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Journal of Applied Corporate Finance
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance is rated ABDC A, ABS / AJG 1. Published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
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ISSN 1078-1196Verify ISSN ↗1745-6622Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
ABDC AABS / AJG 1
A
ABDC rating
1
Indexed in
Cost to publish: About US$2,900 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Rating
Unchanged since 2022 vs ABDC 2022
Year of inception
1988
Field of research
Banking, finance and investment (3502)
Publisher (per ABDC)
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
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
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: Scopus, Web of Science, DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Journal of Applied Corporate Finance indexed in Scopus?
No — Journal of Applied Corporate Finance is not currently indexed in Scopus.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Applied Corporate Finance?
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
How much does it cost to publish in Journal of Applied Corporate Finance?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,900 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Who publishes Journal of Applied Corporate Finance and what is its ISSN?
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. Its print ISSN is 1078-1196 and its online ISSN is 1745-6622.
Is Journal of Applied Corporate Finance in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
What is the ABDC rating of Journal of Applied Corporate Finance?
It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Banking, finance and investment.
What is the ABS / AJG rating of Journal of Applied Corporate Finance?
It is graded 1 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Finance field, unchanged from 2021.
Is Journal of Applied Corporate Finance open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Journal of Applied Corporate Finance? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance has an h-index of 111 and a 2-year mean of 0.83 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
111
h-index
0.83
2-yr mean citations
647
i10-index
1,947
works indexed
53,096
total citations
Publication fee · open access list price, US$
US$2,900
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance published 58 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 62. 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Who publishes in Journal of Applied Corporate Finance? — latest 79 articles, 2023–2025
In its latest 79 research articles (2023–2025), authors are most often from United States (89.6%), United Kingdom (4.5%) and Netherlands (1.1%). 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 Journal of Applied Corporate Finance? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Not in the Scopus source list. 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 statusNot in the Scopus source list
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
- Author concentration89.6% 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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