Finance Research Letters

Finance Research Letters invites submissions in all areas of finance, broadly defined. Finance Research Letters offers and ensures the rapid publication of important new results in these areas. We aim to provide a rapid response to papers, with all papers undergoing a desk review by one of the Editors in Chief before being sent for review. Papers are especially welcome that shed insight on the replicability or lack thereof of established results, that look at transnational applicability of previous findings, that challenge existing methodological approaches, or which demonstrate the methodological contingency of findings. Single country replications of well-established results are not generally within the scope of the journal. Papers for submission should be concise - less than 2500 words; they should be clearly and lucidly written to convey the essence of the findings and novelty; they should contain new, preliminary or experimental results of interest to the broad finance community. Topics welcomed include, but are not limited to, those below. Authors are welcome to contact any of the Chief Editors to inquire, without prejudice, as to topic suitability. Papers are invited in the following areas: Actuarial studies Alternative investments Asset Pricing Bankruptcy and liquidation Banks and other Depository Institutions Behavioral and experimental finance Bibliometric and Scientometric studies of finance Capital budgeting and corporate investment Capital markets and accounting Capital structure and payout policy Commodities Contagion, crises and interdependence Corporate governance Credit and fixed income markets and instruments Derivatives Emerging markets Energy Finance and Energy Markets Financial Econometrics Financial History Financial intermediation and money markets Financial markets and marketplaces Financial Mathematics and Econophysics,...

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Category	Year	Quartile
Finance	2005	Q2
Finance	2006	Q1
Finance	2007	Q2
Finance	2008	Q2
Finance	2009	Q2
Finance	2010	Q2
Finance	2011	Q3
Finance	2012	Q3
Finance	2013	Q2
Finance	2014	Q2
Finance	2015	Q2
Finance	2016	Q2
Finance	2017	Q2
Finance	2018	Q2
Finance	2019	Q1
Finance	2020	Q1
Finance	2021	Q1
Finance	2022	Q1
Finance	2023	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
2005	0.718
2006	1.256
2007	0.826
2008	0.683
2009	0.386
2010	0.617
2011	0.349
2012	0.339
2013	0.487
2014	0.465
2015	0.397
2016	0.386
2017	0.565
2018	0.770
2019	0.999
2020	1.339
2021	2.007
2022	2.231
2023	1.903

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
2004	28
2005	25
2006	28
2007	29
2008	26
2009	26
2010	30
2011	26
2012	25
2013	23
2014	52
2015	96
2016	163
2017	160
2018	160
2019	240
2020	299
2021	486
2022	885
2023	1243

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.286
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.679
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.667
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.582
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.565
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.606
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.667
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.546
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.935
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	1.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.960
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.949
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	1.144
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.605
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	3.149
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	4.454
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	7.542
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	9.449
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	9.752
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.286
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.679
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.667
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.439
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.458
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.630
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.659
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.512
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.901
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	1.122
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.880
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.912
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	1.154
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.697
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	3.418
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	4.593
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	8.237
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	9.903
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	9.754
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.286
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.679
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.566
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.211
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.364
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.577
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.607
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.482
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.941
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.938
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.693
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.885
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	1.181
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.771
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	3.400
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	4.870
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	8.850
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	10.155
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	9.074

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	2004	0
Self Cites	2005	1
Self Cites	2006	4
Self Cites	2007	3
Self Cites	2008	0
Self Cites	2009	1
Self Cites	2010	5
Self Cites	2011	1
Self Cites	2012	2
Self Cites	2013	4
Self Cites	2014	14
Self Cites	2015	12
Self Cites	2016	56
Self Cites	2017	82
Self Cites	2018	97
Self Cites	2019	255
Self Cites	2020	295
Self Cites	2021	622
Self Cites	2022	1275
Self Cites	2023	1641
Total Cites	2004	0
Total Cites	2005	8
Total Cites	2006	36
Total Cites	2007	54
Total Cites	2008	36
Total Cites	2009	38
Total Cites	2010	51
Total Cites	2011	54
Total Cites	2012	42
Total Cites	2013	73
Total Cites	2014	83
Total Cites	2015	88
Total Cites	2016	156
Total Cites	2017	359
Total Cites	2018	711
Total Cites	2019	1651
Total Cites	2020	2572
Total Cites	2021	5758
Total Cites	2022	10151
Total Cites	2023	16289

