ScopusElsevier Scopus
Status
Active
Coverage
2004–present
Source type
Journal
Open access
No
CiteScore
10.1
SJR · SCImago
1.672
Q1 SJR quartile
H-index
143
Best quartile
Q1 · 91st pctile
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finance | 29 / 342 | 91st | Q1 |
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Finance Research Letters
Finance Research Letters is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 10.1), ABDC A, ABS / AJG 2, WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 1544-6123Verify ISSN ↗1544-6131Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier
Scopus · Q1ABDC AABS / AJG 2WoS · SSCIONOS
10.1
CiteScore 2025
Q1
Best quartile
A
ABDC rating
3
Indexed in
Cost to publish: About US$3,730 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
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
2004
Field of research
Banking, finance and investment (3502)
Publisher (per ABDC)
Elsevier
A = next 15–25% — among the highest citation metrics in its field.
View this source on ABDC ABS / AJGChartered Association of Business Schools 2024
Grade
Unchanged since 2021 vs ABS / AJG 2021
Field
Finance
2 = journals publishing original research of an acceptable standard.
ABS = Chartered Association of Business Schools. AJG = its Academic Journal Guide, 2024 edition.
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This journal is part of the ONOS national subscription — readers at an ONOS-subscribed Indian institution get full-text access to its articles at no cost.
Access depends on your institution’s ONOS participation; the subscribed title list is subject to revision.
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Quick answers
Is Finance Research Letters indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2004–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 10.1.
What quartile is Finance Research Letters in Scopus?
Finance Research Letters is Q1 in Finance (rank 29 of 342), by CiteScore 2025.
What is the impact factor of Finance Research Letters?
Finance Research Letters is indexed in the Social Sciences 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 10.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 91st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.672, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 143.
How much does it cost to publish in Finance Research Letters?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,730 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Who publishes Finance Research Letters and what is its ISSN?
Finance Research Letters is published by Elsevier. Its print ISSN is 1544-6123 and its online ISSN is 1544-6131.
Is Finance Research Letters covered under ONOS in India?
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Is Finance Research Letters in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
What is the ABDC rating of Finance Research Letters?
It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Banking, finance and investment.
What is the ABS / AJG rating of Finance Research Letters?
It is graded 2 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Finance field, unchanged from 2021.
Is Finance Research Letters open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Finance Research Letters? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Finance Research Letters has an h-index of 176 and a 2-year mean of 6.23 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 10.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #29 of 335 Scopus journals in Finance.
176
h-index
6.23
2-yr mean citations
3,785
i10-index
9,765
works indexed
205,970
total citations
Publication fee · open access list price, US$
US$3,730
2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject
#29 of 335 Top 9% Finance
Finance Research Letters published 2,514 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 Finance Research Letters? — latest 74 articles, 2026
In its latest 74 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (54.3%), United States (16%) and South Korea (4.1%). 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 Finance Research Letters? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Active. 15 retracted papers are recorded (1.5 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 3 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusActive
- Retracted papers 15 · 1.5 per 1,000 papers
- Problematic Paper Screener flags 3 · 0.3 per 1,000 papers — mostly tortured phrases
- Author concentration54.3% of recent authorship from China
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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