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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Finance Research Letters	86
2	International Review of Financial Analysis	75
3	Journal of Financial Economics	73
4	International Review of Economics & Finance	57
5	Journal of Finance	53
6	Research in International Business and Finance	52
7	Review of Financial Studies	45
8	Journal of Corporate Finance	44
9	Journal of Banking & Finance	40
-	Pacific-Basin Finance Journal	40
11	Borsa Istanbul Review	37
12	Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money	36
13	Financial Innovation	35
14	Global Finance Journal	34
-	Journal of Accounting Research	34
16	North American Journal of Economics and Finance	33
17	Journal of Monetary Economics	32
-	Review of Finance	32
19	Review of Accounting Studies	29
20	Journal of Accounting & Economics	28
-	Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance	28
-	Journal of Financial Stability	28
23	Emerging Markets Review	27
-	Journal of International Money and Finance	27
-	Contemporary Accounting Research	27
26	Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis	25
27	Accounting Review	24
-	British Accounting Review	24
-	Critical Perspectives on Accounting	24
30	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	23
-	Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal	23
32	World Economy	22
33	Journal of Empirical Finance	21
-	Corporate Governance-An International Review	21
-	Accounting and Finance	21
36	International Journal of Finance & Economics	20
37	International Journal of Accounting Information Systems	19
-	Accounting Organizations and Society	19
39	Journal of Commodity Markets	18
-	Journal of Business Finance & Accounting	18
-	Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting	18
42	Journal of Futures Markets	17
-	Journal of Accounting and Public Policy	17
44	Journal of Financial Intermediation	16
-	Journal of Money Credit and Banking	16
-	Managerial Auditing Journal	16
-	European Journal of Finance	16
48	European Financial Management	15
-	International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management	15
-	Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics	15

-	European Accounting Review	15
52	Journal of Financial Markets	14
-	Journal of Multinational Financial Management	14
-	Quantitative Finance	14
55	Management Accounting Research	13
-	SIAM Journal on Financial Mathematics	13
-	Australian Accounting Review	13
-	Financial Management	13
-	Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics	13
-	Accounting Forum	13
-	Auditing-A Journal of Practice & Theory	13
62	Mathematical Finance	12
-	World Bank Economic Review	12
-	Accounting Horizons	12
-	Financial Analysts Journal	12
-	Fiscal Studies	12
-	Journal of Risk and Uncertainty	12
-	Real Estate Economics	12
-	IMF Economic Review	12
70	Journal of Risk and Insurance	11
-	National Tax Journal	11
-	Accounting and Business Research	11
-	Journal of Industrial Economics	11
-	Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management	11
-	Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance-Issues and Practice	11
-	International Journal of Auditing	11
77	Journal of Portfolio Management	10
-	Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies	10
-	Finance and Stochastics	10
-	Journal of Financial Econometrics	10
-	Venture Capital	10
-	Abacus-A Journal of Accounting Finance and Business Studies	10
83	International Review of Finance	9
-	Investment Analysts Journal	9
-	Journal of Financial Services Research	9
-	Journal of Information Systems	9
-	Journal of Financial Research	9
88	Journal of Behavioral Finance	8
-	Revista de Contabilidad-Spanish Accounting Review	8
-	Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics	8
91	Journal of Real Estate Research	7
-	International Finance	7
-	Mathematics and Financial Economics	7
-	International Journal of Health Economics and Management	7
95	Journal of Pension Economics & Finance	6
96	Journal of Derivatives	5
-	Spanish Journal of Finance and Accounting-Revista Espanola de Financiacion y Contabilidad	5
98	Review of Derivatives Research	4
-	Finanzarchiv	4
-	International Insolvency Review	4
101	Journal of Risk	3