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Best Finance journals

342 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Finance. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 86 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship 21.7 99th Q1 – – Yes
2 Journal of Management 21.4 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
3 Journal of Financial Economics 20.7 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
4 China Finance Review International 19.9 98th Q1 ESCI A No
5 Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment 19.2 98th Q1 ESCI B No
6 Journal of Finance 16.8 98th Q1 SSCI A* No
7 Journal of World Business 16.5 98th Q1 SSCI A* No
8 Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting 16.2 97th Q1 SSCI A No
9 Review of Finance 16 97th Q1 SSCI A* No
10 Accounting in Europe 14.5 97th Q1 ESCI A No
11 International Journal of Accounting Information Systems 14.5 96th Q1 SSCI A No
12 International Review of Financial Analysis 13.8 96th Q1 SSCI A No
13 Financial Innovation 13.7 96th Q1 SSCI B Yes
14 Journal of Accounting Research 13.4 96th Q1 SSCI A* No
15 Review of Financial Studies 13.2 95th Q1 SSCI A* No
16 Borsa Istanbul Review 13.1 95th Q1 SSCI B Yes
17 EuroMed Journal of Business 12.9 95th Q1 ESCI B No
18 Long Range Planning 12.6 94th Q1 SSCI A* No
19 Research in International Business and Finance 11.9 94th Q1 SSCI A No
20 Journal of Accounting and Economics 11.7 94th Q1 SSCI A* No
21 International Business Review 11.4 94th Q1 SSCI A No
22 European Journal of Management and Business Economics 11.2 93rd Q1 ESCI B Yes
23 Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money 11 93rd Q1 SSCI A No
24 Critical Perspectives on Accounting 10.9 92nd Q1 SSCI A No
25 Journal of Risk Finance 10.9 92nd Q1 ESCI B No
26 Family Business Review 10.8 92nd Q1 SSCI A No
27 Journal of Corporate Finance 10.3 92nd Q1 SSCI A* No
28 Global Finance Journal 10.2 91st Q1 SSCI A No
29 Finance Research Letters 10.1 91st Q1 SSCI A No
30 Journal of Financial Services Marketing 9.9 91st Q1 ESCI B No
31 Annual Review of Financial Economics 9.7 91st Q1 SSCI B No
32 Journal of International Management 9.4 90th Q1 SSCI A No
33 International Journal of Finance and Economics 9 90th Q1 SSCI B No
34 Management Accounting Research 8.8 90th Q1 SSCI A* No
35 Financial Management 8.7 89th Q1 SSCI A* No
36 Journal of Commodity Markets 8.5 89th Q1 SSCI A No
37 International Review of Economics and Finance 8.3 89th Q1 SSCI A Yes
38 Green Finance 8.3 89th Q1 ESCI – No
39 Annals of Financial Economics 8.2 88th Q1 ESCI – No
40 China Economic Review 8.1 88th Q1 SSCI A No
41 Journal of Climate Finance 8.1 88th Q1 – – No
42 Foundations and Trends in Finance 8 87th Q1 – B No
43 Journal of Banking and Finance 8 87th Q1 SSCI A* No
44 Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy 7.9 87th Q1 – – Yes
45 Journal of Multinational Financial Management 7.7 86th Q1 SSCI B No
46 Review of Corporate Finance 7.6 86th Q1 – A No
47 Strategic Change 7.5 86th Q1 ESCI B No
48 Accounting Review 7.5 86th Q1 SSCI A* No
49 Qualitative Research in Financial Markets 7.5 85th Q1 ESCI B No
50 Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice 7.5 85th Q1 SSCI B No
51 Pacific Basin Finance Journal 7.4 85th Q1 SSCI A No
52 Contemporary Accounting Research 7.3 84th Q1 SSCI A* No
53 Journal of Financial Stability 7.3 84th Q1 SSCI A* No
54 Technological and Economic Development of Economy 7.2 84th Q1 SSCI – Yes
55 Accounting Forum 7.1 84th Q1 SSCI A No
56 International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management 7.1 83rd Q1 SSCI B No
57 Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 7.1 83rd Q1 SSCI A* No
58 North American Journal of Economics and Finance 7 83rd Q1 SSCI B No
59 Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance 7 82nd Q1 SSCI A No
60 Journal of Financial Intermediation 7 82nd Q1 SSCI A* No
61 Venture Capital 6.9 82nd Q1 SSCI B No
62 Journal of Financial Regulation 6.8 82nd Q1 ESCI B No
63 Accounting Research Journal 6.8 81st Q1 ESCI B No
64 Review of Accounting and Finance 6.7 81st Q1 ESCI B No
65 Journal of International Money and Finance 6.6 81st Q1 SSCI A No
66 China Journal of Accounting Research 6.6 80th Q1 ESCI A Yes
67 Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 6.5 80th Q1 SSCI B No
68 Journal of Finance and Data Science 6.5 80th Q1 ESCI B Yes
69 Journal of International Economics 6.5 79th Q1 SSCI A* No
70 Journal of Corporate Real Estate 6.4 79th Q1 ESCI C No
71 International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship 6.3 79th Q1 SSCI B No
72 Journal of Economics and Business 6.3 79th Q1 ESCI B No
73 Emerging Markets Finance and Trade 6.3 78th Q1 SSCI B No
74 International Journal of Digital Accounting Research 6.3 78th Q1 – B No
75 Journal of Monetary Economics 6.2 78th Q1 SSCI A* No
76 Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation 6 77th Q1 ESCI B No
77 Studies in Economics and Finance 6 77th Q1 ESCI B No
78 Cogent Economics and Finance 5.9 77th Q1 ESCI B Yes
79 Journal of Capital Markets Studies 5.9 77th Q1 – – Yes
80 Asia-Pacific Financial Markets 5.8 76th Q1 ESCI C No
81 Mathematical Finance 5.7 76th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
82 Journal of Public Economics 5.6 76th Q1 SSCI A* No
83 Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 5.6 75th Q1 SSCI A No
84 World Economy 5.6 75th Q1 SSCI A No
85 Review of Behavioral Finance 5.5 75th Q1 ESCI B No
86 Journal of Risk and Financial Management 5.5 75th Q1 – – No
87 Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management 5.5 74th Q2 ESCI – No
88 Accounting and Finance 5.4 74th Q2 SSCI A No
89 International Journal of Disclosure and Governance 5.4 74th Q2 ESCI B No
90 Auditing 5.3 73rd Q2 SSCI A* No
91 Journal of Behavioral Finance 5.3 73rd Q2 SSCI A No
92 Resources Science 5.3 73rd Q2 – – Yes
93 International Journal of Managerial Finance 5.1 72nd Q2 ESCI A No
94 Managerial Finance 5.1 72nd Q2 ESCI B No
95 Pacific Accounting Review 5.1 72nd Q2 ESCI B No
96 World Bank Economic Review 5.1 72nd Q2 SSCI A No
97 Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 5 71st Q2 SSCI A No
98 International Journal of Financial Studies 5 71st Q2 ESCI – Yes
99 Journal of Sustainable Finance and Accounting 5 71st Q2 – – No
100 Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal 4.9 70th Q2 ESCI B Yes
101 Journal of Asian Economics 4.9 70th Q2 SSCI B No
102 Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction 4.9 70th Q2 ESCI C No
103 Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 4.8 70th Q2 ESCI B No
104 Journal of Financial Services Research 4.8 69th Q2 SSCI A No
105 Review of Corporate Finance Studies 4.8 69th Q2 ESCI A* No
106 Economia Politica 4.7 69th Q2 SSCI – No
107 Asian Review of Accounting 4.7 68th Q2 ESCI B No
108 Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting 4.6 68th Q2 ESCI B No
109 Journal of Financial Econometrics 4.5 68th Q2 SSCI A* No
110 European Economic Review 4.5 67th Q2 SSCI A* No
111 Journal of Business Finance and Accounting 4.5 67th Q2 SSCI A* No
112 Data Science in Finance and Economics 4.5 67th Q2 ESCI – No
113 Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance 4.4 67th Q2 ESCI A No
114 Financial Analysts Journal 4.4 66th Q2 SSCI A No
115 Journal of Financial Markets 4.4 66th Q2 SSCI A* No
116 Journal of Property Investment and Finance 4.4 66th Q2 ESCI B No
117 Agricultural Finance Review 4.3 65th Q2 ESCI C No
118 Journal of Risk and Insurance 4.2 65th Q2 SSCI A No
119 Transnational Corporations Review 4.2 65th Q2 – C Yes
120 Critical Finance Review 4.1 65th Q2 ESCI A* No
121 Energy Research Letters 4.1 64th Q2 – C No
122 Journal of Financial Economic Policy 4.1 64th Q2 ESCI B No
123 Review of Asset Pricing Studies 4.1 64th Q2 ESCI A* No
124 Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning 4 63rd Q2 ESCI B No
125 Risk Management 4 63rd Q2 SSCI C No
126 Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics 3.9 63rd Q2 SSCI B No
127 Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy 3.9 63rd Q2 ESCI – No
128 Real Estate Economics 3.9 62nd Q2 SSCI A No
129 Journal of Empirical Finance 3.8 62nd Q2 SSCI A No
130 Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 3.7 62nd Q2 SSCI A* No
131 Economics and Business Review 3.7 61st Q2 ESCI C Yes
132 Journal of Banking Regulation 3.7 61st Q2 ESCI C No
133 Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 3.7 61st Q2 SSCI A* No
134 Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments 3.7 60th Q2 – A No
135 ASTIN Bulletin 3.6 60th Q2 SCIE, SSCI A* No
136 International Review of Finance 3.6 60th Q2 SSCI A No
137 Investment Analysts Journal 3.6 60th Q2 SSCI B No
138 Journal of Pension Economics and Finance 3.6 59th Q2 SSCI B No
139 Journal of Futures Markets 3.6 59th Q2 SSCI A No
140 Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management 3.5 59th Q2 ESCI B No
141 Contemporary Economics 3.5 58th Q2 ESCI C Yes
142 Journal of the American Taxation Association 3.4 58th Q2 ESCI A No
143 Digital Finance 3.4 58th Q2 – – No
144 SIAM Journal on Financial Mathematics 3.3 58th Q2 SCIE, SSCI B No
145 International Journal of Islamic Finance and Sustainable Development 3.3 57th Q2 ESCI – No
146 European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention 3.2 57th Q2 ESCI C Yes
147 Journal of Emerging Market Finance 3.2 57th Q2 ESCI B No
148 Financial Markets and Portfolio Management 3.1 56th Q2 ESCI B No
149 Journal of Economics and Finance 3.1 56th Q2 ESCI B No
150 Quantitative Finance 3.1 56th Q2 SCIE, SSCI A No
151 Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies 3.1 55th Q2 SSCI B No
152 Economics Letters 3.1 55th Q2 SSCI A No
153 International Tax and Public Finance 3 55th Q2 SSCI A No
154 Investment Management and Financial Innovations 3 55th Q2 – – No
155 International Finance 3 54th Q2 SSCI B No
156 Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies 3 54th Q2 ESCI C No
157 GENEVA Risk and Insurance Review 3 54th Q2 SSCI B No
158 Risk Management and Insurance Review 3 53rd Q2 ESCI C No
159 Revista Espanola de Financiacion y Contabilidad 3 53rd Q2 SSCI B No
160 Public and Municipal Finance 3 53rd Q2 – – Yes
161 International Journal of Electronic Finance 2.9 53rd Q2 – C No
162 Financial Review 2.9 52nd Q2 ESCI A No
163 International Journal of Accounting 2.9 52nd Q2 ESCI A No
164 Quantitative Finance and Economics 2.9 52nd Q2 ESCI – No
165 Japan and the World Economy 2.9 51st Q2 SSCI B No
166 Fiscal Studies 2.8 51st Q2 SSCI B No
167 Indian Journal of Finance 2.8 51st Q2 – – No
168 Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences 2.7 51st Q2 – – Yes
169 Russian Journal of Economics 2.7 50th Q2 – C Yes
170 Journal of Real Estate Research 2.6 50th Q2 SSCI B No
171 Global Business and Finance Review 2.6 50th Q2 – – Yes
172 International Journal of Central Banking 2.6 49th Q3 SSCI A No
173 Annals of Corporate Governance 2.6 49th Q3 ESCI – No
174 Insurance Markets and Companies 2.6 49th Q3 – – Yes
175 Finance and Stochastics 2.6 48th Q3 SCIE, SSCI A No
176 Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management 2.5 48th Q3 – B No
177 National Tax Journal 2.5 48th Q3 SSCI A No
178 Review of Financial Economics 2.5 48th Q3 ESCI B No
179 Accounting Perspectives 2.5 47th Q3 ESCI B No
180 Advances in Accounting 2.5 47th Q3 ESCI A No
181 Applied Mathematical Finance 2.5 47th Q3 – B No
