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Journal of Derivatives is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 1), ABDC A, ABS / AJG 2, WoS SSCI. Published by S&P Global.
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ISSN 1074-1240Verify ISSN ↗2168-8524Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: S&P Global
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finance | 268 / 342 | 21st | Q4 |
| Economics and Econometrics | 608 / 755 | 19th | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1996–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 1.
Journal of Derivatives is Q4 in Finance (rank 268 of 342) and Q4 in Economics and Econometrics (rank 608 of 755), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Derivatives 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 1, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 21st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.281, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 53.
Journal of Derivatives is published by S&P Global. Its print ISSN is 1074-1240 and its online ISSN is 2168-8524.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Banking, finance and investment.
It is graded 2 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Finance field, unchanged from 2021.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Derivatives has an h-index of 79 and a 2-year mean of 0.26 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #299 of 335 Scopus journals in Finance.
Journal of Derivatives published 31 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 46. 2026* is the year so far.
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.
In its latest 61 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from United States (41.8%), China (21%) and Taiwan (6.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
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.
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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