Journal profile · Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Finance
Zeitschrift für die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft
ISSN 0044-2585 · eISSN 1865-9748 · Springer Nature · 4 issues per year
Zeitschrift für die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; 30 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Zeitschrift für die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft is published by Springer Nature. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Insurance and Financial Risk Management, Probability and Risk Models and Legal Cases and Commentary, together about 62.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The German Journal of Risk and Insurance aims at stimulating the interdisciplinary exchange between scientists in the fields of risk and insurance. The authors of the papers published in the Journal come from various disciplines: economics, mathematics, laws and medicine. The Journal was founded in 1901 and is actually one of the oldest risk and insurance journals of the world. Since 2023 all contributions are published in Open Access under the Creative Commons licence CC BY 4.0.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Finance
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Insurance and Financial Risk ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance39.8%
- Probability and Risk ModelsDecision Sciences12.6%
- Legal Cases and CommentaryMedicine9.8%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.6%
- Legal principles and applicationsSocial Sciences3.5%
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement AnalysisBusiness, Management and Accounting3.4%
- Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk ManagementSocial Sciences3.4%
- European and International Contract LawSocial Sciences3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economics and Econometrics | Q4 | 700/755 | 7th |
| Finance | Q4 | 324/342 | 5th |
| Accounting | Q4 | 183/191 | 4th |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, Portico, CLOCKSS, BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine), CNKI Scholar (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), CNPIEC, China National Publications Import & Export (Group) Co., Deep Green, EBSCO Discovery Service, GENIOS, NAVER Academic, Open Alex, ProQuest (relevante Datenbanken), Research Gate, Summon, TD Net Discovery Service, Wanfang, WorldCat, ZORA
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 63OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.19OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,590 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 21 | 68 |
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | 221 |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | 178 |
| 2023 | 30 | 30 | 191 |
| 2022 | 27 | 24 | 191 |
| 2021 | 23 | 20 | 124 |
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
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 4 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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,060 / EUR 2,490 / GBP 2,090 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 websiteAI use, Publication ethics, Open access
- AI use
General Statement on the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Model summary
General Statement on the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement Model summary
Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Statement
This is an Open Access journal published in ›Diamond Open Access‹. This refers to publications which are freely and instantly accessible for users as well as free of charge for authors. The ›Diamond Way‹ is considered to be an upgrade to the ›Gold Open Access‹ model where authors and their institutions, respectively, are charged for ›Article Processing Charges‹ (APC) or ›Book Processing Charges‹ (…
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
- Springer Nature
- Frequency
- 4 issues per year
- ISSN
- 0044-2585
- Electronic ISSN
- 1865-9748
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Zeitschrift für die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft
Which databases index Zeitschrift für die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Zeitschrift für die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Zeitschrift für die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft open access, and what is the APC?
Zeitschrift für die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft 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, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .