Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
Journal of Financial Market Infrastructures
ISSN 2049-5404 · eISSN 2049-5412
Journal of Financial Market Infrastructures: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.3 (journal website); subscription journal; 8 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Financial Market Infrastructures 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, Credit Risk and Financial Regulations and Digital Platforms and Economics, together about 44.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Finance and Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The economic and technological landscape of financial market infrastructures (FMIs) is rapidly evolving and changing how we conduct transactions globally. Efforts to renew and strengthen payment, clearing and settlement systems have been undertaken internationally and the role of new technologies, including digital money, CBDCs, blockchains and smart contracts, is being continuously reassessed.The Journal of Financial Market Infrastructures was the first journal to specialize in publishing peer-reviewed research in FMIs. Today, over a decade after its first publication, the journal continues to offer its readers a selection of the best ideas, developments and analysis in this dynamic and exciting sector of the economy.The Journal of Financial Market Infrastructures considers submissions in the form of technical papers and policy-oriented papers (forum discussions) from academics and practitioners on topics including, but not limited to:Payment and settlement systemsDigital money (including CBDCs) and central bank operationsTrade repositories, central counterparties (CCPs) and central securities depositories (CSDs)Risk management of FMIs (including liquidity, market, counterparty, operational and other risks).Correspondent banking and network analysis of FMIsNon-bank payment service providers and access to central bank payment railsExchanges and multilateral trading platformsRegulation, oversight and supervision of FMIsTokenized deposits and stablecoinsNew technologies for FMIs, including distributed ledger technologies (DLTs), machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI)Abstracting and Indexing: Clarivate Analytics Emerging Sources Citation Index; EconLit; EconBiz; and Cabell’s DirectoryJournal Metrics:Journal Impact Factor: 0.35-Year Impact Factor: 0.4
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS, FINANCE
Editor-in-chief Manmohan SinghPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance27.9%
- Credit Risk and Financial RegulationsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.4%
- Digital Platforms and EconomicsBusiness, Management and Accounting7%
- Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.5%
- Insurance and Financial Risk ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.9%
- Economic theories and modelsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.7%
- Blockchain Technology Applications and SecurityComputer Science4.1%
- Complex Systems and Time Series AnalysisEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.5%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCILetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EconLitPublisher website
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)
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.46OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 10LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 177 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 5 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 7 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 14 | 3 | 52 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
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 websiteAI use, Publication ethics
- AI use Responsible use of artificial intelligence in financial market infrastructures
Jorge Cruz Lopez Volume 13, Number 2 (March 2026) The author investigates current and prospective role of AI in FMIs and develops a principled framework for the responsible use of AI based on the principles of explainability, data stewardship, governance and ethics. Read Now Download PDF
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Editorial differentiation statement Model summary
At Risk.net, we do not believe that delivering financial information is a commodity business. We believe there are opportunities to differentiate and create value for readers.
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
- ISSN
- 2049-5404
- Electronic ISSN
- 2049-5412
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Financial Market Infrastructures
What CAS zone is Journal of Financial Market Infrastructures in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Financial Market Infrastructures 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 Financial Market Infrastructures?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.3; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 16.
Which databases index Journal of Financial Market Infrastructures?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Financial Market Infrastructures is indexed in ESCI. The journal's website also lists EconLit; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Financial Market Infrastructures open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Financial Market Infrastructures 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, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .