Journals whose output is mostly finance: asset pricing, corporate finance, banking, financial markets, financial regulation and international finance. All 97 journals are ranked by the 2026 Journal Metrics Score, with each journal's quartile in finance and its h-index.
Updated August 2026 · 2-year citation average from OpenAlex data
OpenAlex files much finance research under accounting as well, so several journals appear in both this list and the accounting list.
| Rank | Journal | 2026 score | Quartile | h-index | Publisher | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JOURNAL OF FINANCE | 12.3 | Q1 | 662 | Wiley | United States |
| 2 | REVIEW OF FINANCIAL STUDIES | 10.9 | Q1 | 396 | Oxford University Press | United States |
| 3 | JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS | 10.8 | Q1 | 555 | Elsevier BV | Netherlands |
| 4 | Research in International Business and Finance | 8.0 | Q1 | 122 | Elsevier BV | Netherlands |
| 5 | China Finance Review International | 7.8 | Q1 | 43 | Emerald Publishing Limited | United Kingdom |
| 6 | Journal of Financial Stability | 6.5 | Q1 | 112 | Elsevier BV | Netherlands |
| 7 | Annual Review of Financial Economics | 5.6 | Q1 | 83 | Annual Reviews | United States |
| 8 | Journal of Financial Regulation | 5.2 | Q1 | 22 | Oxford University Press | United Kingdom |
| 9 | JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MONEY AND FINANCE | 4.9 | Q1 | 183 | Elsevier BV | Netherlands |
| 10 | REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY | 4.5 | Q1 | 126 | Routledge | United Kingdom |
| 11 | ECONOMY AND SOCIETY | 4.4 | Q1 | 134 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 12 | North American Journal of Economics and Finance | 4.4 | Q1 | 91 | Elsevier BV | United States |
| 13 | JOURNAL OF BANKING & FINANCE | 4.3 | Q1 | 308 | Elsevier BV | Netherlands |
| 14 | Journal of Risk Finance | 4.3 | Q1 | 69 | Emerald Publishing Limited | United Kingdom |
| 15 | European Journal of Finance | 4.2 | Q1 | 85 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 16 | Review of Asset Pricing Studies | 4.1 | Q1 | 49 | Oxford University Press | United Kingdom |
| 17 | Theory of Probability and Mathematical Statistics | 4.0 | Q1 | 20 | American Mathematical Society | United States |
| 18 | Emerging Markets Review | 3.7 | Q1 | 102 | Elsevier BV | Netherlands |
| 19 | Critical Finance Review | 3.6 | Q1 | 32 | Now Publishers | United States |
| 20 | Economic Systems | 3.2 | Q1 | 77 | Elsevier BV | Netherlands |
| 21 | European Financial Management | 3.1 | Q1 | 106 | Wiley | United Kingdom |
| 22 | Journal of Central Banking Theory and Practice | 3.1 | Q1 | 27 | De Gruyter Open | – |
| 23 | JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS | 3.1 | Q1 | 255 | Cambridge University Press | United Kingdom |
| 24 | Quantitative Finance and Economics | 3.1 | Q1 | 33 | AIMS Press | United States |
| 25 | Journal of Financial Economic Policy | 3.0 | Q1 | 37 | Emerald Publishing Limited | United Kingdom |
| 26 | Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance | 3.0 | Q1 | 42 | Emerald Publishing Limited | United Kingdom |
| 27 | Journal of Finance and Data Science | 2.9 | Q1 | 31 | Elsevier BV | China |
| 28 | JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION | 2.9 | Q1 | 135 | Elsevier BV | United States |
| 29 | International Journal of Financial Studies | 2.8 | Q1 | 56 | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Switzerland |
| 30 | Journal of Empirical Finance | 2.7 | Q2 | 133 | Elsevier BV | Netherlands |
| 31 | IMF Economic Review | 2.5 | Q2 | 74 | Palgrave Macmillan | United Kingdom |
| 32 | Journal of European Real Estate Research | 2.5 | Q2 | 29 | Emerald Publishing Limited | United Kingdom |
