This web page aims to provide a latest list of top Finance journals. The journals are Web of Science (SCI) indexed with high impact factor. Moreover, the listed journals are UGC CARE approved, Scopus indexed. The journals are sorted based on Scopus SJR score.
| S. No. | Journal Title | Publisher | ISSN | SJR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Economic Journal: Economic Policy | American Economic Association | 19457731, 1945774X | 8.175 |
| 2 | Journal of Management | SAGE Publications Inc. | 01492063, 15571211 | 7.213 |
| 3 | Journal of Accounting and Economics | Elsevier | 1654101 | 6.1 |
| 4 | Journal of the European Economic Association | Wiley-Blackwell | 15424774, 15424766 | 6.087 |
| 5 | Journal of Monetary Economics | Elsevier | 3043932 | 5.944 |
| 6 | Review of Finance | Oxford University Press | 1573692X, 15723097 | 5.68 |
| 7 | Review of Corporate Finance Studies | Oxford University Press | 20469136, 20469128 | 5.448 |
| 8 | Journal of Financial Intermediation | Academic Press Inc. | 10960473, 10429573 | 5.384 |
| 9 | Journal of Accounting Research | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 1475679X, 00218456 | 5.165 |
| 10 | American Economic Journal: Microeconomics | American Economic Association | 19457669, 19457685 | 5.156 |
| 11 | Journal of Public Economics | Elsevier | 472727 | 5.1 |
| 12 | Review of Asset Pricing Studies | Oxford University Press | 20459920, 20459939 | 4.537 |
| 13 | Accounting Review | American Accounting Association | 14826 | 4.446 |
| 14 | Journal of Supply Chain Management | Wiley-Blackwell | 15232409, 1745493X | 4.009 |
| 15 | IMF Economic Review | Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. | 2041417X, 20414161 | 3.734 |
| 16 | Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis | Cambridge University Press | 00221090, 17566916 | 3.7 |
| 17 | Journal of International Economics | Elsevier | 221996 | 3.391 |
| 18 | Journal of World Business | Elsevier Inc. | 10909516 | 3.245 |
| 19 | Structural Equation Modeling | Psychology Press Ltd | 15328007, 10705511 | 3.014 |
| 20 | Contemporary Accounting Research | Wiley-Blackwell | 8239150 | 3.012 |
| 21 | Long Range Planning | Elsevier Ltd. | 00246301, 18731872 | 2.852 |
| 22 | Foundations and Trends in Finance | Now Publishers Inc | 15672409, 15672395 | 2.823 |
| 23 | Journal of Risk and Uncertainty | Springer Netherlands | 15730476, 08955646 | 2.545 |
| 24 | International Business Review | Elsevier Ltd. | 9695931 | 2.455 |
| 25 | Critical Finance Review | Now Publishers Inc | 21645760, 21645744 | 2.451 |
| 26 | Theoretical Economics | Wiley-Blackwell | 15557561 | 2.428 |
| 27 | Socio-Economic Review | Oxford University Press | 14751461 | 2.346 |
| 28 | Journal of Economic History | Cambridge University Press | 14716372, 00220507 | 2.331 |
| 29 | Experimental Economics | Springer New York | 15736938, 13864157 | 2.293 |
| 30 | Journal of Corporate Finance | Elsevier | 9291199 | 2.268 |
| 31 | Finance Research Letters | Elsevier BV | 15446131, 15446123 | 2.231 |
| 32 | Fiscal Studies | Wiley-Blackwell | 01435671, 14755890 | 2.103 |
| 33 | Family Business Review | SAGE Publications Inc. | 17416248, 08944865 | 2.058 |
| 34 | Annual Review of Financial Economics | Annual Reviews Inc. | 19411367, 19411375 | 2.053 |
| 35 | Journal of Finance | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 00221082, 15406261 | 15.515 |
| 36 | American Economic Journal: Applied Economics | American Economic Association | 19457790, 19457782 | 12.694 |
| 37 | Review of Financial Studies | Oxford University Press | 14657368, 08939454 | 12.239 |
| 38 | American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics | American Economic Association | 19457707, 19457715 | 10.871 |
| 39 | Journal of Financial Economics | Elsevier | 0304405X | 10.601 |
| 40 | European Economic Review | Elsevier | 142921 | 1.963 |
| 41 | International Review of Financial Analysis | Elsevier Inc. | 10575219 | 1.881 |
| 42 | Mathematical Finance | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 09601627, 14679965 | 1.837 |
| 43 | Journal of International Management | Elsevier Inc. | 10754253 | 1.769 |
| 44 | Financial Management | Wiley-Blackwell | 463892 | 1.735 |
| 45 | Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. | 9513574 | 1.727 |
| 46 | Journal of Banking and Finance | Elsevier | 3784266 | 1.716 |
| 47 | Work, Aging and Retirement | Oxford University Press | 20544650 | 1.699 |
| 48 | Economy and Society | Routledge | 03085147, 14695766 | 1.69 |
| 49 | Auditing | American Accounting Association | 15587991, 02780380 | 1.655 |
| 50 | Journal of Financial Econometrics | Oxford University Press | 14798409 | 1.645 |
| 51 | Real Estate Economics | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 15406229, 10808620 | 1.634 |
| 52 | Journal of Financial Stability | Elsevier | 15723089 | 1.629 |
| 53 | China Economic Review | Elsevier | 1043951X | 1.603 |
| 54 | Games and Economic Behavior | Academic Press Inc. | 10902473, 08998256 | 1.558 |
| 55 | American Journal of Health Economics | University of Chicago Press | 23323493, 23323507 | 1.541 |
| 56 | Journal of Financial Markets | Elsevier | 13864181 | 1.518 |
| 57 | Journal of Money, Credit and Banking | Wiley-Blackwell | 15384616, 00222879 | 1.501 |
| 58 | China Finance Review International | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. | 20441398, 20441401 | 1.494 |
| 59 | Critical Perspectives on Accounting | Academic Press Inc. | 10452354, 10959955 | 1.483 |
| 60 | Quantitative Marketing and Economics | Kluwer Academic Publishers | 15707156, 1573711X | 1.437 |
| 61 | Asia Pacific Journal of Management | Springer New York | 2174561 | 1.41 |
| 62 | World Bank Economic Review | Oxford University Press | 1564698X, 02586770 | 1.405 |
| 63 | International Journal of Industrial Organization | Elsevier Inc. | 1677187 | 1.388 |
| 64 | Finance and Stochastics | Springer Verlag | 14321122, 09492984 | 1.349 |
| 65 | European Review of Economic History | Oxford University Press | 13614916, 14740044 | 1.331 |
| 66 | Journal of International Money and Finance | Elsevier BV | 2615606 | 1.308 |
| 67 | Journal of Empirical Finance | Elsevier | 9275398 | 1.281 |
| 68 | Research in International Business and Finance | Elsevier BV | 2755319 | 1.273 |
| 69 | Financial Analysts Journal | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 0015198X | 1.259 |
| 70 | Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications | Elsevier BV | 14681218 | 1.256 |
| 71 | Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance | Elsevier BV | 22146350, 22146369 | 1.242 |
| 72 | ASTIN Bulletin | Cambridge University Press | 05150361, 17831350 | 1.237 |
| 73 | Venture Capital | Routledge | 14645343, 13691066 | 1.234 |
| 74 | Financial Innovation | SpringerOpen | 21994730 | 1.171 |
| 75 | Journal of Business Finance and Accounting | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 0306686X, 14685957 | 1.17 |
| 76 | Management Accounting Research | Academic Press Inc. | 10445005, 10961224 | 1.167 |
| 77 | International Journal of Accounting Information Systems | Elsevier Inc. | 14670895 | 1.159 |
| 78 | Economics of Transportation | Elsevier Ltd. | 22120122 | 1.158 |
| 79 | Foundations and Trends in Accounting | Now Publishers Inc | 15540642, 15540650 | 1.134 |
| 80 | Quarterly Journal of Finance | World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd | 20101406, 20101392 | 1.132 |
| 81 | Pacific Basin Finance Journal | Elsevier | 0927538X | 1.112 |
| 82 | Journal of Economic Inequality | Springer Netherlands | 15691721, 15738701 | 1.109 |
| 83 | Journal of the American Taxation Association | American Accounting Association | 15588017, 01989073 | 1.108 |
| 84 | National Tax Journal | University of Chicago Press | 19447477, 00280283 | 1.1 |
| 85 | Economic Analysis and Policy | Elsevier BV | 3135926 | 1.098 |
| 86 | Palgrave Communications | Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. | 20551045 | 1.086 |
| 87 | International Journal of Central Banking | Association of the International Journal of Central Banking | 18154654, 18157556 | 1.082 |
| 88 | European Accounting Review | Routledge | 09638180, 14684497 | 1.072 |
| 89 | European Journal of Health Economics | Springer Verlag | 16187598, 14396637 | 1.042 |
| 90 | Economics and Human Biology | Elsevier | 18736130, 1570677X | 1.041 |
| 91 | International Journal of Wellbeing | 11798602 | 1.034 | |
| 92 | Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money | Elsevier BV | 10424431 | 1.031 |
| 93 | Research in Transportation Economics | JAI Press | 7398859 | 1.03 |
| 94 | Journal of Industrial and Business Economics | Springer International Publishing AG | 03912078, 19724977 | 1.029 |
| 95 | Financial Review | Wiley-Blackwell | 15406288, 07328516 | 1.027 |
| 96 | Journal of International Economic Law | Oxford University Press | 14643758, 13693034 | 1.019 |
| 97 | Globalizations | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 1474774X, 14747731 | 0.997 |
| 98 | Research in Globalization | Elsevier BV | 2590051X | 0.995 |
| 99 | Journal of the Japanese and International Economies | Academic Press Inc. | 08891583, 10958681 | 0.989 |
| 100 | European Financial Management | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 13547798, 1468036X | 0.988 |
| 101 | Research in Transportation Business and Management | Elsevier BV | 22105395 | 0.976 |
| 102 | EuroMed Journal of Business | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. | 14502194, 1758888X | 0.963 |
| 103 | International Economics | Elsevier BV | 21107017 | 0.945 |
| 104 | Journal of Multinational Financial Management | Elsevier | 1042444X | 0.937 |
| 105 | International Review of Economics and Finance | Elsevier Inc. | 10590560 | 0.929 |
| 106 | Asian Economic Papers | MIT Press Journals | 15360083, 15353516 | 0.921 |
| 107 | Maritime Economics and Logistics | Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. | 14792931 | 0.912 |
| 108 | European Journal of Management and Business Economics | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. | 24448451, 24448494 | 0.905 |
| 109 | Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 20430809, 20430795 | 0.897 |
| 110 | China Journal of Accounting Research | Elsevier BV | 17553091 | 0.88 |