Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
Journal of Alternative Investments
ISSN 1520-3255 · eISSN 2168-8435 · Portfolio Management Research
Journal of Alternative Investments: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 30 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Alternative Investments is published by Portfolio Management Research 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 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Market Dynamics and Volatility and Private Equity and Venture Capital, together about 39% of its articles. Its main subfields are Finance. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS, FINANCE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance20.2%
- Market Dynamics and VolatilityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance11.2%
- Private Equity and Venture CapitalBusiness, Management and Accounting7.6%
- Insurance and Financial Risk ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.9%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting5.3%
- State Capitalism and Financial GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
- Financial Risk and Volatility ModelingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.1%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.2%
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 |
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 |
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
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 49OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 263OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.84OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,120 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 30 | 2 | 15 |
| 2024 | 30 | 0 | 51 |
| 2023 | 29 | 1 | 74 |
| 2022 | 45 | 3 | 81 |
| 2021 | 49 | 2 | 105 |
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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
- Portfolio Management Research
- ISSN
- 1520-3255
- Electronic ISSN
- 2168-8435
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Alternative Investments
What CAS zone is Journal of Alternative Investments in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Alternative Investments is in Zone 4 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business, Finance. 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.
Which databases index Journal of Alternative Investments?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Alternative Investments is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Alternative Investments open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Alternative Investments is a subscription 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .