Journal profile · Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Mathematical Finance
ISSN 0960-1627 · eISSN 1467-9965 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · UNITED STATES · Quarterly
Mathematical Finance: CAS Zone 3 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.6; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,840; median 458 days to acceptance (76 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 43 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Mathematical Finance is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd and is in Zone 3 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Stochastic processes and financial applications, Economic theories and models and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, together about 51.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Finance. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Mathematical Finance seeks to publish original research articles focused on the development and application of novel mathematical and statistical methods for the analysis of financial problems. Mathematical Finance aims to serve as a forum for mathematical scientists, financial practitioners and financial economists. Papers should be written in a style accessible to this broad readership. Authors of theoretical papers should describe the motivation and description of the main results and their relevance to finance. Authors of papers focused on applications should present their work in a style accessible to readers who may have less acquaintance with the specific application addressed. Submissions should be presented in a mathematically rigorous style and will be evaluated according to their methodological novelty and their contribution to financial modelling. The suitability of a submission will hinge on the novelty of its approach and the resulting financial insights, rather than its level of mathematical sophistication. Innovative contributions addressing fundamental research questions are highly encouraged. Doctoral students are encouraged to submit contributions to the journal. The journal welcomes contributions on new statistical methods for the analysis of financial problems. Empirical results will be appropriate to the extent that they illustrate a statistical technique, validate a model or provide insight into a financial problem. Papers whose main contribution rests on empirical results derived with standard approaches will not be considered. The journal also welcome contributions focused on the development and analysis of novel computational methods relevant to applications in finance. The use of numerical experiments is encouraged, if accompanied by a rigorous analysis in support of theoretical developments. Routine applications of computational methods to financial data will not be considered. Submissions will be screened by the Editor and, if deemed suitable for the journal, will be assigned for review to an Associate Editor who may seek the opinions of outside reviewers and prepare a recommendation for the Editor. Editorial Board members are welcome to submit papers to the journal. Submissions by an Associate Editor will follow the above process and will be handled by another Associate Editor. Submissions by the Editor will be reviewed by the Advisory Board.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Editor-in-chief Rama ContPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United States 18, France 10, United Kingdom 6, Switzerland 6, Germany 4 (52 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Stochastic processes and financial applicationsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance28.7%
- Economic theories and modelsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance13.4%
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.6%
- Financial Risk and Volatility ModelingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.9%
- Risk and Portfolio OptimizationDecision Sciences7.7%
- Complex Systems and Time Series AnalysisEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.5%
- Capital Investment and Risk AnalysisEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.5%
- Credit Risk and Financial RegulationsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
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 |
| Minor | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods | 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 | Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
INSPECMathSciNetzbMATHEconLitCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, 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
- 3.6LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.76LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 68LetPub ·
- h-index
- 136OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 754OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.71OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 43.93%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 34Publisher website ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2024
- 34Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 118,585Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,429 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 45 | 35 | 35 |
| 2025 | 43 | 30 | 57 |
| 2024 | 30 | 16 | 110 |
| 2023 | 62 | 51 | 750 |
| 2022 | 33 | 21 | 318 |
| 2021 | 42 | 21 | 328 |
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
458 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 348 days – 553 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 26 days (76 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 486 days
- Sample
- 76 articles with submission and acceptance dates (88 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 32 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 32 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 461 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 27 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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 3,840 / EUR 3,190 / GBP 2,590 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–200 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 7
- Reference style
- APA
- Cover letter
- Optional
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
The journal requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. Potent…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
The journal recognizes the many benefits of archiving research data. The journal expects you to archive all the data from which your published results are derived in a public repository. The repository that you choose should offer you guaranteed preservation (see the registry of research data repositories at https://www.re3data.org/) and should help you make it findable, accessible, interoperable,…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Read Wiley’s Top 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here. Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines can be found here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is the author’s responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ at http://exchanges.wiley.com/authors/faqs---copyright-terms--conditions_301.html
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review and Acceptance
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to journal readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are single-blind peer reviewed. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements. Wiley's policy on the confidentiality of the review …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint policy:
Wiley believes that journals publishing for communities with established pre-print servers should allow authors to submit manuscripts which have already been made available on a non-commercial preprint server. Allowing submission does not, of course, guarantee that an article will be sent out for review. It simply reflects our belief that journals should not rule out reviewing a paper simply becau…
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 Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 0960-1627
- Electronic ISSN
- 1467-9965
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 36, Issue 4 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Mathematical Finance
What CAS zone is Mathematical Finance in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Mathematical Finance is in Zone 3 of Economics, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications / Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods / 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 Mathematical Finance?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.6; CiteScore 5.7, h-index 136.
How long does peer review take at Mathematical Finance?
Based on the dates recorded on 76 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 458 days (interquartile range 348–553 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10% (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 Mathematical Finance?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–200 words; Keywords: ≤ 7; Reference style: APA; Cover letter: Optional. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Mathematical Finance based?
Of the 52 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (18), France (10) and United Kingdom (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Mathematical Finance?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Mathematical Finance is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists INSPEC, MathSciNet, zbMATH, EconLit and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Mathematical Finance open access, and what is the APC?
Mathematical Finance is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,840.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .