Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
Quarterly Journal of Finance
ISSN 2010-1392 · eISSN 2010-1406 · World Scientific
Quarterly Journal of Finance: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.7 (journal website); subscription journal; review about 74 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 15% (journal website); 23 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Quarterly Journal of Finance is published by World Scientific 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 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Corporate Finance and Governance and Banking stability, regulation, efficiency, together about 46% of its articles. Its main subfields are Finance. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
QJF publishes high-quality papers in all areas of finance, including corporate finance, asset pricing, financial econometrics, international finance, and macro-finance.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS, FINANCE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance19.2%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting17.4%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.4%
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting7.6%
- Credit Risk and Financial RegulationsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.7%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.1%
- Housing Market and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.9%
- Stochastic processes and financial applicationsEconomics, 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
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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 103OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.22OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.61%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 328 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 23 | 0 | 8 |
| 2024 | 22 | 2 | 54 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1 | 61 |
| 2022 | 18 | 2 | 58 |
| 2021 | 19 | 4 | 107 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
74 daysfirst decision after review
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 15%Publisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 74.4 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 51 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
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- World Scientific
- ISSN
- 2010-1392
- Electronic ISSN
- 2010-1406
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Quarterly Journal of Finance
What CAS zone is Quarterly Journal of Finance in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Quarterly Journal of Finance 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 Quarterly Journal of Finance?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.7 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.9, h-index 39.
How long does peer review take at Quarterly Journal of Finance?
The publisher reports about 74 days (first decision after review); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 15%. 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 Quarterly Journal of Finance?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Quarterly Journal of Finance is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Quarterly Journal of Finance open access, and what is the APC?
Quarterly Journal of Finance 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, 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: .