ScopusElsevier Scopus
Status
Active
Coverage
2017–2025
Source type
Journal
Open access
No
CiteScore
4.1
SJR · SCImago
6.838
Q1 SJR quartile
H-index
17
Best quartile
Q2 · 65th pctile
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finance | 120 / 342 | 65th | Q2 |
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Critical Finance Review
Critical Finance Review is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.1), ABDC A*, ABS / AJG 1, WoS ESCI. Published by Now Publishers.
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ISSN 2164-5744Verify ISSN ↗2164-5760Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Now Publishers
Scopus · Q2ABDC A*ABS / AJG 1WoS · ESCI
4.1
CiteScore 2025
Q2
Best quartile
A*
ABDC rating
3
Indexed in
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Web of ScienceClarivate (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI)
DOAJDirectory of Open Access Journals (live)
Not in DOAJ
Open accessNot registered as fully open access
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Rating
Unchanged since 2022 vs ABDC 2022
Year of inception
2012
Field of research
Banking, finance and investment (3502)
Publisher (per ABDC)
Now Publishers
A* = top 5–7% of journals in its field — an internationally recognised exemplar of excellence.
View this source on ABDC ABS / AJGChartered Association of Business Schools 2024
Grade
Unchanged since 2021 vs ABS / AJG 2021
Field
Finance
1 = journals publishing recognised research of a more modest standard.
ABS = Chartered Association of Business Schools. AJG = its Academic Journal Guide, 2024 edition.
View this source on ABS Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Critical Finance Review indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–2025, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.1.
What quartile is Critical Finance Review in Scopus?
Critical Finance Review is Q2 in Finance (rank 120 of 342), by CiteScore 2025.
What is the impact factor of Critical Finance Review?
Critical Finance Review is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4.1, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 65th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 6.838, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 17.
Who publishes Critical Finance Review and what is its ISSN?
Critical Finance Review is published by Now Publishers. Its print ISSN is 2164-5744 and its online ISSN is 2164-5760.
Is Critical Finance Review in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
What is the ABDC rating of Critical Finance Review?
It is rated A* in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Banking, finance and investment.
What is the ABS / AJG rating of Critical Finance Review?
It is graded 1 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Finance field, unchanged from 2021.
Is Critical Finance Review open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Critical Finance Review? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Critical Finance Review has an h-index of 32 and a 2-year mean of 3.78 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #68 of 335 Scopus journals in Finance.
32
h-index
3.78
2-yr mean citations
66
i10-index
191
works indexed
5,634
total citations
2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject
#68 of 335 Top 21% Finance
Critical Finance Review published 22 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Who publishes in Critical Finance Review? — latest 93 articles, 2021–2026
In its latest 93 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (55.9%), Canada (6.2%) and Australia (5.9%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Critical Finance Review? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusActive
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
- Author concentration55.9% of recent authorship from United States
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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