The Journal of Finance
Last updated ISSN 0022-1082
The Journal of Finance is published by Wiley in economics, econometrics and finance. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $4,430.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Journal of Finance concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
- Corporate Finance and Governance
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
- Financial Reporting and Valuation Research
- Housing Market and Economics
- Economic theories and models
- Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
- Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
- Global Financial Crisis and Policies
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
Key facts
| Publisher | Wiley |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0022-1082, 1540-6261 |
| Subject area | Economics, Econometrics and Finance |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $4,430 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 16,132 |
| Publishing since | 1946 |
| Journal website | www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0022-1082 |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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