| 33 | Comparative Economic Studies | 2.3 | Q2 | 68 | Palgrave Macmillan | United Kingdom |
| 34 | International Journal of Financial Engineering | 2.3 | Q2 | 19 | World Scientific | Singapore |
| 35 | JOURNAL OF FUTURES MARKETS | 2.3 | Q2 | 108 | Wiley | United States |
| 36 | QUANTITATIVE FINANCE | 2.3 | Q2 | 113 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 37 | Asia-Pacific Financial Markets | 2.1 | Q2 | 39 | Springer Science+Business Media | Netherlands |
| 38 | REAL ESTATE ECONOMICS | 2.1 | Q2 | 116 | Wiley | United Kingdom |
| 39 | Journal of Economic Policy Reform | 2.0 | Q2 | 47 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 40 | Latin American Journal of Central Banking | 2.0 | Q2 | 17 | Elsevier BV | Netherlands |
| 41 | Review of Corporate Finance Studies | 2.0 | Q2 | 42 | Oxford University Press | United States |
| 42 | IIMB Management Review | 1.9 | Q2 | 51 | Elsevier BV | India |
| 43 | Journal of Asset Management | 1.9 | Q2 | 48 | Palgrave Macmillan | United Kingdom |
| 44 | JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS | 1.9 | Q2 | 94 | Elsevier BV | United States |
| 45 | Journal of Emerging Market Finance | 1.9 | Q2 | 34 | SAGE Publishing | United Kingdom |
| 46 | JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH | 1.8 | Q2 | 95 | Springer Science+Business Media | Netherlands |
| 47 | FINANCE AND STOCHASTICS | 1.7 | Q2 | 107 | Springer Science+Business Media | Germany |
| 48 | Journal of Property Research | 1.7 | Q2 | 53 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 49 | SIAM Journal on Financial Mathematics | 1.7 | Q2 | 53 | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | United States |
| 50 | Annals of Finance | 1.6 | Q2 | 38 | Springer Science+Business Media | Germany |
| 51 | BERNOULLI | 1.6 | Q2 | 102 | Chapman and Hall London | Netherlands |
| 52 | Review of Financial Economics | 1.6 | Q2 | 64 | Elsevier BV | United States |
| 53 | International Review of Finance | 1.5 | Q3 | 51 | Wiley | United Kingdom |
| 54 | Journal of Banking Regulation | 1.5 | Q3 | 39 | Palgrave Macmillan | United Kingdom |
| 55 | JOURNAL OF REAL ESTATE FINANCE AND ECONOMICS | 1.5 | Q3 | 107 | Springer Science+Business Media | Netherlands |
| 56 | Annals of Financial Economics | 1.4 | Q3 | 24 | World Scientific | Singapore |
| 57 | Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies | 1.4 | Q3 | 25 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 58 | MATHEMATICAL FINANCE | 1.4 | Q3 | 128 | Wiley | United Kingdom |
| 59 | Central Bank Review | 1.3 | Q3 | 29 | Elsevier BV | Turkey |
| 60 | JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH | 1.3 | Q3 | 89 | Wiley | United States |
| 61 | Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies | 1.1 | Q3 | 34 | Wiley | United Kingdom |
| 62 | Journal of Financial Econometrics | 1.1 | Q3 | 77 | Oxford University Press | United Kingdom |
| 63 | Mathematics and Financial Economics | 1.1 | Q3 | 38 | Springer Science+Business Media | Germany |
| 64 | Quarterly Journal of Finance | 1.1 | Q3 | 38 | World Scientific | Singapore |
| 65 | Stochastics-An International Journal of Probability and Stochastic Processes | 1.1 | Q3 | 39 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 66 | Econometric Reviews | 1.0 | Q3 | 113 | Taylor & Francis | – |
| 67 | Economic Notes | 1.0 | Q3 | 43 | Wiley | Italy |
| 68 | Journal of Law Finance and Accounting | 1.0 | Q3 | 14 | Now Publishers | United States |
| 69 | Extremes | 0.9 | Q3 | 62 | Springer Science+Business Media | Netherlands |
| 70 | Review of Finance | 0.9 | Q3 | 8 | Oxford University Press | United Kingdom |
| 71 | STOCHASTIC PROCESSES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS | 0.9 | Q3 | 132 | Elsevier BV | Netherlands |
| 72 | Modern Stochastics-Theory and Applications | 0.8 | Q3 | 12 | – | – |
| 73 | Review of Derivatives Research | 0.8 | Q3 | 39 | Springer Science+Business Media | Netherlands |
| 74 | Accounting Economics and Law-A Convivium | 0.8 | Q4 | 27 | De Gruyter | Germany |
| 75 | Financial Markets and Portfolio Management | 0.8 | Q4 | 40 | Springer Science+Business Media | United States |
| 76 | International Finance | 0.8 | Q4 | 70 | Wiley | United Kingdom |
| 77 | METHODOLOGY AND COMPUTING IN APPLIED PROBABILITY | 0.8 | Q4 | 51 | Springer Science+Business Media | Netherlands |
| 78 | Financial History Review | 0.7 | Q4 | 36 | Cambridge University Press | United Kingdom |
| 79 | International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance | 0.7 | Q4 | 63 | World Scientific | Singapore |
| 80 | Central European Journal of Economic Modelling and Econometrics | 0.6 | Q4 | 12 | – | Poland |
| 81 | Probability Uncertainty and Quantitative Risk | 0.6 | Q4 | 16 | Springer Nature | China |
| 82 | STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS | 0.6 | Q4 | 62 | Taylor & Francis | United States |
| 83 | ESAIM-Probability and Statistics | 0.5 | Q4 | 43 | EDP Sciences | France |
| 84 | Journal of Computational Finance | 0.5 | Q4 | 57 | – | United Kingdom |
| 85 | Journal of Risk Model Validation | 0.5 | Q4 | 18 | – | United Kingdom |
| 86 | Jahrbuch Fur Wirtschaftsgeschichte | 0.4 | Q4 | 23 | De Gruyter | Germany |
| 87 | Journal of Financial Market Infrastructures | 0.4 | Q4 | 15 | – | United Kingdom |
| 88 | Journal of Investment Strategies | 0.4 | Q4 | 14 | – | United Kingdom |
| 89 | International Journal of Business | 0.3 | Q4 | 26 | Premier Publishing | United States |
| 90 | Journal of Credit Risk | 0.3 | Q4 | 30 | – | United Kingdom |
| 91 | Journal of Operational Risk | 0.3 | Q4 | 25 | – | United Kingdom |
| 92 | Law and Financial Markets Review | 0.3 | Q4 | 20 | Taylor & Francis | United Kingdom |
| 93 | Journal of Derivatives | 0.2 | Q4 | 79 | – | United States |
| 94 | Journal of Risk | 0.2 | Q4 | 44 | – | United Kingdom |
| 95 | Electronic Journal of Applied Statistical Analysis | 0.0 | Q4 | 3 | – | Italy |
| 96 | International Journal of Central Banking | 0.0 | Q4 | 29 | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | – |
| 97 | PSL Quarterly Review | 0.0 | Q4 | 4 | Associazione Economia civile | Italy |
Most finance journals on this list are published in United Kingdom (38), United States (19), Netherlands (17), Germany (5), Singapore (4).
By the 2026 Journal Metrics Score, the five highest-ranked finance journals are JOURNAL OF FINANCE, REVIEW OF FINANCIAL STUDIES, JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS, Research in International Business and Finance, China Finance Review International. The score is a two-year citation average, so check each journal's scope and article types before choosing where to submit.
29 of the 97 finance journals on this page are Q1, meaning they rank in the top quarter of their OpenAlex subfield by score. 23 are Q2, 21 are Q3 and 24 are Q4.
A journal is included when at least two of its four main OpenAlex research topics are classified under Finance. Journals are ordered by the 2026 Journal Metrics Score: citations received in the latest complete year to works published in the two years before, divided by the number of those works. Quartiles compare each journal with every journal in the same subfield.
The ABDC Journal Quality List and the Chartered ABS Academic Journal Guide (AJG) are expert-panel gradings used by many business schools. This page is a citation ranking computed from open OpenAlex data. Use the panel lists where your school requires them, and this ranking as a second opinion or for journals those lists do not grade.