Journal profile · Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Finance
Risk Management and Insurance Review
ISSN 1098-1616 · eISSN 1540-6296 · Wiley-Blackwell
Risk Management and Insurance Review: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.6 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,400; median 164 days to acceptance (40 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 21% (journal website); 39 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Risk Management and Insurance Review is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Insurance and Financial Risk Management, Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management and Healthcare Policy and Management, together about 42.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Risk Management and Insurance Review publishes respected, accessible, and high-quality applied research, and well-reasoned opinion and discussion in the field of risk and insurance. The Review's 'Feature Articles' section includes original research involving applications and applied techniques. The 'Perspectives' section contains articles providing new insights on the research literature, business practice, and public policy.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Finance
Editor-in-chief Annette HofmannPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 12, Switzerland 2, South Korea 1, Australia 1 (16 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Insurance and Financial Risk ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance26%
- Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk ManagementSocial Sciences9.4%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.5%
- Law, Economics, and Judicial SystemsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.7%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.6%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science4.3%
- Agricultural risk and resilienceAgricultural and Biological Sciences4%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4%
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 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
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 |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: ProQuest, RePEc, IDEAS/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 (publisher) 2025
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.49LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 151OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.39OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 53.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 47.46%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 22LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 31Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 51,878Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 687 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 9 | 2 |
| 2025 | 39 | 22 | 39 |
| 2024 | 40 | 29 | 97 |
| 2023 | 30 | 21 | 155 |
| 2022 | 40 | 15 | 198 |
| 2021 | 34 | 4 | 302 |
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
164 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 110 days – 240 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (40 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 185 days
- Sample
- 40 articles with submission and acceptance dates (58 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 21%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 148 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 3,400 / EUR 2,850 / GBP 2,270 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- US 140
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 websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Conflicts of interest
All authors must disclose potential sources of conflict of interest. Model summary
The journal requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Follows COPE core practices and handles research/publication misconduct accordingly. Model summary
This journal follows the core practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and handles cases of research and publication misconduct accordingly (https://publicationethics.org/core-practices).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Copyright assignment to the American Risk and Insurance Association is a condition of publication (government/Crown copyright papers exempt). Model summary
Authors will be required to assign copyright in their paper to the American Risk and Insurance Association. Copyright assignment is a condition of publication and papers will not be passed to the publisher for production unless copyright has been assigned.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review; identities of authors and reviewers are mutually concealed. Model summary
The Review uses a double-blind review process, such that the identities of authors are not revealed to reviewers and the identities of reviewers are not revealed to the authors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Uses iThenticate CrossCheck to detect overlapping/similar text in submitted manuscripts. Model summary
This journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.
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
- ISSN
- 1098-1616
- Electronic ISSN
- 1540-6296
- Society / sponsor
- American Risk and Insurance Association
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 29, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Risk Management and Insurance Review
What CAS zone is Risk Management and Insurance Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Risk Management and Insurance Review is in Zone 4 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category 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 Risk Management and Insurance Review?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.6 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3, h-index 39.
How long does peer review take at Risk Management and Insurance Review?
Based on the dates recorded on 40 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 164 days (interquartile range 110–240 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 21% (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.
Where are the editorial board members of Risk Management and Insurance Review based?
Of the 16 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (12), Switzerland (2) and South Korea (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Risk Management and Insurance Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Risk Management and Insurance Review is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Risk Management and Insurance Review open access, and what is the APC?
Risk Management and Insurance Review is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,400.
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: .