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	2004	0
External Cites per document	2005	0.250
External Cites per document	2006	0.604
External Cites per document	2007	0.630
External Cites per document	2008	0.439
External Cites per document	2009	0.446
External Cites per document	2010	0.568
External Cites per document	2011	0.646
External Cites per document	2012	0.488
External Cites per document	2013	0.852
External Cites per document	2014	0.932
External Cites per document	2015	0.760
External Cites per document	2016	0.585
External Cites per document	2017	0.891
External Cites per document	2018	1.465
External Cites per document	2019	2.890
External Cites per document	2020	4.066
External Cites per document	2021	7.348
External Cites per document	2022	8.660
External Cites per document	2023	8.771
Cites per document	2004	0.000
Cites per document	2005	0.286
Cites per document	2006	0.679
Cites per document	2007	0.667
Cites per document	2008	0.439
Cites per document	2009	0.458
Cites per document	2010	0.630
Cites per document	2011	0.659
Cites per document	2012	0.512
Cites per document	2013	0.901
Cites per document	2014	1.122
Cites per document	2015	0.880
Cites per document	2016	0.912
Cites per document	2017	1.154
Cites per document	2018	1.697
Cites per document	2019	3.418
Cites per document	2020	4.593
Cites per document	2021	8.237
Cites per document	2022	9.903
Cites per document	2023	9.754

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
2004	25.00
2005	16.00
2006	28.57
2007	24.14
2008	15.38
2009	23.08
2010	16.67
2011	23.08
2012	32.00
2013	30.43
2014	25.00
2015	28.13
2016	31.29
2017	35.00
2018	40.00
2019	32.08
2020	39.80
2021	38.07
2022	35.03
2023	29.44

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	2004	0
Non-citable documents	2005	1
Non-citable documents	2006	1
Non-citable documents	2007	1
Non-citable documents	2008	2
Non-citable documents	2009	3
Non-citable documents	2010	3
Non-citable documents	2011	2
Non-citable documents	2012	1
Non-citable documents	2013	1
Non-citable documents	2014	0
Non-citable documents	2015	0
Non-citable documents	2016	1
Non-citable documents	2017	1
Non-citable documents	2018	1
Non-citable documents	2019	0
Non-citable documents	2020	0
Non-citable documents	2021	0
Non-citable documents	2022	0
Non-citable documents	2023	0
Citable documents	2004	0
Citable documents	2005	27
Citable documents	2006	52
Citable documents	2007	80
Citable documents	2008	80
Citable documents	2009	80
Citable documents	2010	78
Citable documents	2011	80
Citable documents	2012	81
Citable documents	2013	80
Citable documents	2014	74
Citable documents	2015	100
Citable documents	2016	170
Citable documents	2017	310
Citable documents	2018	418
Citable documents	2019	483
Citable documents	2020	560
Citable documents	2021	699
Citable documents	2022	1025
Citable documents	2023	1670

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	2004	0
Uncited documents	2005	23
Uncited documents	2006	41
Uncited documents	2007	55
Uncited documents	2008	59
Uncited documents	2009	59
Uncited documents	2010	45
Uncited documents	2011	49
Uncited documents	2012	52
Uncited documents	2013	44
Uncited documents	2014	36
Uncited documents	2015	53
Uncited documents	2016	82
Uncited documents	2017	147
Uncited documents	2018	172
Uncited documents	2019	169
Uncited documents	2020	155
Uncited documents	2021	161
Uncited documents	2022	181
Uncited documents	2023	261
Cited documents	2004	0
Cited documents	2005	5
Cited documents	2006	12
Cited documents	2007	26
Cited documents	2008	23
Cited documents	2009	24
Cited documents	2010	36
Cited documents	2011	33
Cited documents	2012	30
Cited documents	2013	37
Cited documents	2014	38
Cited documents	2015	47
Cited documents	2016	89
Cited documents	2017	164
Cited documents	2018	247
Cited documents	2019	314
Cited documents	2020	405
Cited documents	2021	538
Cited documents	2022	844
Cited documents	2023	1409