182 International Journal of Sustainable Economy 2.4 46th Q3 – C No
183 Corporate Law and Governance Review 2.4 46th Q3 – – No
184 Journal of Tax Reform 2.4 46th Q3 ESCI – Yes
185 Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies 2.4 46th Q3 ESCI – Yes
186 Capital Markets Law Journal 2.3 45th Q3 ESCI A No
187 Journal of European Real Estate Research 2.3 45th Q3 ESCI C No
188 Journal of Governance and Regulation 2.3 45th Q3 – – No
189 Journal of Financial Data Science 2.3 44th Q3 – – No
190 International Review of Law and Economics 2.2 44th Q3 SSCI B No
191 Finance and Society 2.2 44th Q3 – – Yes
192 Tax Policy and the Economy 2.2 44th Q3 – – No
193 Games and Economic Behavior 2.2 43rd Q3 SSCI A* No
194 International Journal of Business and Society 2.2 43rd Q3 ESCI C No
195 International Journal of Empirical Economics 2.2 43rd Q3 – – Yes
196 Asian Economic Papers 2.1 42nd Q3 SSCI B No
197 Financial Planning Review 2.1 42nd Q3 – B No
198 ICSID Review 2.1 42nd Q3 SSCI C No
199 Central Bank Review 2 41st Q3 ESCI C Yes
200 International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics 2 41st Q3 ESCI B No
201 Journal of Business Cycle Research 2 41st Q3 – B No
202 Journal of Central Banking Law and Institutions 2 41st Q3 – – Yes
203 Journal of Real Estate Literature 1.9 40th Q3 – C No
204 Journal of Southeast Asian Economies 1.9 40th Q3 ESCI C No
205 Studia Universitatis Vasile Goldis Arad, Economics Series 1.9 40th Q3 ESCI – Yes
206 Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis 1.9 39th Q3 – – No
207 Real Estate Management and Valuation 1.9 39th Q3 ESCI – Yes
208 International Journal of Diplomacy and Economy 1.8 39th Q3 – – No
209 Valori e Valutazioni 1.8 39th Q3 – – Yes
210 Mathematics and Financial Economics 1.8 38th Q3 SCIE, SSCI C No
211 Estudios Gerenciales 1.8 38th Q3 ESCI – Yes
212 International Organisations Research Journal 1.8 38th Q3 ESCI – No
213 Public Finance Review 1.8 37th Q3 ESCI B No
214 South Asian Journal of Macroeconomics and Public Finance 1.8 37th Q3 ESCI C No
215 Journal of Portfolio Management 1.8 37th Q3 SSCI A No
216 Buletin Ekonomi Moneter dan Perbankan/Monetary and banking economics bulletin 1.7 36th Q3 – C Yes
217 Journal of Public Economic Theory 1.7 36th Q3 SSCI A No
218 Review of Derivatives Research 1.7 36th Q3 SSCI B No
219 World Tax Journal 1.7 36th Q3 ESCI B No
220 International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation 1.6 35th Q3 – C No
221 Journal of Financial Research 1.6 35th Q3 SSCI A No
222 Prague Economic Papers 1.6 35th Q3 SSCI C No
223 European Journal of Business Science and Technology 1.6 34th Q3 – – Yes
224 Journal of Corporate Finance Research 1.5 34th Q3 – – Yes
225 Journal of Financial Therapy 1.5 34th Q3 – – Yes
226 Revista Galega de Economia 1.5 34th Q3 ESCI – Yes
227 Public Budgeting and Finance 1.5 33rd Q3 ESCI C No
228 Central European Economic Journal 1.4 33rd Q3 – – No
229 Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci / Proceedings of Rijeka Faculty of Economics 1.4 33rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
230 Annals of Finance 1.4 32nd Q3 ESCI B No
231 International Journal of Sport Finance 1.4 32nd Q3 SSCI C No
232 China Journal of Econometrics 1.4 32nd Q3 – – No
233 UCJC Business and Society Review 1.4 32nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
234 International Journal of Business 1.4 31st Q3 ESCI C No
235 Journal of Law, Finance, and Accounting 1.4 31st Q3 ESCI – No
236 Revista Finanzas y Politica Economica 1.4 31st Q3 ESCI – Yes
237 Advances in Financial Economics 1.3 30th Q3 – – No
238 Business Performance Review 1.3 30th Q3 – – No
239 Journal of Derivatives and Quantitative Studies 1.3 30th Q3 – – Yes
240 Finance: Theory and Practice 1.3 29th Q3 – – Yes
241 Risk Governance and Control: Financial Markets and Institutions 1.3 29th Q3 – – No
