Journal profile
Revista Brasileira de Financas
ISSN 1679-0731 · eISSN 1984-5146 · Brazilian Society of Finance · Brazil
Revista Brasileira de Financas: fully open access; no APC; review about 30 weeks (community reports); 20 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Brasileira de Financas is published by Brazilian Society of Finance. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling and Corporate Finance and Governance, together about 45.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Finance. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Brazilian Review of Finance (Revista Brasileira de Finanças – RBFin – ISSN: 1984-5146) is an Open Access, peer-reviewed journal edited by the Brazilian Society of Finance (SBFin), with institutional support from Fundação Getulio Vargas. The journal publishes high-quality research in Finance, Financial Economics, Financial Econometrics, and related areas — in Portuguese and English — at no cost to authors or readers. Open AccessSince 2003Continuous PublicationNo FeesCC BY 4.0EconLit · RedALyC · DOAJ View Latest Issue →Submit a Paper →
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Bruno GiovannettiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 3%); most named Brazil 17, United States 7, United Kingdom 3, Portugal 2, Chile 2 (36 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 Finance23.3%
- Financial Risk and Volatility ModelingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance12.5%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting9.7%
- Financial Analysis and Corporate GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting9.2%
- Stochastic processes and financial applicationsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.6%
- Risk and Portfolio OptimizationDecision Sciences4.3%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.8%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EconLitDOAJPublisher website
Other: RedALyC
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
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.21OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 454 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 16 | 61 |
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | 63 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 | 104 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | 146 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 108 |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | 135 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 30 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 4,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted1
- editorialThe Brazilian Review of Finance (Revista Brasileira de Finanças - RBFin) publishes high-quality scientific works and has contributed to the development of resea…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools
The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in manuscript preparation is permitted, provided that it is carried out ethically and transparently. Acceptable uses include: support for text revision (grammar, spelling, style correction, and translation), as well as support for statistical analysis, pattern identification, and data visualization in studies involving large volumes of data. Authors mu…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship and Responsibility
AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors. Their use does not exempt authors from responsibility for errors, omissions, or integrity issues.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of Interest
All participants in the editorial process — authors, reviewers, editors, and editorial staff — must act transparently and ethically, disclosing any information that could reasonably be perceived as compromising their judgment or actions during any stage of the research and publication process. This includes, but is not limited to: financial ties with companies interested in the results; involvemen…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Availability
The Brazilian Review of Finance promotes transparency and scientific reproducibility, encouraging authors to make available the data supporting their findings. The Journal adopts international references such as the Transparency and Openness Promotion Guidelines (TOP) and the data and code policy of the American Economic Association (AEA). Data Sharing Authors are encouraged to deposit their resea…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Responsibility Statement and Publication License
Upon submission, authors must declare that they comply with RBFin’s ethical principles; that the manuscript is original, unpublished, not under review by another journal, and does not contain plagiarism or improper data manipulation; that all sources and credits have been properly acknowledged; that conflicts of interest and funding have been fully disclosed; and that authorship reflects effective…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review (2) Peer Review
Manuscripts approved in the initial screening are assigned to a handling editor, who invites two reviewers with expertise in the relevant thematic area. Reviewers receive evaluation guidelines and are expected to provide detailed, justified reports. The process follows a double-anonymous peer-review model, except for manuscripts previously posted in preprint repositories, which are evaluated under…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism and Duplicate Publication
The Journal uses the similarity-detection tool Paperpal to help ensure manuscript originality. Cases of plagiarism and duplicate publication will be examined by the Editor-in-Chief together with the Editorial Policy Committee, in line with the Research and Publication Ethics Policies. Plagiarism Plagiarism is the presentation of ideas, text, or data from third parties without proper citation of th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints and Other Prior Publications
Preprints The Journal accepts submissions of articles deposited in reliable repositories such as: SciELO Preprints Preprints IBICT arXiv Research Square Preprints.org OSF Preprints Zenodo SSRN NBER Academic Dissertations and Theses Undergraduate final projects, dissertations, and theses may be submitted if adapted to RBFin’s categories and if they present substantially relevant and original conten…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting Guidelines
Authors are encouraged to follow the reporting guidelines most appropriate to their type of study so that methods and results are described as clearly and completely as possible. TRIPOD Transparent Reporting of a multivariable prediction model for Individual Prognosis Or Diagnosis SAMPL Statistical Analyses and Methods in the Published Literature PRISMA Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Rev…
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
- Brazilian Society of Finance
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1679-0731
- Electronic ISSN
- 1984-5146
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 24 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista Brasileira de Financas
How long does peer review take at Revista Brasileira de Financas?
Authors report an average review time of about 30 weeks. 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 Revista Brasileira de Financas?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Manuscript length: ≤ 4,000 words; Reference style: Harvard; Cover letter: Required. 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 Revista Brasileira de Financas based?
Of the 36 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Brazil (17), United States (7) and United Kingdom (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Revista Brasileira de Financas?
The journal's website lists EconLit and DOAJ; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Revista Brasileira de Financas open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Brasileira de Financas is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
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: .