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Best Finance journals

342 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Finance. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 86 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship 21.7 99th Q1 Yes
2 Journal of Management 21.4 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
3 Journal of Financial Economics 20.7 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
4 China Finance Review International 19.9 98th Q1 ESCI A No
5 Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment 19.2 98th Q1 ESCI B No
6 Journal of Finance 16.8 98th Q1 SSCI A* No
7 Journal of World Business 16.5 98th Q1 SSCI A* No
8 Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting 16.2 97th Q1 SSCI A No
9 Review of Finance 16 97th Q1 SSCI A* No
10 Accounting in Europe 14.5 97th Q1 ESCI A No
11 International Journal of Accounting Information Systems 14.5 96th Q1 SSCI A No
12 International Review of Financial Analysis 13.8 96th Q1 SSCI A No
13 Financial Innovation 13.7 96th Q1 SSCI B Yes
14 Journal of Accounting Research 13.4 96th Q1 SSCI A* No
15 Review of Financial Studies 13.2 95th Q1 SSCI A* No
16 Borsa Istanbul Review 13.1 95th Q1 SSCI B Yes
17 EuroMed Journal of Business 12.9 95th Q1 ESCI B No
18 Long Range Planning 12.6 94th Q1 SSCI A* No
19 Research in International Business and Finance 11.9 94th Q1 SSCI A No
20 Journal of Accounting and Economics 11.7 94th Q1 SSCI A* No
21 International Business Review 11.4 94th Q1 SSCI A No
22 European Journal of Management and Business Economics 11.2 93th Q1 ESCI B Yes
23 Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money 11 93th Q1 SSCI A No
24 Critical Perspectives on Accounting 10.9 92th Q1 SSCI A No
25 Journal of Risk Finance 10.9 92th Q1 ESCI B No
26 Family Business Review 10.8 92th Q1 SSCI A No
27 Journal of Corporate Finance 10.3 92th Q1 SSCI A* No
28 Global Finance Journal 10.2 91th Q1 SSCI A No
29 Finance Research Letters 10.1 91th Q1 SSCI A No
30 Journal of Financial Services Marketing 9.9 91th Q1 ESCI B No
31 Annual Review of Financial Economics 9.7 91th Q1 SSCI B No
32 Journal of International Management 9.4 90th Q1 SSCI A No
33 International Journal of Finance and Economics 9 90th Q1 SSCI B No
34 Management Accounting Research 8.8 90th Q1 SSCI A* No
35 Financial Management 8.7 89th Q1 SSCI A* No
36 Journal of Commodity Markets 8.5 89th Q1 SSCI A No
37 International Review of Economics and Finance 8.3 89th Q1 SSCI A Yes
38 Green Finance 8.3 89th Q1 ESCI Yes
39 Annals of Financial Economics 8.2 88th Q1 ESCI No
40 China Economic Review 8.1 88th Q1 SSCI A No
41 Journal of Climate Finance 8.1 88th Q1 No
42 Foundations and Trends in Finance 8 87th Q1 B No
43 Journal of Banking and Finance 8 87th Q1 SSCI A* No
44 Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy 7.9 87th Q1 Yes
45 Journal of Multinational Financial Management 7.7 86th Q1 SSCI B No
46 Review of Corporate Finance 7.6 86th Q1 A No
47 Strategic Change 7.5 86th Q1 ESCI B No
48 Accounting Review 7.5 86th Q1 SSCI A* No
49 Qualitative Research in Financial Markets 7.5 85th Q1 ESCI B No
50 Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice 7.5 85th Q1 SSCI B No
51 Pacific Basin Finance Journal 7.4 85th Q1 SSCI A No
52 Contemporary Accounting Research 7.3 84th Q1 SSCI A* No
53 Journal of Financial Stability 7.3 84th Q1 SSCI A* No
54 Technological and Economic Development of Economy 7.2 84th Q1 SSCI Yes
55 Accounting Forum 7.1 84th Q1 SSCI A No
56 International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management 7.1 83th Q1 SSCI B No
57 Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 7.1 83th Q1 SSCI A* No
58 North American Journal of Economics and Finance 7 83th Q1 SSCI B No
59 Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance 7 82th Q1 SSCI A No
60 Journal of Financial Intermediation 7 82th Q1 SSCI A* No
61 Venture Capital 6.9 82th Q1 SSCI B No
62 Journal of Financial Regulation 6.8 82th Q1 ESCI B No
63 Accounting Research Journal 6.8 81th Q1 ESCI B No
64 Review of Accounting and Finance 6.7 81th Q1 ESCI B No
65 Journal of International Money and Finance 6.6 81th Q1 SSCI A No
66 China Journal of Accounting Research 6.6 80th Q1 ESCI A Yes
67 Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 6.5 80th Q1 SSCI B No
68 Journal of Finance and Data Science 6.5 80th Q1 ESCI B Yes
69 Journal of International Economics 6.5 79th Q1 SSCI A* No
70 Journal of Corporate Real Estate 6.4 79th Q1 ESCI C No
71 International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship 6.3 79th Q1 SSCI B No
72 Journal of Economics and Business 6.3 79th Q1 ESCI B No
73 Emerging Markets Finance and Trade 6.3 78th Q1 SSCI B No
74 International Journal of Digital Accounting Research 6.3 78th Q1 B No
75 Journal of Monetary Economics 6.2 78th Q1 SSCI A* No
76 Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation 6 77th Q1 ESCI B No
77 Studies in Economics and Finance 6 77th Q1 ESCI B No
78 Cogent Economics and Finance 5.9 77th Q1 ESCI B Yes
79 Journal of Capital Markets Studies 5.9 77th Q1 Yes
80 Asia-Pacific Financial Markets 5.8 76th Q1 ESCI C No
81 Mathematical Finance 5.7 76th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
82 Journal of Public Economics 5.6 76th Q1 SSCI A* No
83 Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 5.6 75th Q1 SSCI A No
84 World Economy 5.6 75th Q1 SSCI A No
85 Review of Behavioral Finance 5.5 75th Q1 ESCI B No
86 Journal of Risk and Financial Management 5.5 75th Q1 No
87 Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management 5.5 74th Q2 ESCI No
88 Accounting and Finance 5.4 74th Q2 SSCI A No
89 International Journal of Disclosure and Governance 5.4 74th Q2 ESCI B No
90 Auditing 5.3 73th Q2 SSCI A* No
91 Journal of Behavioral Finance 5.3 73th Q2 SSCI A No
92 Resources Science 5.3 73th Q2 Yes
93 International Journal of Managerial Finance 5.1 72th Q2 ESCI A No
94 Managerial Finance 5.1 72th Q2 ESCI B No
95 Pacific Accounting Review 5.1 72th Q2 ESCI B No
96 World Bank Economic Review 5.1 72th Q2 SSCI A No
97 Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 5 71th Q2 SSCI A No
98 International Journal of Financial Studies 5 71th Q2 ESCI Yes
99 Journal of Sustainable Finance and Accounting 5 71th Q2 No
100 Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal 4.9 70th Q2 ESCI B Yes

Rank and percentile are within the Finance Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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