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JOURNAL OF FINANCE
ISSN 0022-1082 · eISSN 1540-6261 · Wiley-Blackwell
JOURNAL OF FINANCE: CAS Zone 1 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 11.92; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,430; median 712 days to acceptance (29 articles, last 24 months); 107 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JOURNAL OF FINANCE is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 1 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Corporate Finance and Governance and Banking stability, regulation, efficiency, together about 34.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Finance and Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance13.9%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting12.4%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.5%
- Financial Reporting and Valuation ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting6.4%
- Housing Market and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.3%
- Economic theories and modelsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.7%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.2%
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting4.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Economics Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview 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
- 11.92LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 16.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 22.27LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 6.52LetPub ·
- h-index
- 692OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6,829OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 13.93OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 27.27%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 78LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 16,139 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 74 | 39 | 141 |
| 2025 | 107 | 64 | 874 |
| 2024 | 116 | 72 | 3,121 |
| 2023 | 114 | 73 | 8,341 |
| 2022 | 97 | 41 | 5,890 |
| 2021 | 106 | 33 | 7,364 |
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
712 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 455 days – 781 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 326 days (32 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 897 days
- Sample
- 29 articles with submission and acceptance dates (204 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".
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 4,430 / EUR 3,750 / GBP 3,300 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0022-1082
- Electronic ISSN
- 1540-6261
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF FINANCE
What CAS zone is JOURNAL OF FINANCE in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, JOURNAL OF FINANCE is in Zone 1 of Economics, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Business, Finance / Economics; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of JOURNAL OF FINANCE?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 11.92; CiteScore 16.8, h-index 692.
How long does peer review take at JOURNAL OF FINANCE?
Based on the dates recorded on 29 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 712 days (interquartile range 455–781 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.
Which databases index JOURNAL OF FINANCE?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JOURNAL OF FINANCE is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is JOURNAL OF FINANCE open access, and what is the APC?
JOURNAL OF FINANCE is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,430.
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: .