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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Finance Research Letters	86
2	International Review of Financial Analysis	75
3	Journal of Financial Economics	72
4	International Review of Economics & Finance	57
5	Research in International Business and Finance	52
6	Journal of Finance	51
7	Review of Financial Studies	46
8	Journal of Corporate Finance	43
9	Pacific-Basin Finance Journal	40
10	Journal of Banking & Finance	38
11	North American Journal of Economics and Finance	36
12	Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money	35
13	Journal of Accounting Research	33
14	Global Finance Journal	32
15	Journal of Monetary Economics	31
-	Review of Finance	31
17	Review of Accounting Studies	30
18	Emerging Markets Review	27
-	Journal of Accounting & Economics	27
-	Accounting Review	27
-	Contemporary Accounting Research	27
-	Journal of Financial Stability	27
-	Journal of International Money and Finance	27
24	Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis	26
-	Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal	26
-	Critical Perspectives on Accounting	26
27	British Accounting Review	24
28	Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal	22
-	World Economy	22
30	Accounting and Finance	21
-	Corporate Governance-An International Review	21
-	Journal of Empirical Finance	21
33	Accounting Organizations and Society	20
34	International Journal of Accounting Information Systems	19
-	International Journal of Finance & Economics	19
-	Journal of Accounting and Public Policy	19
37	Journal of Futures Markets	18
-	Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting	18
39	Journal of Business Finance & Accounting	17
-	Managerial Auditing Journal	17
-	European Journal of Finance	17
42	European Financial Management	16
-	International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management	16
-	European Accounting Review	16
-	Journal of Financial Intermediation	16
46	Journal of Money Credit and Banking	15
-	Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics	15
48	Journal of Multinational Financial Management	14
-	Quantitative Finance	14
-	Journal of Financial Markets	14

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