Journal of Financial Economics
Elsevier BV · NL · ISSN 0304405X
SJR Q1
What the numbers say
Publication volume and citation influence have both softened recently.
Both output and citation impact declined. If you aim for high citedness, treat this as a signal to check recent citation outcomes for similar work. Field-weighted citation impact moved from 17.60 to 7.70. Expect individual papers to attract fewer field-weighted citations on average than before. The share of top-10% cited papers moved from 80.0% to 64.5%. Do not assume a published paper will land among the very top-cited tranche without assessing fit to the journal's current scope.
Citation metrics
SJR quartile
Q1
SJR score
18.75
Citations / doc (2y)
8.99
h-index
550
Based on the Scopus and OpenAlex citation graphs. We do not provide Clarivate’s JCR Impact Factor.
Output and citation impact
Whether citation performance keeps up as output grows.
PapersField-weighted impact
2018
185
17.60
2019
160
19.31
2020
167
12.26
2021
284
13.29
2022
100
18.34
2023
96
15.45
2024
130
10.32
2025
152
7.70
Topic shift
Share in the last 24 months (2024-09 – 2026-08) versus the previous 24 (2022-09 – 2024-08).
Rising
- Monetary Policy and Economic Impact1.0%→3.6%+2.6%pPrevNow
- Economic theories and models0.0%→2.6%+2.6%pPrevNow
- Digital Platforms and Economics0.0%→2.6%+2.6%pPrevNow
- Sustainable Finance and Green Bonds0.0%→2.6%+2.6%pPrevNow
- Firm Innovation and Growth0.0%→2.6%+2.6%pPrevNow
Falling
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiency20.4%→14.4%−6.0%pPrevNow
- Financial Markets and Investment Strategies30.6%→25.3%−5.3%pPrevNow
Terms appearing more often
Wording in recent paper titles that stands out against the journal's own baseline.
jensenlendingfintechmortgageinvestorsdiscountcurrencyesgreturnsceos
Author countries
Last 24 months (2024-09 – 2026-08) against the previous 24 (2022-09 – 2024-08).
- US54.5%→54.2%−0.3%pPrevNow
- GB15.3%→15.4%+0.1%pPrevNow
- CN5.5%→8.0%+2.6%pPrevNow
- CA7.3%→5.9%−1.3%pPrevNow
- CH4.4%→5.2%+0.9%pPrevNow
- DE4.7%→4.5%−0.2%pPrevNow
Top 5 institutions
Top 5 institutions publishing in this journal, 2018 – 2026.
Recently published
20The 20 most recent papers — not the full list.
1
Article2026
Blended financeCaroline Flammer*, Thomas Giroux, Geoffrey Heal
FinanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
2
3
Article2026
Measuring firms’ capability to absorb external knowledgeMichael Woeppel, M. Deniz Yavuz*
Management of Technology and InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting
4
Article2026
Firm-to-firm financial linkages and dollar risk transmissionBryan Hardy, Felipe Saffie, Ina Simonovska*
OAFinanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
5
6
Article2026
Are patents with female inventors under-cited? Evidence from text estimationYael V. Hochberg*, Ali Kakhbod, Peiyao Li, Kunal Sachdeva
Management of Technology and InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting
7
Article2026
Intellectual property protection lost and competition: An examination using large language modelsUtku U. Acikalin, Tolga Caskurlu, Gerard Hoberg, Gordon M. Phillips*
OAManagement of Technology and InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting
8
Article2026
Out of sight, out of mind: Divestments and the global reallocation of pollutive assetsTobias Berg*, Lin Ma, Daniel Streitz
OAEconomics and EconometricsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
9
Article2026
Monetary policy transmission through the exchange rate factor structureErik Loualiche, Alexandre R. Pecora, Fabricius Somogyi*, Colin Ward
OAFinanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
10
Article2026
The co-pricing factor zooAlexander Dickerson, Christian Julliard, Philippe Mueller*
OAManagement Science and Operations ResearchDecision Sciences
11
12
Article2026
Financial literacy and financial crime: A regression discontinuity approachPaul G. Freed, John Hackney*
OASociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
13
Article2026
Sustainable investing and market governanceAlvin Chen, Deeksha Gupta, Jan Starmans
OAManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawEnvironmental Science
14
Article2026
Bonding with risk: Corporate investment and savings in risky financial assetsTeng Huang, Stefano Sacchetto
FinanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
15
16
Article2026
Patents that match your standards: Firm-level evidence on competition, innovation and growthAntonin Bergeaud*, Julia Schmidt, Riccardo Zago
Economics and EconometricsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
17
Article2026
Cashless payment and financial inclusionShumiao Ouyang*
OAStrategy and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
18
Article2026
Foundational processes and growthWing Wah Tham*, Salomé Baslandze, Elvira Sojli, Leo Liu
OAAstronomy and AstrophysicsPhysics and Astronomy
19
Article2026
Did pandemic relief fraud inflate house prices?John M. Griffin, Samuel Kruger*, Prateek Mahajan
OAEconomics and EconometricsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
20
Article2026
Operational shorting and ETF liquidity provisionRichard B. Evans*, Rabih Moussawi, Michael S. Pagano, John Sedunov
FinanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
Most cited
20Top 20 most cited, 2018 – 2026.
1
ArticleCitations 2,9222022
How much should we trust staggered difference-in-differences estimates?Andrew C. Baker, David F. Larcker, Charles C. Y. Wang*
OAStatistics and ProbabilityMathematics
2
ArticleCitations 2,1762021
Corporate green bondsCaroline Flammer*
FinanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
3
ArticleCitations 2,0162020
Sustainable investing in equilibriumĽuboš Pástor, Robert F. Stambaugh, Lucian A. Taylor*
FinanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
4
ArticleCitations 1,7312020
Responsible investing: The ESG-efficient frontierLasse Heje Pedersen*, Shaun Fitzgibbons, Łukasz Pomorski
OAFinanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
5
ArticleCitations 1,6152018
Fintech, regulatory arbitrage, and the rise of shadow banksGreg Buchak, Gregor Matvos, Tomasz Piskorski, Amit Seru*
Management Information SystemsBusiness, Management and Accounting
6
ArticleCitations 1,1592021
Corporate immunity to the COVID-19 pandemicWenzhi Ding, Ross Levine*, Chen-Ta Lin, Wensi Xie
OAEconomics and EconometricsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
7
ArticleCitations 1,1242021
Sustainable investing with ESG rating uncertaintyDoron Avramov*, Si Cheng, Abraham Lioui, Andrea Tarelli
FinanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
8
ArticleCitations 1,0762023
Artificial intelligence, firm growth, and product innovationTania Babina, Anastassia Fedyk*, Alex Xi He, James Hodson
OAEconomics and EconometricsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
9
ArticleCitations 1,0322018
Choosing factorsEugene F. Fama, Kenneth R. French*
FinanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
10
ArticleCitations 9832018
Does policy uncertainty affect mergers and acquisitions?Alice A. Bonaimé, Huseyin Gulen, Mihai Ion*
Economics and EconometricsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
11
ArticleCitations 9742022
Dissecting green returnsĽuboš Pástor, Robert F. Stambaugh, Lucian A. Taylor*
FinanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
12
ArticleCitations 9622019
Institutional shareholders and corporate social responsibilityTao Chen, Hui Dong*, Chen-Ta Lin
OAStrategy and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
13
ArticleCitations 8902022
Count (and count-like) data in financeJonathan B. Cohn, Zack Liu, Malcolm Wardlaw*
FinanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
14
ArticleCitations 8282019
Disaster on the horizon: The price effect of sea level riseAsaf Bernstein, Matthew Gustafson, Ryan Lewis*
Economics and EconometricsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
15
ArticleCitations 8202019
How do venture capitalists make decisions?Paul A. Gompers, Will Gornall*, Steven N. Kaplan, Ilya A. Strebulaev
AccountingBusiness, Management and Accounting
16
ArticleCitations 7852019
Size and value in ChinaJianan Liu, Robert F. Stambaugh, Yu Yuan*
OAAccountingBusiness, Management and Accounting
17
ArticleCitations 7412019
Characteristics are covariances: A unified model of risk and returnBryan T. Kelly*, Seth Pruitt, Yinan Su
Economics and EconometricsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
18
ArticleCitations 7302019
An inconvenient cost: The effects of climate change on municipal bondsMarcus Painter*
Economics and EconometricsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
19
ArticleCitations 7222019
Trading and arbitrage in cryptocurrency marketsIgor Makarov, Antoinette Schoar*
OAFinanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
20
ArticleCitations 7062019
Shrinking the cross-sectionSerhiy Kozak*, Stefan Nagel, Shrihari Santosh
FinanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
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