Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH
ISSN 0270-2592 · eISSN 1475-6803 · Wiley-Blackwell
JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.36; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,470; median 344 days to acceptance (87 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 30% (journal website); 66 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Corporate Finance and Governance, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, 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)
The Journal of Financial Research is a quarterly academic journal devoted to publication of original scholarly research in investment and portfolio management, capital markets and institutions, and corporate finance, corporate governance, and capital investment. The JFR, as it is popularly known, has been in continuous publication since 1978 and is sponsored by the Southern Finance Association (SFA) and the Southwestern Finance Association (SWFA).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS, FINANCE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting18.9%
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance18.9%
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting7.8%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.8%
- Housing Market and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5%
- Market Dynamics and VolatilityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.9%
- Financial Reporting and Valuation ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting4.7%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceEconLitCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
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
- 1.36LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- h-index
- 89OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 805OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.43OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 29.12%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 58LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 58Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 97,995Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,661 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43 | 24 | 9 |
| 2025 | 66 | 34 | 61 |
| 2024 | 74 | 39 | 191 |
| 2023 | 70 | 41 | 348 |
| 2022 | 49 | 14 | 269 |
| 2021 | 36 | 12 | 301 |
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
344 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 203 days – 517 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (87 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 367 days
- Sample
- 87 articles with submission and acceptance dates (117 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 30%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 30%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 33 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 33 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 347 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 17 daysPublisher 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 3,470 / EUR 2,900 / GBP 2,330 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- 250
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
- Abstract
- ≤ 100 words
- Reference style
- APA
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright Copyright Submission
If your paper is accepted, theauthor identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Open access is available to authors of primary research articles who wish to make their article available to non-subscribers on publication, or whose funding agency requires grantees to archive the final version of their article. With open access, the author, the author's funding agency, or the author's institutions pays a fee to ensure that the article is made available to non-subscribers upon pu…
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0270-2592
- Electronic ISSN
- 1475-6803
- Society / sponsor
- Southern Finance Association and the Southwestern Finance Association
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 49, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH
What CAS zone is JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH 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 RESEARCH?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.36; CiteScore 1.6, h-index 89.
How long does peer review take at JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH?
Based on the dates recorded on 87 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 344 days (interquartile range 203–517 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 30% (2025). 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 FINANCIAL RESEARCH?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 100 words; Reference style: APA. 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.
Which databases index JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, EconLit and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH open access, and what is the APC?
JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,470.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .