Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
Journal of Credit Risk
ISSN 1744-6619 · eISSN 1755-9723 · Incisive Media Ltd.
Journal of Credit Risk: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.76; subscription journal; 19 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Credit Risk is published by Incisive Media Ltd. 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 Credit Risk and Financial Regulations, Banking stability, regulation, efficiency and Financial Distress and Bankruptcy Prediction, together about 58.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Finance and Economics and Econometrics. (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
- Credit Risk and Financial RegulationsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance31.3%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance17%
- Financial Distress and Bankruptcy PredictionBusiness, Management and Accounting10.5%
- Insurance and Financial Risk ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.5%
- Stochastic processes and financial applicationsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.4%
- Housing Market and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance2.5%
- Firm Innovation and GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance2.2%
- Risk and Portfolio OptimizationDecision Sciences2.1%
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)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 0.76LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 103OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.37OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 15LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 524 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 19 | 0 | 7 |
| 2024 | 13 | 0 | 8 |
| 2023 | 17 | 0 | 36 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| 2021 | 14 | 3 | 72 |
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
- Incisive Media Ltd.
- ISSN
- 1744-6619
- Electronic ISSN
- 1755-9723
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Credit Risk
What CAS zone is Journal of Credit Risk in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Credit Risk 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.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Credit Risk?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.76; CiteScore 0.8, h-index 32.
Which databases index Journal of Credit Risk?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Credit Risk is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Credit Risk open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Credit Risk 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .