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Clarivate WoS 2024 / 2025 Data
IMPAQ
WoS SCIE Q1Scopus Q1SCImago #2,413Top JournalHybrid

Research in International Business and Finance

Identifier (ISSN):0275-5319(Print)/1878-3384(Online)
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Publisher:Elsevier
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (SSCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)
7.6↑ +0.7
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
Q1
WoS SCIETop Tier
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓
JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

Impact Factor Trend (2022–2026)

Clarivate IF trend for Research in International Business and Finance

WoS Q1
468106.1420226.520236.320246.920257.62026
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2026):7.6
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q1
1.509
#2,413

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
99

99 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRTop Tier
Self-Citation Rate14.3%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
223articles/year
22.44% Gold OA•96.94% Original Research

Aims & Scope

Research in International Business and Finance (RIBAF) seeks to consolidate its position as a premier scholarly vehicle of academic finance. The Journal publishes high quality, insightful, well-written papers that explore current and new issues in international finance. Papers that foster dialogue, innovation, and intellectual risk-taking in financial studies; as well as shed light on the interaction between finance and broader societal concerns are particularly appreciated. The Journal welcomes submissions that seek to expand the boundaries of academic finance and otherwise challenge the discipline. Papers studying finance using a variety of methodologies; as well as interdisciplinary studies will be considered for publication. Papers that examine topical issues using extensive international data sets are welcome. Single-country studies can also be considered for publication provided that they develop novel methodological and theoretical approaches or fall within the Journal's priority themes. It is especially important that single-country studies communicate to the reader why the particular chosen country is especially relevant to the issue being investigated. [...] The scope of topics that are most interesting to RIBAF readers include the following: -Financial markets and institutions -Financial practices and sustainability -The impact of national culture on finance -The impact of formal and informal institutions on finance -Privatizations, public financing, and nonprofit issues in finance -Interdisciplinary financial studies -Finance and international development -International financial crises and regulation -Financialization studies -International financial integration and architecture -Behavioral aspects in finance -Consumer finance -Methodologies and conceptualization issues related to finance

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Economics97%Business91.2%Finance73.1%Monetary economics58.3%Mathematics49.5%Macroeconomics48%Computer science44.2%Political science43.8%Law43.6%Geography39.5%Financial economics38.7%Econometrics37.7%History36.9%Archaeology36.5%Financial system30.3%Biology30.2%Statistics28.7%Philosophy28.1%Engineering28%Physics22.7%Geology22%Accounting21.3%Microeconomics20.7%Mechanical engineering20.6%Materials science20.1%
Primary Research Areas

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
JCRSSCI2026

BUSINESS, FINANCE

Q1
Rank9/243
IndexSSCI
JCISSCI2026

BUSINESS, FINANCE

Q1
Rank14/243
IndexSSCI

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
2026Latest
IF7.6
Articles / Year298
Total Citations200
2025
IF6.9
Articles / Year459
Total Citations2,481
2024
IF6.3
Articles / Year458
Total Citations7,637
2023
IF6.5
Articles / Year307
Total Citations8,026
2022
IF6.143
Articles / Year221
Total Citations8,198

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #2,413Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2004-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Business, Management and AccountingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
1.509

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Quartile: Scopus Q1
Citations / Doc (2 years)
9.31

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,498 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Estimated cost / article

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations8,476
3-Year Documents884
Citable Documents884

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)4

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate36.9%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Q1
FinanceQ1
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 14.3%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
1区 (Zone 1)Economics
Minor Category (Specific Field):
1区BUSINESS, FINANCE
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Academic Intelligence Overview & Context

ImpaQ Analysis

Research in International Business and Finance (ISSN: 0275-5319) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of BUSINESS, published by Elsevier in Netherlands. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 7.60, ranking in quartile Q1 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 1.509 (Q1), an H-index of 99.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an annual output of approximately 223 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $3,498 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Open Access Model
Hybrid
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
SSCIScopusPubMed

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Database Updated: 2026-10-16