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Journal of Financial Markets is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.4), ABDC A*, ABS / AJG 3, WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier.
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ISSN 1386-4181Verify ISSN ↗1878-576XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier
Cost to publish: About US$2,950 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economics and Econometrics | 240 / 755 | 68th | Q2 |
| Finance | 115 / 342 | 66th | Q2 |
| Stage | Typical time |
|---|---|
| Submission → first decision | 3 days |
| Acceptance → online publication | 12 days |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1998–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.4.
Journal of Financial Markets is Q2 in Economics and Econometrics (rank 240 of 755) and Q2 in Finance (rank 115 of 342), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Financial Markets 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 4.4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 68th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.544, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 77.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,950 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.
Journal of Financial Markets is published by Elsevier. Its print ISSN is 1386-4181 and its online ISSN is 1878-576X.
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.
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 3 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 Financial Markets has an h-index of 104 and a 2-year mean of 2.12 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #268 of 744 Scopus journals in Economics and Econometrics.
Journal of Financial Markets published 52 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 56. 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 96 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (35.7%), United States (25.3%) and Hong Kong SAR China (6.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (1.1 per 1,000 papers). 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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