Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
Journal of Asset Management
ISSN 1470-8272 · eISSN 1479-179X · Springer Nature · 7 issues per year
Journal of Asset Management: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.7 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,190; review about 33 days (submission to first decision, publisher); 42 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Asset Management is published by Springer Nature 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 Corporate Finance and Governance, together about 42.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics and Finance. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Asset Management covers:new investment strategies, methodologies and techniquesnew products and trading developmentsimportant regulatory and legal developmentsemerging trends in asset managementUnder the guidance of its expert Editors and an eminent international Editorial Board, Journal of Asset Management has developed to provide an international forum for latest thinking, techniques and developments for the Fund Management Industry, from high-growth investment strategies to modelling and managing risk, from active management to index tracking. The Journal has established itself as a key bridge between applied academic research, commercial best practice and regulatory interests, globally.Each issue of Journal of Asset Management publishes detailed, authoritative briefings, analysis, research and reviews by leading experts in the field, to keep subscribers up to date with the latest developments and thinking in asset management.Journal of Asset Management covers:asset allocation hedge fund strategies risk definition and management index tracking performance measurement stock selection investment methodologies and techniques portfolio management and weighting product development and innovation active asset management style analysis strategies to match client profiles time horizons emerging markets alternative investments derivatives and hedging instruments pensions economics
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS, FINANCE
Editor-in-chief Dan di BartolomeoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 12, United States 10, France 4, Canada 3, Hong Kong, China 1 (32 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 Finance25%
- Market Dynamics and VolatilityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.1%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting8.5%
- Financial Risk and Volatility ModelingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.4%
- Housing Market and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.6%
- Stochastic processes and financial applicationsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.2%
- Insurance and Financial Risk ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.6%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | 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
EconLitPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, 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) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.83LetPub ·
- h-index
- 49OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 305OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.08OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 38.52%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 41LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 218,600Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,029 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42 | 15 | 9 |
| 2025 | 42 | 20 | 77 |
| 2024 | 46 | 23 | 185 |
| 2023 | 39 | 17 | 237 |
| 2022 | 49 | 25 | 442 |
| 2021 | 50 | 17 | 479 |
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
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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".
Figures by source
- Submission to first decision
- 33 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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 3,190 / EUR 2,590 / GBP 2,290 | — | — |
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
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
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
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 6,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Self-archiving
- License & copyright Copyright and Permissions
Using third-party material in your articleAuthors are responsible for ensuring that any third-party material (e.g. figures, tables, photos, illustrations, trade literature, or data) is not used without permission. If such material is copyrighted, permission must be obtained and submitted with the final manuscript. The Editor and Publisher must be informed of any restricted-use content at submissio…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access & Self Archiving
Self-archiving (green open access)Where articles are published via the subscription route, authors are permitted to self-archive the accepted manuscript (the version post-peer review, but prior to copy-editing and typesetting) on their own personal website and/or in their funder or institutional repositories, for public release after an embargo period of 12 months after first publication.Learn mor…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Open Access & Self Archiving
Self-archiving (green open access)Where articles are published via the subscription route, authors are permitted to self-archive the accepted manuscript (the version post-peer review, but prior to copy-editing and typesetting) on their own personal website and/or in their funder or institutional repositories, for public release after an embargo period of 12 months after first publication.Learn mor…
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
- Springer Nature
- Frequency
- 7 issues per year
- ISSN
- 1470-8272
- Electronic ISSN
- 1479-179X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Asset Management
What CAS zone is Journal of Asset Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Asset Management 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 3 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Asset Management?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.7 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 49.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Asset Management?
The publisher reports about 33 days (submission to first decision); first decisions include desk rejections. 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 Journal of Asset Management?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≤ 6; Manuscript length: ≤ 6,000 words; Reference style: Chicago. 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 Journal of Asset Management based?
Of the 32 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (12), United States (10) and France (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Asset Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Asset Management is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EconLit; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Asset Management open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Asset Management is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,190.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .