Journal profile · ECONOMICS
Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning
ISSN 1052-3073 · eISSN 1947-7910 · Springer Publishing Company
Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning: CAS Zone 2 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 35 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning is published by Springer Publishing Company and is in Zone 2 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis, Housing Market and Economics and Retirement, Disability, and Employment, together about 53.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): ECONOMICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement AnalysisBusiness, Management and Accounting32.5%
- Housing Market and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance13%
- Retirement, Disability, and EmploymentSocial Sciences7.8%
- Psychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionPsychology6.7%
- Housing, Finance, and NeoliberalismEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.4%
- Microfinance and Financial InclusionEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.6%
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingSocial Sciences3.3%
- Global Health Care IssuesHealth Professions3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | 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
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
- 4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 175OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.48OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 47.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 32LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 408 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 35 | 2 | 20 |
| 2024 | 49 | 2 | 150 |
| 2023 | 33 | 2 | 218 |
| 2022 | 28 | 2 | 294 |
| 2021 | 28 | 4 | 372 |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
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Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Springer Publishing Company
- ISSN
- 1052-3073
- Electronic ISSN
- 1947-7910
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning
What CAS zone is Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning is in Zone 2 of Economics, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Economics / Business. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning 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: .