Journal rankings · indicator year 2021
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Subfield ranking · 2021
Finance journal rankings 2021
104 ranked journals · Subfield in Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Finance has 104 ranked journals in 2021. The median journal has an OJR of 0.99, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.01 on 2020; Q1 starts at OJR 2.28. The top three are The Review of Asset Pricing Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Financial Studies.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2021. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2018–2020, the window the 2021 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance (3)
104 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2020. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2018–2020, the window the 2021 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2018–2020 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2012 to 2021. | Compare |
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1The Review of Asset Pricing StudiesOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 12.66Q1 | 21.94 19.19 up from 2020 | 44 | 40% | $4,028 | ||
2Journal of Financial EconomicsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 6.29Q1 | 7.86 0.45 up from 2020 | 467 | 35% | $4,740 | ||
3Review of Financial StudiesOxford University Press · United States | 5.57Q1 | 7.71 1.66 up from 2020 | 430 | 34% | $4,028 | ||
4The Journal of FinanceWiley · United States | 5.46Q1 | 6.04 0.07 down from 2020 | 285 | 31% | $4,430 | ||
5The Journal of Finance and Data ScienceOAElsevier BV · China | 4.41Q1 | 0.79 5.05 down from 2020 | 32 | 100% | $550 | ||
6Journal of Economics and BusinessElsevier BV · United States | 4.40Q1 | 3.83 1.16 down from 2020 | 103 | 34% | $2,640 | ||
7New Political EconomyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.35Q1 | 5.73 0.64 up from 2020 | 179 | 55% | — | ||
8European Urban and Regional StudiesSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 4.11Q1 | 4.46 0.08 down from 2020 | 61 | 78% | $3,900 | ||
9IMF Economic ReviewPalgrave Macmillan · United Kingdom | 3.95Q1 | 5.38 0.35 up from 2020 | 76 | 64% | — | ||
10Economy and SocietyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 3.74Q1 | 5.78 1.28 up from 2020 | 83 | 50% | — | ||
11European Finance ReviewOxford University Press · Netherlands | 3.71Q1 | 4.80 0.97 up from 2020 | 107 | 26% | $5,071 | ||
12Journal of Financial IntermediationElsevier BV · United States | 3.68Q1 | 5.03 0.53 up from 2020 | 94 | 32% | $3,960 | ||
13Emerging Markets ReviewElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.65Q1 | 4.13 0.73 down from 2020 | 189 | 15% | $3,060 | ||
14Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and MoneyElsevier BV · United States | 3.57Q1 | 4.66 0.51 up from 2020 | 219 | 40% | $2,930 | ||
15IIMB Management ReviewOAElsevier BV · India | 3.11Q1 | 3.12 0.02 up from 2020 | 105 | 100% | $1,200 | ||
16Journal of Banking & FinanceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.06Q1 | 3.64 0.03 down from 2020 | 608 | 37% | $3,340 | ||
17Management ScienceInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences · United States | 3.03Q1 | 4.59 0.57 up from 2020 | 918 | 26% | — | ||
18Competition & ChangeSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 3.02Q1 | 4.16 0.67 up from 2020 | 90 | 44% | $3,650 | ||
19Central Bank ReviewOAElsevier BV · Türkiye | 3.01Q1 | 3.97 2.01 up from 2020 | 46 | 100% | $1,200 | ||
20Health Systems & ReformOATaylor & Francis · United States | 2.86Q1 | 5.23 1.71 up from 2020 | 68 | 100% | $2,306 | ||
21Journal of Financial StabilityElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.71Q1 | 3.79no change | 179 | 48% | $3,470 | ||
22Financial ManagementWiley · United States | 2.62Q1 | 3.49 1.24 up from 2020 | 118 | 11% | $2,850 | ||
23Journal of Empirical FinanceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.59Q1 | 3.18 0.12 up from 2020 | 181 | 31% | $2,940 | ||
24Journal of Financial and Quantitative AnalysisCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 2.53Q1 | 2.42 0.42 down from 2020 | 388 | 51% | $3,550 | ||
25Journal of International Money and FinanceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.51Q1 | 3.03 0.05 down from 2020 | 371 | 40% | $3,130 | ||
26Financial Analysts JournalTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.28Q1 | 2.69 0.37 up from 2020 | 114 | 59% | — | ||
27International Journal of Housing PolicyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.22Q2 | 3.11 0.13 up from 2020 | 81 | 31% | — | ||
28Housing Theory and SocietyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.04Q2 | 2.48 0.25 up from 2020 | 112 | 60% | — | ||
29Departmental PaperOAInternational Monetary Fund | 2.04Q2 | 3.09 0.06 up from 2020 | 51 | 100% | — | ||
30Journal of Behavioral FinanceRoutledge · United States | 1.98Q2 | 3.01 1.31 up from 2020 | 121 | 23% | — | ||
31Journal of money credit and bankingWiley · United States | 1.96Q2 | 2.15 0.36 down from 2020 | 239 | 48% | $3,800 | ||
32European Journal of FinanceTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.91Q2 | 3.01 1.06 up from 2020 | 273 | 52% | — | ||
33Housing StudiesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.88Q2 | 2.67 0.11 up from 2020 | 358 | 47% | — | ||
34Journal of Asset ManagementPalgrave Macmillan · United Kingdom | 1.82Q2 | 2.40 0.56 up from 2020 | 115 | 34% | $3,190 | ||
35Journal of Financial MarketsElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.82Q2 | 2.13 0.08 up from 2020 | 117 | 46% | $2,950 | ||
36Journal of Central Banking Theory and PracticeOADe Gruyter Open · Montenegro | 1.67Q2 | 2.69 0.42 down from 2020 | 101 | 100% | — | ||
37Journal of Financial Services ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.56Q2 | 2.65 1.05 up from 2020 | 58 | 38% | $3,090 | ||
38Critical Housing AnalysisOACzechia | 1.54Q2 | 1.69 0.69 up from 2020 | 34 | 100% | — | ||
39Review of Behavioral FinanceEmerald Publishing Limited | 1.32Q2 | 1.95 0.31 up from 2020 | 116 | 13% | — | ||
40Health Economics ReviewOABioMed Central · Germany | 1.30Q2 | 2.87 0.19 down from 2020 | 110 | 100% | $2,990 | ||
41Journal of Financial EconometricsOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.29Q2 | 1.58 0.01 up from 2020 | 117 | 62% | $4,851 | ||
42Financial markets and portfolio managementSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.28Q2 | 2.21 1.11 up from 2020 | 61 | 53% | $2,290 | ||
43Quantitative FinanceTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.24Q2 | 1.96 0.08 down from 2020 | 378 | 45% | — | ||
| 1.19Q2 | 1.50 0.78 up from 2020 | 34 | 100% | $86 | |||
45Finance and SocietyOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.15Q2 | 2.00 0.08 up from 2020 | 40 | 100% | $3,550 | ||
46Review of Financial EconomicsElsevier BV · United States | 1.12Q2 | 1.35 0.21 up from 2020 | 85 | 32% | $3,470 | ||
47Mathematical FinanceWiley · United Kingdom | 1.09Q2 | 1.68 0.10 up from 2020 | 106 | 50% | $3,840 | ||
48Annual Review of Financial EconomicsAnnual Reviews · United States | 1.07Q2 | 3.85 0.48 down from 2020 | 48 | 80% | — | ||
49The Journal of Financial ResearchWiley · United States | 1.04Q2 | 1.53 0.57 up from 2020 | 79 | 31% | $3,470 | ||
50Journal of Financial Regulation and ComplianceEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.04Q2 | 1.30 0.19 down from 2020 | 87 | 10% | — |
Subfields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with Finance highlighted.
Journals
Citations made in 2021. Corpus-wide, 87.7% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
33 additional Finance journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2018–2020, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2021. Publication window: 2018–2020. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 104
- Window papers (baseline)
- 44,572 +0.4% from indicator year 2018
- Median OJR
- 0.99 -21.3% from indicator year 2018
- Rising journals (2025)
- 8
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2018–2020 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Ranked journals | 58 | 60 | 64 | 73 | 76 | 74 | 80 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 89 | 91 | 96 | 94 | 96 | 103 | 105 | 106 | 109 | 110 | 110 | 104 | 106 | 104 | 100 | 102 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 14,873 | 16,127 | 17,063 | 18,477 | 19,957 | 21,578 | 22,968 | 24,559 | 26,399 | 28,443 | 31,442 | 34,341 | 38,022 | 40,267 | 42,599 | 44,163 | 45,475 | 45,495 | 44,400 | 43,351 | 43,275 | 44,572 | 45,347 | 44,439 | 43,606 | 45,261 | |
| Median OJR | 1.17 | 1.24 | 1.35 | 1.130 | 1.07 | 1.195 | 1.133 | 1.27 | 1.36 | 1.31 | 1.252 | 1.198 | 1.26 | 1.33 | 1.23 | 1.18 | 1.06 | 1.020 | 1.254 | 1.017 | 0.98 | 0.99 | 0.95 | 0.97 | 1.03 | 1.11 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.