Journal profile · Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Finance

Seonmul yeongu

ISSN 1229-988X · eISSN 2713-6647 · Emerald Publishing · United Kingdom

Seonmul yeongu: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 18.2% (journal website); 17 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.

Impact factor—No published value
CAS zone—Not in the CAS Journal Ranking
CiteScore quartileQ3Finance · rank 237/342
Review timeabout 8 weeksCommunity average
APCNo APCDiamond open access (no APC)
Acceptance18.2%From the journal's website
Articles per year172025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Seonmul yeongu is published by Emerald Publishing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling and Stochastic processes and financial applications, together about 61.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Finance and Accounting. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Journal of Derivatives and Quantitative Studies: 선물연구 is a peer-reviewed, fully open access journal on derivatives and quantitative finance across developed and emerging markets.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Finance

Editor-in-chief Junyoup LeePublisher website

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

  1. Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance27.2%
  2. Financial Risk and Volatility ModelingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance19.4%
  3. Stochastic processes and financial applicationsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance14.4%
  4. Market Dynamics and VolatilityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.2%
  5. Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting4.9%
  6. Financial Analysis and Corporate GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting4.7%
  7. Credit Risk and Financial RegulationsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.9%
  8. Risk Management in Financial FirmsBusiness, Management and Accounting3.5%

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.

CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)

SubjectQuartileRankPercentile
FinanceQ3237/342—

Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub

Database indexing

ScopusDOAJLetPub

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
1.3LetPub ·
SJR 2026-06
0.22LetPub ·
SNIP 2026-06
0.59LetPub ·
h-index
10OpenAlex ·
i10-index
11OpenAlex ·
2-year mean citedness
0.94OpenAlex ·
Share of gold OA articles
0%LetPub ·

Volume

Downloads per year (publisher)
93,933Publisher website ·

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 506 in total · the current year is incomplete

YearArticlesOpen accessCitations
20261717100
20251717113
20241515105
2023161677
2022161659
2021191970

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 8 weeksLetPub ·
Acceptance rate (publisher)
18.2%Publisher website ·
Submission to first decision
29.5 daysPublisher website ·
Acceptance to publication
41 daysPublisher website ·
Submission to publication (journal-reported)
about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
Peer review
Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ

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

Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ

Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.

SourceAPCFee waiverLicenseObserved
DOAJNo APCNoCC BY
LetPubNo APCNo—
Publisher websiteNo 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)

Article types accepted6, with length limits
  1. book reviewResearch Paper — up to 8000 words Case Study — up to 8000 words Practitioner Paper — up to 2000 words Technical Paper — up to 6000 words Editorial — up to 3000 …main text ≤ 1,500 words
  2. case studyCase Study — up to 8000 wordsLength not stated
  3. editorialResearch Paper — up to 8000 words Case Study — up to 8000 words Practitioner Paper — up to 2000 words Technical Paper — up to 6000 words Editorial — up to 3000 …main text ≤ 3,000 words
  4. practitioner paperPractitioner Paper — up to 2000 wordsLength not stated
  5. research paperResearch Paper — up to 8000 words Case Study — up to 8000 words Practitioner Paper — up to 2000 words Technical Paper — up to 6000 words Editorial — up to 3000 …main text ≤ 8,000 words
  6. technical paperTechnical Paper — up to 6000 wordsLength not stated
Publisher website
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Open access, Peer review
AI use From Dot-com to AI: drawdown onsets prediction in AI technology stock market

How do macroeconomic determinants and weather conditions jointly influence the commodity derivative market?

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Open access Open access options

Diamond open access; no APCs. Model summary

This is a diamond open access journal. No article processing charges (APCs) are required. Read more about our open access options.

Source ↗Publisher website ·
Peer review Peer review type

Double anonymous peer review; at least 2 independent and anonymous reviewers. Model summary

Double anonymous peer review. All submissions are sent to at least 2 independent and anonymous reviewers.

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
Emerald Publishing
Country or region
United Kingdom
Language
English
ISSN
1229-988X
Electronic ISSN
2713-6647
Society / sponsor
Korea Derivatives Association
Latest issue on the website
Volume 34, Issue 2 (May 2026)
Official links

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about Seonmul yeongu

How long does peer review take at Seonmul yeongu?

Authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 18.2%. 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 Seonmul yeongu?

According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Seonmul yeongu is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.

Is Seonmul yeongu open access, and what is the APC?

Seonmul yeongu is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.

Sources and updates

The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .