Business, Finance: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Finance Research Letters	91
2	International Review of Financial Analysis	79
3	Journal of Financial Economics	76
4	International Review of Economics & Finance	63
5	Research in International Business and Finance	56
6	Journal of Finance	55
7	Review of Financial Studies	47
8	Journal of Banking & Finance	43
9	Journal of Corporate Finance	42
10	Pacific-Basin Finance Journal	40
11	Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money	38
12	Borsa Istanbul Review	37
-	Financial Innovation	37
14	Global Finance Journal	35
-	North American Journal of Economics and Finance	35
-	Journal of Accounting Research	35
17	Journal of Monetary Economics	33
18	Review of Finance	31
19	Journal of Accounting & Economics	30
20	Review of Accounting Studies	29
21	Accounting Review	28
22	Emerging Markets Review	27
-	Journal of International Money and Finance	27
-	Contemporary Accounting Research	27
25	Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis	26
-	British Accounting Review	26
-	Journal of Financial Stability	26
28	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	25
29	Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance	24
30	Corporate Governance-An International Review	23
-	World Economy	23
-	Critical Perspectives on Accounting	23
33	Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal	22
-	International Journal of Accounting Information Systems	22
-	International Journal of Finance & Economics	22
36	Accounting and Finance	21
37	Journal of Commodity Markets	20
38	Journal of Empirical Finance	19
-	Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting	19
40	Accounting Organizations and Society	18
-	Journal of Business Finance & Accounting	18
42	Journal of Futures Markets	17
-	Journal of Money Credit and Banking	17
44	Quantitative Finance	16
-	European Financial Management	16
-	Managerial Auditing Journal	16
-	European Accounting Review	16
-	Journal of Accounting and Public Policy	16
49	Journal of Multinational Financial Management	15
-	Financial Management	15

-	International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management	15
-	Accounting Forum	15
-	Auditing-A Journal of Practice & Theory	15
-	European Journal of Finance	15
55	Journal of Financial Markets	14
-	Management Accounting Research	14
-	Australian Accounting Review	14
-	Journal of Financial Intermediation	14
-	Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics	14
60	Mathematical Finance	13
-	SIAM Journal on Financial Mathematics	13
-	World Bank Economic Review	13
-	Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics	13
-	Real Estate Economics	13
65	Journal of Risk and Insurance	12
-	Financial Analysts Journal	12
-	Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management	12
-	Abacus-A Journal of Accounting Finance and Business Studies	12
-	Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance-Issues and Practice	12
-	IMF Economic Review	12
-	International Journal of Auditing	12
72	National Tax Journal	11
-	Accounting and Business Research	11
-	Accounting Horizons	11
-	Journal of Risk and Uncertainty	11
76	Journal of Information Systems	10
-	Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies	10
-	Finance and Stochastics	10
-	International Review of Finance	10
-	Journal of Industrial Economics	10
-	Venture Capital	10
82	Journal of Financial Services Research	9
-	Journal of Portfolio Management	9
-	Fiscal Studies	9
-	Investment Analysts Journal	9
-	Journal of Financial Econometrics	9
-	Journal of Financial Research	9
88	International Finance	8
-	Revista de Contabilidad-Spanish Accounting Review	8
-	Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics	8
91	Journal of Real Estate Research	7
-	Journal of Behavioral Finance	7
-	Mathematics and Financial Economics	7
-	International Journal of Health Economics and Management	7
95	Journal of Pension Economics & Finance	5
-	Spanish Journal of Finance and Accounting-Revista Espanola de Financiacion y Contabilidad	5
97	Journal of Derivatives	4
-	Finanzarchiv	4
99	Review of Derivatives Research	3
-	Journal of Risk	3
-	International Insolvency Review	3