Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
Journal of Banking Regulation
ISSN 1745-6452 · eISSN 1750-2071 · Springer Nature · 4 issues per year
Journal of Banking Regulation: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.7 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,290; median 173 days to acceptance (69 articles, last 24 months); 37 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Banking Regulation 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 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency, Global Financial Regulation and Crises and Credit Risk and Financial Regulations, together about 45.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Finance and Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Under the guidance of its highly respected Editors and an eminent and truly international Editorial Board, Journal of Banking Regulation has established itself as one of the leading sources of authoritative and detailed information on all aspects of law and regulation affecting banking institutions. Journal of Banking Regulation publishes in each quarterly issue detailed briefings, analyses and updates which are of direct relevance to practitioners working in the field while meeting the highest intellectual standards. Journal of Banking Regulation publishes the latest thinking and best practice on: Basel I, II and III Models for banking supervision International accounting standards Deposit protection Enforcement decisions in banking regulation and supervision Cross-border competition in banking services Corporate governance in banks Harmonisation in banking markets Supervising credit risk Anti-money laundering legislation and regulations Monetary integration Risk capital and capital adequacy Systemic risk in banking operations Cross-border regulation Cross-border bank insolvency Models for banking risk Essential reading for: central bankers banking supervisors financial regulators bankers compliance officers heads of risk management policy makers bank associations lawyers specialising in banking law accountants internal and external bank auditors academics and researchers
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS, FINANCE
Editor-in-chief Dalvinder SinghPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 26, United States 8, Italy 3, Switzerland 3, Portugal 3 (58 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance28.4%
- Global Financial Regulation and CrisesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.7%
- Credit Risk and Financial RegulationsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.6%
- Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.8%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting6.1%
- Insurance and Financial Risk ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.7%
- Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
- Microfinance and Financial InclusionEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3%
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
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 215OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.87OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 33.72%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 36LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 144,600Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 674 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 59 | 17 | 38 |
| 2025 | 37 | 15 | 51 |
| 2024 | 31 | 13 | 148 |
| 2023 | 19 | 7 | 140 |
| 2022 | 26 | 15 | 317 |
| 2021 | 45 | 30 | 560 |
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
173 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 106 days – 261 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 37 days (96 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 209 days
- Sample
- 69 articles with submission and acceptance dates (103 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
- Submission to first decision
- 28 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 3,290 / EUR 2,690 / GBP 2,390 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Reference style
- Vancouver
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- AI use Eva Lomnicka LLM
Professor, School of Law, King's College, University of London, London, United Kingdom
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship When does cyclical credit alignment increase credit risk? Threshold evidence from Vietnamese banks
No submission fee Model summary
Nguyen Chi DucNhat Duy Lai Original Article 03 September 2026 Article: 57
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
COPE member Model summary
This journal, via its publisher Palgrave Macmillan, is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- 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
Green OA self-archiving with 12-month embargo Model summary
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 ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
All papers submitted for publication will be subject to a double-blind refereeing procedure.
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
- 4 issues per year
- ISSN
- 1745-6452
- Electronic ISSN
- 1750-2071
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Banking Regulation
What CAS zone is Journal of Banking Regulation in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Banking Regulation 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 Banking Regulation?
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 3.7, h-index 40.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Banking Regulation?
Based on the dates recorded on 69 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 173 days (interquartile range 106–261 days). 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 Banking Regulation?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≤ 6; Reference style: Vancouver. 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 Banking Regulation based?
Of the 58 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (26), United States (8) and Italy (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Banking Regulation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Banking Regulation 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 Banking Regulation open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Banking Regulation is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,290.
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: .