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Review of Financial Studies
ISSN 0893-9454 · eISSN 1465-7368 · Oxford University Press
Review of Financial Studies: CAS Zone 1 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 7.44; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,028; 110 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Review of Financial Studies is published by Oxford University Press and is in Zone 1 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). 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 42.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Finance, Accounting and Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Review of Financial Studies is a major forum for the promotion and wide dissemination of significant new research in financial economics. As reflected by its broadly based editorial board, the Review balances theoretical and empirical contributions. The primary criteria for publishing a paper are its quality and importance to the field of finance, without undue regard to its technical difficulty. Finance is interpreted broadly to include the interface between finance and economics. The Review is sponsored by The Society for Financial Studies. The editors of the Review and officers of the Society are elected for limited terms. Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 7.6 2025 5 Year Impact Factor 12.7 Economics (Rank by Impact Factor) 18/626 Business, Finance (Rank by Impact Factor) 9/243 2025 Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) 1.94 Economics (Rank by Journal Citation Indicator) 29/627 Business, Finance (Rank by Journal Citation Indicator) 12/243 2025 Cited Half-Life 11.3 years 2025 Immediacy Index 1 2025 Eigenfactor Score 0.05082 2025 Article Influence Score 10.152 Scopus 2025 CiteScore 13.2 Finance (Rank by CiteScore) 15/342 Accounting (Rank by CiteScore) 9/191 Economics And Econometrics (Rank by CiteScore) 35/755 2025 Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 4.169 Readership 2025 Full Text Usage 1,412,144 About metrics Abstracting and indexing services The Review of Financial Studies is covered by the following abstracting/indexing services: Current Contents® /Social and Behavioral Sciences EconLit Finance Literature Database IBSS International Bibliography of the Social Sciences Journal Citation Reports /Social Sciences Edition Periodicals Index Online (PIO) PROQUEST DATABASE : ABI/INFORM Archive Complete PROQUEST DATABASE : ABI/INFORM Complete PROQUEST DATABASE : ABI/INFORM Global PROQUEST DATABASE : ABI/INFORM Research PROQUEST DATABASE : Banking Information Source PROQUEST DATABASE : Magazines PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest 5000 PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest 5000 International PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Central PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Discovery PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest International Academic Research Library PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest News & Magazines PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Pharma Collection PROQUEST DATABASE : ProQuest Research Library RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) Scopus Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Social Sciences Citation Index® Social Scisearch® Disclaimer Statements of fact and opinion in
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 29, Switzerland 3, United Kingdom 2, Netherlands 1 (35 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance18%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting15.8%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.1%
- Housing Market and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.1%
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
- Economic theories and modelsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.9%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.7%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Economics Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EconLitCurrent 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
- 7.44LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 12.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 13.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 13.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 17.41LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 4.17LetPub ·
- h-index
- 422OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,623OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 12.24OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 20.98%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 101LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,412,144Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,319 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 82 | 37 | 409 |
| 2025 | 110 | 33 | 685 |
| 2024 | 93 | 35 | 2,394 |
| 2023 | 97 | 35 | 5,214 |
| 2022 | 96 | 34 | 5,229 |
| 2021 | 134 | 46 | 10,270 |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Learn more.
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
- Oxford University Press
- ISSN
- 0893-9454
- Electronic ISSN
- 1465-7368
- Society / sponsor
- Society for Financial Studies
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 39, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Review of Financial Studies
What CAS zone is Review of Financial Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Review of Financial Studies is in Zone 1 of Economics, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Business, Finance / Economics; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Review of Financial Studies?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 7.44; CiteScore 13.2, h-index 422.
Where are the editorial board members of Review of Financial Studies based?
Of the 35 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (29), Switzerland (3) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Review of Financial Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Review of Financial Studies is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EconLit and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Review of Financial Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Review of Financial 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, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .