Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
Review of Corporate Finance Studies
ISSN 2046-9128 · eISSN 2046-9136 · Oxford University Press
Review of Corporate Finance Studies: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,028; 29 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Review of Corporate Finance Studies is published by Oxford University Press and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Corporate Finance and Governance, Banking stability, regulation, efficiency and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, together about 46.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting and Finance. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS, FINANCE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting24.8%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance14.9%
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.9%
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting5.9%
- Housing Market and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.3%
- Private Equity and Venture CapitalBusiness, Management and Accounting4.3%
- Working Capital and Financial PerformanceBusiness, Management and Accounting4%
- Financial Reporting and Valuation ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 3 |
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 3.74LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 124OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.4OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 26.25%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 28LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 307 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 9 | 13 |
| 2025 | 29 | 14 | 61 |
| 2024 | 26 | 12 | 123 |
| 2023 | 27 | 13 | 398 |
| 2022 | 42 | 9 | 581 |
| 2021 | 28 | 12 | 706 |
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
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 4,028 | — | — |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- ISSN
- 2046-9128
- Electronic ISSN
- 2046-9136
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Review of Corporate Finance Studies
What CAS zone is Review of Corporate Finance Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Review of Corporate Finance Studies is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business, Finance. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Review of Corporate Finance Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Review of Corporate Finance Studies is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Review of Corporate Finance Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Review of Corporate Finance Studies is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,028.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .