October 8, 2014
Finance Journal Rankings
Using the ABS and ABDC rankings as a starting point, faculty in each discipline will decide on journals in the
discipline that should be included in the list of tiers 1, 2, and 3. Those journals will be entered in the appropriate
table below.
Tier 1
journals
Highest quality journal, highest selectivity, international audience, significant impact on advancement of theory or
practice in a discipline
Ranking: ABS rank 4, ABDC rank A, or top tier in in another ranking system
Tier 2
journals
Higher quality journal, selective, national audience, impact on a discipline’s theory and practice
Tier 3
journals
Refereed journal, regional audience
Ranking: ABS rank 1, ABDC rank C, or third tier in another ranking system
Tier 4
journals
All other journals (including non-peer-reviewed journals)
Ranking: ABS rank 3 or 2, ABDC rank B, or second tier in another ranking system
The starting points for these rankings are two widely used journal ranking lists: ABS (Association of Business Schools) and
ABDC (Australian Business Deans Council).
Rankings in the ABS list were standardized as 4* (a world elite journal); 4 (a top journal); 3 (a highly regarded journal); 2 (a
well-regarded journal); and 1 (a recognized journal).
The ABDC list groups the journals into A* (best or leading journal in its field); A (highly regarded journal in the field or
subfield); B (well-regarded journal in the field or subfield); C (recognized journal). The Harzing’s 52nd edition Journal Quality
List (2014) was also taken into account in the compilation process.
Subject areas and abbreviations:
FIN = Finance
Field
BVGSB
Tier
Journal Title
ABS
Rank
ABDC
Rank
FIN
Annals of Actuarial Science
1
FIN
Applied Financial Economics
1
FIN
European Financial Management
1
3
A
FIN
Finance and Stochastics
1
3
A
FIN
Financial Analysts Journal
1
3
A
FIN
Financial Management
1
3
A
FIN
Financial Review (US)
1
3
A
FIN
FM (Financial Management)
1
FIN
Insurance: Mathematics and Economics
1
FIN
International Review of Finance
1
FIN
Investment Management and Financial Innovations
1
1
C
FIN
Journal of Banking and Finance
1
3
A*
FIN
Journal of Behavioral Finance
1
FIN
Journal of Corporate Finance
1
1
A
A
2
A
A
A
3
A*
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Field
Journal Title
BVGSB
Tier
ABS
Rank
ABDC
Rank
FIN
Journal of Empirical Finance
1
3
A
FIN
Journal of Finance and Management in Public Services
1
1
C
FIN
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
1
4
A*
FIN
Journal of Financial Economics
1
4
A*
FIN
Journal of Financial Intermediation
1
3
A
FIN
Journal of Financial Markets
1
3
A
FIN
Journal of Financial Research
1
3
A
FIN
Journal of Financial Stability
1
1
C
FIN
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking
1
4
A
FIN
Journal of Risk and Insurance
1
2
A
FIN
Journal of Risk and Uncertainty
1
4
A*
FIN
Managerial Finance
1
1
C
FIN
Pacific-Basin Finance Journal
1
2
A
FIN
Review of Financial Economics
1
1
C
FIN
Risk Analysis: an international journal
1
4
A
FIN
Scandinavian Actuarial Journal
1
A
FIN
SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics
1
A
FIN
The Journal of Alternative Investments
1
1
C
FIN
The Journal of Derivatives
1
2
A
FIN
The Journal of Finance
1
4*
A*
FIN
The Journal of Futures Markets
1
3
A
FIN
The Journal of Portfolio Management: the journal for investment
professionals
1
2
A
FIN
The Journal of Risk Finance
1
1
C
FIN
The Review of Financial Studies
1
4*
A*
FIN
Academy of Taiwan Business Management Review
2
FIN
Accounting and Finance
2
FIN
Advances in Financial Education
2
FIN
Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting
2
FIN
Annals of Finance
2
FIN
Applied Mathematical Finance
2
B
FIN
Asia Pacific Journal of Finance
2
B
FIN
Asia-Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance
2
B
FIN
Astin Bulletin: the journal of the International Actuarial Association
2
2
B
FIN
British Actuarial Journal
2
1
B
FIN
Finance Research Letters
2
FIN
Financial History Review
2
FIN
Financial Markets and Portfolio Management
2
2
B
B
1
B
B
2
B
B
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Field
Journal Title
BVGSB
Tier
ABS
Rank
ABDC
Rank
3
B
FIN
Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments
2
FIN
Finanzarchiv
2
FIN
Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice
2
2
B
FIN
Global Finance Journal
2
2
B
FIN
International Finance
2
FIN
International Journal of Business and Finance Research
2
FIN
International Journal of Finance Economics
2
FIN
International Journal of Managerial Finance
2
FIN
International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance
2
2
B
FIN
International Review of Financial Analysis
2
3
B
FIN
Journal of Business Finance and Accounting
2
FIN
Journal of Emerging Market Finance
2
2
C
FIN
Journal of Finance and Accountancy
2
FIN
Journal of Financial Education
2
FIN
Journal of Financial Services Research
2
3
B
FIN
Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting
2
2
B
FIN
Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money
2
3
A
FIN
Journal of International Money and Finance
2
3
A
FIN
Journal of Multinational Financial Management
2
2
B
FIN
Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics
2
2
B
FIN
Journal of Real Estate Research
2
B
FIN
Journal of Retail and Leisure Property
2
B
FIN
Journal of Risk Research
2
2
C
FIN
Mathematical Finance: an international journal of mathematics, statistics
and financial economics
2
3
A
FIN
Multinational Finance Journal
2
2
B
FIN
North American Actuarial Journal
2
1
B
FIN
Public Finance and Management
2
FIN
Quantitative Finance
2
2
B
FIN
Research in International Business and Finance
2
2
C
FIN
Review of Derivatives Research
2
2
B
FIN
Review of Finance
2
3
A
FIN
Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies
2
FIN
Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting
2
FIN
South African Statistical Journal
2
FIN
The European Journal of Finance
2
FIN
The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review
2
FIN
The Journal of Asset Management
2
3
B
B
2
B
B
B
B
3
B
B
3
B
B
2
B
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Field
Journal Title
BVGSB
Tier
ABS
Rank
ABDC
Rank
1
B
FIN
The Journal of Fixed Income
2
FIN
Accounting Commerce and Finance: The Islamic Perspective Journal
3
C
FIN
Actuarial Research Clearinghouse
3
C
FIN
Advances in Futures and Options Research
3
C
FIN
African Journal of Accounting, Economics, Finance and Banking Research
3
C
FIN
Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting
3
C
FIN
Agricultural Finance Review
3
C
FIN
American Journal of Finance and Accounting
3
C
FIN
Annals of Economics and Finance
3
C
FIN
Applied Financial Economics Letters
3
C
FIN
Asia - Pacific Financial Markets
3
C
FIN
Asia Pacific Journal of Finance and Banking Research
3
C
FIN
Asia Pacific Journal of Financial Studies
3
C
FIN
Asia-Pacific Financial Markets
3
C
FIN
Australian Actuarial Journal
3
C
FIN
Bank of Valletta Review
3
C
FIN
Bank Parikrama: A Journal of Banking and Finance
3
C
FIN
Banks and Bank Systems
3
C
FIN
Brookings–Wharton Papers on Financial Services
3
C
FIN
Casualty Actuarial Society Forum
3
C
FIN
Central Bank Review
3
C
FIN
Corporate Finance Review
3
C
FIN
Derivatives and Financial instruments
3
C
FIN
Finance
3
C
FIN
Finance India
3
C
FIN
Finance Letters
3
C
FIN
Financial Counseling and Planning
3
C
FIN
Financial Services Review
3
C
FIN
Foundations and Trends in Finance
3
C
FIN
Frontiers in Finance and Economics
3
C
FIN
Global Business and Finance Review
3
C
FIN
International Journal of Banking and Finance
3
C
FIN
International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance
3
C
FIN
International Journal of Central Banking
3
C
FIN
International Journal of Economics and Finance
3
C
FIN
International Journal of Electronic Banking
3
C
FIN
International Journal of Electronic Finance
3
C
FIN
International Journal of Finance
3
C
4
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Field
BVGSB
Tier
Journal Title
ABS
Rank
ABDC
Rank
FIN
International Journal of Financial Services Management
3
C
FIN
International Journal of Revenue Management
3
C
FIN
International Journal of Sport Finance
3
C
FIN
Investment Policy
3
C
FIN
Irish Banking Review
3
C
FIN
JASSA
3
C
FIN
Journal of Actuarial Practice
3
C
FIN
Journal of Applied Finance: theory, practice, education
3
C
FIN
Journal of Computational Finance
3
C
FIN
Journal of Corporate Treasury Management
3
C
FIN
Journal of Credit Risk
3
C
FIN
Journal of Derivatives and Hedge Funds
3
C
FIN
Journal of Education Finance
3
C
FIN
Journal of Finance Case Research
3
C
FIN
Journal of Financial Management and Analysis
3
C
FIN
Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation
3
C
FIN
Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce
3
C
FIN
Journal of Investing
3
C
FIN
Journal of Investment Compliance
3
C
FIN
Journal of Investment Management
3
C
FIN
Journal of Islamic Economics, Banking and Finance
3
C
FIN
Journal of Money, Investment and Banking
3
C
FIN
Journal of Risk
3
C
FIN
Mathematical Methods in Economics and Finance
3
C
FIN
Pensions: an international journal
3
C
FIN
Research in Finance
3
C
FIN
Research in Financial Services
3
C
FIN
Risk Management and Insurance Review
3
C
FIN
Risk Management: an international journal
3
C
FIN
SIAM Journal on Financial Mathematics
3
C
FIN
South African Actuarial Journal
3
C
FIN
The International Journal of Business Finance Research
3
C
FIN
The Journal of Private Equity
3
C
FIN
The Journal of Structured Finance
3
C
FIN
The Journal of Trading
3
C
FIN
The Journal of Wealth Management
3
C
FIN
Variance: advancing the science of risk
3
C
5
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References:
http://www.associationofbusinessschools.org/sites/default/files/Combined%20Journal%20Guide.pdf
http://www.abdc.edu.au/pages/abdc-journal-quality-list-2013.html
Journal Quality List (52nd edition) by Anne-Wil Harzing (http://www.harzing.com/jql.htm#download)
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