gale)
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)
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 8.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.83LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 98OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.01OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.73%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 28LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 206 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 25 | 13 |
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | 121 |
| 2024 | 28 | 28 | 282 |
| 2023 | 23 | 23 | 316 |
| 2022 | 22 | 22 | 508 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | 974 |
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 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 accepted5
- conference reportsWe publish the following article types: original research articles, reviews, editorials, letters, and conference reports.Length not stated
- editorialsWe publish the following article types: original research articles, reviews, editorials, letters, and conference reports.Length not stated
- lettersWe publish the following article types: original research articles, reviews, editorials, letters, and conference reports.Length not stated
- original research articlesWe publish the following article types: original research articles, reviews, editorials, letters, and conference reports.Length not stated
- reviewsWe publish the following article types: original research articles, reviews, editorials, letters, and conference reports.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open Access journal Model summary
Green Finance (GF) is an international, quarterly published, Open Access journal devoted to publishing peer-reviewed, high quality, original papers in the field of Green finance, Environmental, and Sustainability research and practice.
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
- AIMS Press
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2643-1092
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Green Finance
What CAS zone is Green Finance in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Green Finance is in Zone 2 of Economics, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Business, Finance / Green & Sustainable Science & Technology. 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 Green Finance?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3.4; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 8.3, h-index 32.
How long does peer review take at Green Finance?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 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.
Which databases index Green Finance?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Green Finance is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Green Finance open access, and what is the APC?
Green Finance is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .