ABS Academic Journal Guide field
ABS Finance journals
126 journals are graded in Finance in the Chartered Association of Business Schools Academic Journal Guide 2024 — 3 at 4*, 5 at 4, 32 at 3, 39 at 2 and 47 at 1. Listed 4* first, each with its Scopus and Web of Science status.
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Graded 1
| Grade | Journal | Publisher | ISSN | Scopus | SJR | WoS | ABDC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4* | Journal of Finance FT50 UTD24 | American Finance Association | 0022-1082 / 1540-6261 | Q1 16.8 | 22.27 | SSCI | A* |
| 4* | Journal of Financial Economics FT50 UTD24 | Elsevier | 0304-405X / 1879-2774 | Q1 20.7 | 18.75 | SSCI | A* |
| 4* | Review of Financial Studies FT50 UTD24 | Oxford University Press | 0893-9454 / 1465-7368 | Q1 13.2 | 17.41 | SSCI | A* |
| 4 | Journal of Corporate Finance | Elsevier | 0929-1199 / 1872-6313 | Q1 10.3 | 2.71 | SSCI | A* |
| 4 | Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis FT50 | Cambridge University Press | 0022-1090 / 1756-6916 | Q1 7.1 | 4.40 | SSCI | A* |
| 4 | Journal of Financial Intermediation | Elsevier | 1042-9573 / 1096-0473 | Q1 7 | 2.27 | SSCI | A* |
| 4 | Journal of Money, Credit and Banking | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0022-2879 / 1538-4616 | Q2 3.7 | 2.00 | SSCI | A* |
| 4 | Review of Finance FT50 | Oxford University Press | 1572-3097 / 1573-692X | Q1 16 | 9.87 | SSCI | A* |
| 3 | Annual Review of Financial Economics | Annual Reviews | 1941-1367 / 1941-1375 | Q1 9.7 | 8.23 | SSCI | B |
| 3 | Corporate Governance: An International Review | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0964-8410 / 1467-8683 | Q1 8.7 | 1.99 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | European Financial Management | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 1354-7798 / 1468-036X | Q1 6.8 | 1.19 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | European Journal of Finance | Taylor & Francis Online | 1351-847X / 1466-4364 | Q1 7.3 | 1.00 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Finance and Stochastics | Springer International Publishing | 0949-2984 / 1432-1122 | Q2 2.6 | 1.05 | SCIE, SSCI | A |
| 3 | Financial Analysts Journal | Taylor & Francis Online | 0015-198X / 1938-3312 | Q2 4.4 | 1.43 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Financial Management | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0046-3892 / 1755-053X | Q1 8.7 | 3.48 | SSCI | A* |
| 3 | Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0963-8008 / 1468-0416 | Q1 3.7 | 1.69 | – | A |
| 3 | Financial Review | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0732-8516 / 1540-6288 | Q2 2.9 | 0.56 | ESCI | A |
| 3 | Insurance: Mathematics and Economics | Elsevier | 0167-6687 / 1873-5959 | Q2 3.5 | 1.12 | SCIE, SSCI | A* |
| 3 | International Journal of Central Banking | Association of the International Journal of Central Banking | 1815-4654 / 1815-7556 | Q3 2.6 | 1.27 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | International Journal of Finance and Economics | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 1076-9307 / 1099-1158 | Q1 9 | 0.81 | SSCI | B |
| 3 | International Review of Financial Analysis | Elsevier | 1057-5219 / 1873-8079 | Q1 13.8 | 2.37 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Journal of Banking and Finance | Elsevier | 0378-4266 / 1872-6372 | Q1 8 | 1.95 | SSCI | A* |
| 3 | Journal of Commodity Markets | Elsevier | 2405-8505 / 2405-8513 | Q1 8.5 | 1.04 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Journal of Empirical Finance | Elsevier | 0927-5398 / 1879-1727 | Q2 3.8 | 1.14 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Journal of Financial Econometrics | Oxford University Press | 1479-8409 / 1479-8417 | Q2 4.5 | 1.78 | SSCI | A* |
| 3 | Journal of Financial Markets | Elsevier | 1386-4181 / 1878-576X | Q2 4.4 | 1.54 | SSCI | A* |
| 3 | Journal of Financial Research | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0270-2592 / 1475-6803 | Q3 1.6 | 0.44 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Journal of Financial Services Research | Springer International Publishing | 0920-8550 / 1573-0735 | Q2 4.8 | 1.20 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Journal of Financial Stability | Elsevier | 1572-3089 / 1878-0962 | Q1 7.3 | 1.59 | SSCI | A* |
| 3 | Journal of Futures Markets | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0270-7314 / 1096-9934 | Q2 3.6 | 0.60 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money | Elsevier | 1042-4431 / 1873-0612 | Q1 11 | 1.39 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Journal of International Money and Finance | Elsevier | 0261-5606 / 1873-0639 | Q1 6.6 | 1.36 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Journal of Portfolio Management | S&P Global | 0095-4918 / 2168-8656 | Q3 1.8 | 0.45 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics | Springer International Publishing | 0895-5638 / 1573-045X | Q1 5.6 | 0.88 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Journal of Risk and Insurance | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0022-4367 / 1539-6975 | Q2 4.2 | 1.25 | SSCI | A |
| 3 | Mathematical Finance | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 0960-1627 / 1467-9965 | Q1 5.7 | 1.76 | SCIE, SSCI | A |
| 3 | Quantitative Finance | Taylor & Francis Online | 1469-7688 / 1469-7696 | Q2 3.1 | 0.76 | SCIE, SSCI | A |
| 3 | Review of Asset Pricing Studies | Oxford University Press | 2045-9920 / 2045-9939 | Q2 4.1 | 2.92 | ESCI | A* |
| 3 | Review of Corporate Finance Studies | Oxford University Press | 2046-9128 / 2046-9136 | Q2 4.8 | 3.74 | ESCI | A* |
| 3 | Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting | Springer International Publishing | 0924-865X / 1573-7179 | Q2 4.6 | 0.70 | ESCI | B |
| 2 | Annals of Corporate Governance | Now Publishers Inc | 2381-6724 / 2381-6732 | Q1 2.6 | 0.41 | ESCI | – |
| 2 | Annals of Finance | Springer International Publishing | 1614-2446 / 1614-2454 | Q3 1.4 | 0.34 | ESCI | B |
| 2 | Applied Mathematical Finance | Taylor & Francis Online | 1350-486X / 1466-4313 | Q2 2.5 | 0.54 | – | B |
| 2 | Asia-Pacific Financial Markets | Springer International Publishing | 1387-2834 / 1573-6946 | Q1 5.8 | 0.52 | ESCI | C |
| 2 | ASTIN Bulletin | Cambridge University Press | 0515-0361 / 1783-1350 | Q2 3.6 | 1.16 | SCIE, SSCI | A* |
| 2 | Corporate Governance (Bingley) | Emerald Group Publishing | 1472-0701 / 1758-6054 | Q1 11.1 | 0.99 | ESCI | B |
| 2 | Emerging Markets Finance and Trade | Taylor & Francis Online | 1540-496X / 1558-0938 | Q1 6.3 | 0.75 | SSCI | B |
| 2 | Emerging Markets Review | Elsevier | 1566-0141 / 1873-6173 | Q1 7.8 | 1.11 | SSCI | A |
| 2 | European Actuarial Journal | Springer International Publishing | 2190-9733 / 2190-9741 | Q2 2.7 | 0.67 | ESCI | B |
| 2 | Finance Research Letters | Elsevier | 1544-6123 / 1544-6131 | Q1 10.1 | 1.67 | SSCI | A |
| 2 | Financial Innovation | Springer Nature | 2199-4730 | Q1 13.7 | 1.25 | SSCI | B |
| 2 | Financial Markets and Portfolio Management | Springer International Publishing | 1934-4554 / 2373-8529 | Q2 3.1 | 0.34 | ESCI | B |
| 2 | Foundations and Trends in Finance | Now Publishers | 1567-2395 / 1567-2409 | Q1 8 | 6.64 | – | B |
| 2 | Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice | Springer International Publishing | 1018-5895 / 1468-0440 | Q1 7.5 | 0.56 | SSCI | B |
| 2 | Global Finance Journal | Elsevier | 1044-0283 / 1873-5665 | Q1 10.2 | 1.25 | SSCI | A |
| 2 | International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance | Inderscience Publishers | 1755-3830 / 1755-3849 | Q4 0.6 | 0.17 | – | C |
| 2 | International Journal of Managerial Finance | Emerald Group Publishing | 1743-9132 / 1758-6569 | Q1 5.1 | 0.64 | ESCI | A |
| 2 | International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance | World Scientific Publishing | 0219-0249 / 1793-6322 | Q3 0.9 | 0.37 | ESCI | B |
| 2 | International Tax and Public Finance | Springer International Publishing | 0927-5940 / 1573-6970 | Q2 3 | 0.73 | SSCI | A |
| 2 | Journal of Alternative Investments | S&P Global | 1520-3255 / 2168-8435 | Q3 1.3 | 0.24 | ESCI | B |
| 2 | Journal of Asset Management | Springer International Publishing | 1470-8272 / 1479-179X | Q2 2.9 | 0.45 | ESCI | B |
| 2 | Journal of Banking Regulation | Springer International Publishing | 1745-6452 / 1750-2071 | Q2 3.7 | 0.55 | ESCI | C |
| 2 | Journal of Behavioral Finance | Taylor & Francis Online | 1542-7560 / 1542-7579 | Q1 5.3 | 0.48 | SSCI | A |
| 2 | Journal of Derivatives | S&P Global | 1074-1240 / 2168-8524 | Q4 1 | 0.28 | SSCI | A |
| 2 | Journal of Economics and Business | Elsevier | 0148-6195 | Q1 6.3 | 0.78 | ESCI | B |
| 2 | Journal of Emerging Market Finance | Sage Publications | 0972-6527 / 0973-0710 | Q2 3.2 | 0.43 | ESCI | B |
| 2 | Journal of Fixed Income | S&P Global | 1059-8596 | Q4 0.8 | 0.61 | – | A |
| 2 | Journal of Law, Finance, and Accounting | Now Publishers Inc | 2380-5005 / 2380-5013 | Q2 1.4 | 0.20 | ESCI | – |
| 2 | Journal of Multinational Financial Management | Elsevier | 1042-444X / 1873-1309 | Q1 7.7 | 1.20 | SSCI | B |
| 2 | Journal of Operational Risk | Incisive Risk Information Ltd. | 1744-6740 / 1755-2710 | Q3 1.2 | 0.16 | SSCI | C |
| 2 | Journal of Pension Economics and Finance | Cambridge University Press | 1474-7472 / 1475-3022 | Q2 3.6 | 0.72 | SSCI | B |
| 2 | Journal of Risk | Incisive Risk Information Limited | 1465-1211 / 1755-2842 | Q4 0.8 | 0.19 | SSCI | B |
| 2 | North American Actuarial Journal | Taylor & Francis Online | 1092-0277 / 2325-0453 | Q2 2.8 | 0.70 | ESCI | A |
| 2 | Pacific Basin Finance Journal | Elsevier | 0927-538X / 1879-0585 | Q1 7.4 | 1.32 | SSCI | A |
| 2 | Research in International Business and Finance | Elsevier | 0275-5319 / 1878-3384 | Q1 11.9 | 1.51 | SSCI | A |
| 2 | Review of Accounting and Finance | Emerald Group Publishing | 1475-7702 / 1758-7700 | Q1 6.7 | 0.73 | ESCI | B |
| 2 | Review of Derivatives Research | Springer International Publishing | 1380-6645 / 1573-7144 | Q3 1.7 | 0.29 | SSCI | B |
| 2 | Review of Development Finance | AfricaGrowth Institute | 1879-9337 | Q4 0.7 | 0.21 | ESCI | – |
| 2 | SIAM Journal on Financial Mathematics | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | 1945-497X | Q2 3.3 | 1.33 | SCIE, SSCI | B |
| 1 | African Finance Journal | African Finance Association | 1605-9786 | Q4 0.8 | 0.14 | – | – |
| 1 | Agricultural Finance Review | Emerald Group Publishing | 0002-1466 / 2041-6326 | Q1 4.3 | 0.46 | ESCI | C |
| 1 | Annals of Actuarial Science | Cambridge University Press | 1748-4995 / 1748-5002 | Q3 2.2 | 0.46 | ESCI | A |
| 1 | Bancaria The Journal of the Italian Banking Association | Italian Banking Association (ABI) | 2499-4472 | – | – | – | – |
| 1 | Banks and Bank Systems | LLC CPC Business Perspectives | 1816-7403 / 1991-7074 | Q1 3.6 | 0.28 | ESCI | – |
| 1 | British Actuarial Journal | Cambridge University Press | 1357-3217 / 2044-0456 | Q4 1.1 | 0.27 | – | B |
| 1 | China Finance Review International | Emerald Group Publishing Limited | 2044-1398 / 2044-1401 | Q1 19.9 | 1.82 | ESCI | A |
| 1 | Critical Finance Review | Now Publishers | 2164-5744 / 2164-5760 | Q2 4.1 | 6.84 | ESCI | A* |
| 1 | Finance | Association Francaise de Finance | 0752-6180 / 2101-0145 | Q4 0.7 | 0.18 | – | C |
| 1 | Financial Services Review | Academy of Financial Services - Elsevier | 1057-0810 / 1873-5673 | Q4 0.8 | – | – | B |
| 1 | Insurance Markets and Companies | LLC CPC Business Perspectives | 2522-9591 / 2616-3551 | Q1 2.6 | 0.20 | – | – |
| 1 | Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management | John Wiley and Sons Inc | 1550-1949 / 2160-0074 | Q2 5.5 | 0.43 | ESCI | – |
| 1 | International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management | Emerald Group Publishing Limited | 1753-8394 / 1753-8408 | Q1 7.1 | 0.49 | SSCI | B |
| 1 | Investment Analysts Journal | Taylor & Francis Online | 1029-3523 / 2077-0227 | Q2 3.6 | 0.43 | SSCI | B |
| 1 | Investment Management and Financial Innovations | LLC CPC Business Perspectives | 1810-4967 / 1812-9358 | Q1 3 | 0.27 | – | – |
| 1 | Journal of Applied Corporate Finance | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | 1078-1196 / 1745-6622 | – | – | – | A |
| 1 | Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance | Elsevier | 2214-6350 / 2214-6369 | Q1 7 | 0.96 | SSCI | A |
| 1 | Journal of Beta Investment Strategies | Portfolio Management Research | 2771-6511 | Q4 1.1 | 0.25 | – | – |
| 1 | Journal of Capital Markets Studies | Emerald Publishing | 2514-4774 | Q1 5.9 | 0.50 | – | – |
| 1 | Journal of Computational Finance | Incisive Risk Information Limited | 1460-1559 / 1755-2850 | Q4 1 | 0.29 | SSCI | C |
| 1 | Journal of Credit Risk | Incisive Risk Information Ltd. | 1744-6619 / 1755-9723 | Q4 0.8 | 0.21 | SSCI | C |
| 1 | Journal of Economics and Finance | Springer International Publishing | 1055-0925 / 1938-9744 | Q2 3.1 | 0.41 | ESCI | B |
| 1 | Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science | ESAN University | 2077-1886 / 2218-0648 | Q1 5.6 | 0.43 | ESCI | – |
| 1 | Journal of Energy Markets | Infopro digital | 1756-3607 / 1756-3615 | Q4 1.2 | 0.18 | ESCI | – |
| 1 | Journal of Financial Data Science | With intelligence | 2640-3943 / 2640-3951 | Q2 2.3 | 0.40 | – | – |
| 1 | Journal of Financial Economic Policy | Emerald Group Publishing | 1757-6385 / 1757-6393 | Q2 4.1 | 0.50 | ESCI | B |
| 1 | Journal of Financial Management, Markets and Institutions | World Scientific Publishing | 2282-717X | Q2 1.9 | 0.31 | – | C |
| 1 | JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL MARKET INFRASTRUCTURES | INCISIVE MEDIA | 2049-5404 / 2049-5412 | – | – | ESCI | – |
| 1 | Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance | Emerald Group Publishing | 1358-1988 / 1740-0279 | Q2 4.8 | 0.51 | ESCI | B |
| 1 | Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting | Emerald Group Publishing | 1985-2517 / 2042-5856 | Q1 12.3 | 0.89 | ESCI | C |
| 1 | Journal of Investing | S&P Global | 1068-0896 / 2168-8613 | Q4 1 | 0.23 | ESCI | B |
| 1 | Journal of Investment Strategies | Infopro digital | 2047-1238 / 2047-1246 | Q4 0.2 | 0.11 | ESCI | – |
| 1 | Journal of Property Investment and Finance | Emerald Publishing | 1463-578X / 1470-2002 | Q1 4.4 | 0.56 | ESCI | B |
| 1 | Journal of Risk Finance | Emerald Group Publishing | 1526-5943 / 2331-2947 | Q1 10.9 | 0.92 | ESCI | B |
| 1 | Journal of Risk Model Validation | Risk Waters Group. | 1753-9579 / 1753-9587 | Q4 1 | 0.13 | SSCI | C |
| 1 | Journal of Structured Finance | S&P Global | 1551-9783 / 2374-1325 | – | 0.10 | – | C |
| 1 | Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment | Taylor & Francis | 2043-0795 / 2043-0809 | Q1 19.2 | 1.31 | ESCI | B |
| 1 | Journal of Wealth Management | S&P Global | 1534-7524 | Q4 0.7 | 0.18 | – | B |
| 1 | Managerial Finance | Emerald Group Publishing | 0307-4358 / 1758-7743 | Q2 5.1 | 0.56 | ESCI | B |
| 1 | Multinational Finance Journal | Multinational Finance Society | 1096-1879 / 1096-2190 | Q4 0.2 | 0.10 | – | B |
| 1 | Public and Municipal Finance | LLC CPC Business Perspectives | 2222-1867 / 2222-1875 | Q1 3 | 0.23 | – | – |
| 1 | Qualitative Research in Financial Markets | Emerald Group Publishing | 1755-4179 / 1755-4187 | Q1 7.5 | 0.58 | ESCI | B |
| 1 | Quarterly Journal of Finance | World Scientific Publishing | 2010-1392 / 2010-1406 | Q4 0.9 | 0.48 | ESCI | A |
| 1 | Quarterly Journal of Finance and Accounting | Creighton University | 0747-5535 | – | – | – | B |
| 1 | Review of Behavioral Finance | Emerald Group Publishing Limited | 1940-5979 / 1940-5987 | Q1 5.5 | 0.45 | ESCI | B |
| 1 | Scandinavian Actuarial Journal | Taylor & Francis Online | 0346-1238 / 1651-2030 | Q2 3.1 | 0.80 | SCIE, SSCI | A |
| 1 | The Journal of Prediction Markets | University of Buckingham Press | 1750-676X | – | – | – | B |
Chartered ABS Academic Journal Guide 2024, field Finance (dataset 2026-10-04). SJR is from SCImago. 5 of these are also in the Financial Times 50. 3 are in the UT Dallas 24. Confirm any grade on the official ABS guide ↗ before relying on it.