242 Small Business International Review 1.3 29th Q3 – – Yes
243 Zeszyty Teoretyczne Rachunkowosci 1.3 29th Q3 ESCI – Yes
244 Applied Econometrics and International Development 1.3 28th Q3 – C No
245 Financial History Review 1.3 28th Q3 ESCI B No
246 Journal of Alternative Investments 1.3 28th Q3 ESCI B No
247 Journal of Operational Risk 1.2 27th Q3 SSCI C No
248 Zhournal Novoi Ekonomicheskoi Associacii /Journal of the New Economic Association 1.2 27th Q3 ESCI C No
249 Management and Accounting Review 1.2 27th Q3 – – No
250 Foundations and Trends in Accounting 1.2 26th Q3 – A No
251 Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods 1.2 26th Q3 ESCI – No
252 Economic Thought and Practice 1.2 26th Q3 ESCI – Yes
253 Revue de l'Organisation Responsable 1.2 26th Q3 – – No
254 Asian Academy of Management Journal of Accounting and Finance 1.2 25th Q3 ESCI C Yes
255 Finance a Uver - Czech Journal of Economics and Finance 1.2 25th Q3 SSCI C No
256 FinanzArchiv 1.2 25th Q3 SSCI B No
257 Public Sector Economics 1.2 25th Q3 ESCI – Yes
258 International Journal of Banking and Finance 1.1 24th Q4 – – Yes
259 Journal of Beta Investment Strategies 1.1 24th Q4 – – No
260 Journal of Property Tax Assessment and Administration 1.1 24th Q4 – – No
261 Revista Contabilidade e Financas 1.1 23rd Q4 – C Yes
262 Law and Financial Markets Review 1.1 23rd Q4 ESCI B No
263 Future of Business and Finance 1.1 23rd Q4 – – No
264 Revista Mexicana de Economia y Finanzas Nueva Epoca 1.1 22nd Q4 ESCI – Yes
265 Journal of Investing 1 22nd Q4 ESCI B No
266 Journal of Risk Management in Financial Institutions 1 22nd Q4 – C No
267 Sustainable Finance 1 22nd Q4 – – No
268 International Journal of Revenue Management 1 21st Q4 – C No
269 Journal of Derivatives 1 21st Q4 SSCI A No
270 Public Finance Quarterly 1 21st Q4 ESCI – No
271 Ekonomicheskaya Politika 1 20th Q4 ESCI C No
272 Accounting, Finance and Governance Review 1 20th Q4 – – Yes
273 Accounting, Finance, Sustainability, Governance and Fraud 1 20th Q4 – – No
274 Hacienda Publica Espanola 1 20th Q4 SSCI – No
275 Decisions in Economics and Finance 1 19th Q4 ESCI B No
276 Journal of Computational Finance 1 19th Q4 SSCI C No
277 Journal of Risk Model Validation 1 19th Q4 SSCI C No
278 eJournal of Tax Research 0.9 18th Q4 ESCI A No
279 Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance 0.9 18th Q4 – – No
280 Public Governance, Administration and Finances Law Review 0.9 18th Q4 ESCI – Yes
281 Comptabilite Controle Audit 0.9 17th Q4 SSCI B No
282 International Insolvency Review 0.9 17th Q4 SSCI B No
283 Quarterly Journal of Finance 0.9 17th Q4 ESCI A No
284 Journal Of Economic Sciences: Theory And Practice 0.9 17th Q4 – – No
285 International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance 0.9 16th Q4 ESCI B No
286 Contributions to Finance and Accounting 0.9 16th Q4 – – No
287 SIDREA Series in Accounting and Business Administration 0.9 16th Q4 – – No
288 Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies 0.9 15th Q4 ESCI B No
289 International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance 0.8 15th Q4 – C No
290 Journal of Risk 0.8 15th Q4 SSCI B No
291 African Finance Journal 0.8 15th Q4 – – No
292 Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting 0.8 14th Q4 – C No
293 ATA Journal of Legal Tax Research 0.8 14th Q4 ESCI C No
294 Financial Services Review 0.8 14th Q4 – B No
295 Journal of Credit Risk 0.8 13th Q4 SSCI C No
296 Florida Tax Review 0.8 13th Q4 – A No
297 Journal of Fixed Income 0.8 13th Q4 – A No
298 Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Growth 0.8 13th Q4 – – No
299 Finance 0.7 12th Q4 – C No
300 Journal of Retirement 0.7 12th Q4 – B No

All remaining Finance journals (42)

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