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Journal of money credit and banking
ISSN 0022-2879 · eISSN 1538-4616 · Wiley-Blackwell
Journal of money credit and banking: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.81; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,800; median 599 days to acceptance (50 articles, last 24 months); 75 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of money credit and banking 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 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact, Economic Theory and Policy and Economic theories and models, together about 42.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Founded in 1969, the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (JMCB) is a leading professional journal read and referred to by scholars, researchers, and policymakers in the areas of money and banking, credit markets, regulation of financial institutions, international payments, portfolio management, and monetary and fiscal policy. The JMCB represents a wide spectrum of viewpoints and specializations in its fields through its advisory board, associate editors, and referees from academic, financial, and governmental institutions around the world.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance17.9%
- Economic Theory and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance12.5%
- Economic theories and modelsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance12.4%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
- Global Financial Crisis and PoliciesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.3%
- Housing Market and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.5%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.7%
- Market Dynamics and VolatilityEconomics, 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 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
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 |
| Minor | Economics | 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
Current ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, RePEc
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
- 1.81LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 227OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,570OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.33OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 32.8%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 55LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 55Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 210,933Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,598 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 62 | 28 | 29 |
| 2025 | 75 | 42 | 31 |
| 2024 | 117 | 71 | 531 |
| 2023 | 120 | 88 | 978 |
| 2022 | 109 | 44 | 1,045 |
| 2021 | 142 | 70 | 1,910 |
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
599 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 469 days – 775 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 119 days (54 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 741 days
- Sample
- 50 articles with submission and acceptance dates (170 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 3,800 / EUR 3,170 / GBP 2,560 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship
- Authorship Journal Metrics: Journal of Money, Credit and Banking
In May 2022 Wiley became a signatory of the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which is a world-wide initiative designed to improve the ways in which the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated. We’re supporting responsible research assessment practices by rolling out a broader range of journal and article metrics publicly available, and helping authors gain deeper insights into the im…
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
- 0022-2879
- Electronic ISSN
- 1538-4616
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 58, Issue 6 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of money credit and banking
What CAS zone is Journal of money credit and banking in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of money credit and banking is in Zone 4 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business, Finance / Economics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of money credit and banking?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.81; CiteScore 3.7, h-index 227.
How long does peer review take at Journal of money credit and banking?
Based on the dates recorded on 50 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 599 days (interquartile range 469–775 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 money credit and banking?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of money credit and banking is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of money credit and banking open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of money credit and banking is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,800.
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: .