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IMPAQ
WoS ESCI Q2Scopus Q2SCImago #8,251Hybrid

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Acronym:requ
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Identifier (ISSN):0924-865X(Print)/1573-7179(Online)
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Publisher:Springer Nature
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (ESCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)
2.2↑ +0.1
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
Q2
WoS ESCIJCR Quartile
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓
JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

Impact Factor Trend (2023–2026)

Clarivate IF trend for Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

WoS Q2
12231.720231.920242.120252.22026
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2026):2.2
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q2
0.7
#8,251

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
63

63 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: ESCIQ2
Self-Citation Rate21.1%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
81articles/year
33.04% Gold OA•100% Original Research

Aims & Scope

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting deals with research involving the interaction of finance with accounting, economics, and quantitative methods, focused on finance and accounting. The papers published present useful theoretical and methodological results with the support of interesting empirical applications. Purely theoretical and methodological research with the potential for important applications is also published. Besides the traditional high-quality theoretical and empirical research in finance, the journal also publishes papers dealing with interdisciplinary topics.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
EconomicsBusiness98.3%Finance96.8%Corporate finance76%Mathematics56.2%Financial economics48.6%Political science48.2%Accounting48%Law47.8%Monetary economics45.5%Econometrics44.2%Macroeconomics44.1%Computer science39.8%Statistics32.5%Geography30.8%History29.9%Archaeology29.9%Microeconomics28.2%Biology25.2%Management24.2%Engineering23.9%Physics23.7%Philosophy21.9%Machine learning20.1%
Primary Research Areas

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
JCRESCI2026

BUSINESS, FINANCE

Q2
Rank106/243
IndexESCI
JCIESCI2026

BUSINESS, FINANCE

Q2
Rank110/243
IndexESCI

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

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

12 year
2026Latest
IF2.2
Articles / Year81
Total Citations15
2025
IF2.1
Articles / Year91
Total Citations143
2024
IF1.9
Articles / Year144
Total Citations800
2023
IF1.7
Articles / Year110
Total Citations968
2022
IF—
Articles / Year96
Total Citations1,161

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

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

Rank #8,251Scopus Q2SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1991-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Business, Management and AccountingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q2
0.7

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

Quartile: Scopus Q2
Citations / Doc (2 years)
3.24

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

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,027 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Estimated cost / article

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations1,056
3-Year Documents296
Citable Documents296

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

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)3

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate27.3%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

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

Scopus Subject Categories

AccountingQ2
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Q2
FinanceQ2
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: 21.1%

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):
3区 (Zone 3)Management
Minor Category (Specific Field):
3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

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting (acronym: requ, ISSN: 0924-865X) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of BUSINESS, published by Springer Nature in United States. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 2.20, ranking in quartile Q2 of Web of Science (ESCI), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.700 (Q2), an H-index of 63.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with a publication frequency of 8 issues per year, an annual output of approximately 81 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $3,027 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
Springer Nature
Publication Language
English
Frequency
8 issues per year
Indexing & Databases
ESCIScopusPubMed

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Database Updated: 2026-09-28