The Journal of Finance
| The Journal of Finance | |
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Abbreviated title (ISO 4) | J. Finance |
| Discipline | Finance, economics, business |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Kenneth Singleton |
| Publication details | |
| Publisher | |
Publication history | 1946-present |
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| 4.218 | |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN |
0022-1082 (print) 1540-6261 (web) |
| LCCN | 49022513 |
| CODEN | JLFIAN |
| OCLC no. | 1782429 |
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The Journal of Finance is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Finance Association. It was established in 1946. Its current editor-in-chief is Kenneth Singleton (Stanford University). The Journal of Finance, the Review of Financial Studies, and the Journal of Financial Economics are considered the three most prestigious finance journals.[1][2] The Journal of Finance is among the most highly cited journals in the field of finance:[3] In 2009, according to the Journal Citation Reports, it had a 2009 impact factor of 4.151, ranking it second out of 76 journals in the category "Business/Finance" and 5th out of 305 in the category "Economics".[4] It is listed as one of the 45 journals used by the Financial Times to compile its business-school research ranks[5] and Bloomberg Businessweek's Top 20 Journals.[6]
In 1989 it established the Smith Breeden Prize.
Past editors
Past editors of the journal have been:[7]
- Marshall Ketchum (University of Chicago, 1946-1955)
- Harold Fraine (University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1956-1958)
- Joel Segall (University of Chicago, 1958-1960)
- Harold Fraine (University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1961-1963)
- Lawrence Ritter (New York University, 1964-1966)
- Dudley Luckett (Iowa State University, 1967-1970)
- Alexander A. Robichek (Stanford University, 1971-1973)
- Jack M. Guttentag (University of Pennsylvania, 1974-1977)
- Marshall E. Blume (University of Pennsylvania, 1977-1980)
- Michael J. Brennan (University of British Columbia, 1980-1983)
- Edwin J. Elton and Martin Gruber (New York University, 1983-1988)
- René M. Stulz (The Ohio State University, 1988-1999)
- Richard M. Green (Carnegie Mellon University, 2000-2003)
- Robert F. Stambaugh (University of Pennsylvania, 2004-2006)
- Campbell Harvey (Duke University, 2006-2012)
- Kenneth J. Singleton (Stanford University, 2012-present)
Awards
Each year the top papers published in The Journal of Finance are nominated for the Smith Breeden and Brattle Prizes.
References
- ↑ "The Manager's Program (pg 36)". Kellogg School of Management. Retrieved 2007-09-11.
- ↑ "Top 3 Finance Journals".
- ↑ Harvey, Cam (2007-03-13). "Journal of Finance Editor's Report". American Finance Association. Retrieved 2007-09-10.
- ↑ "Web of Science". 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
- ↑ "45 Journals used in FT Research Rank". FT.com/UK. Financial Times. 2009-02-17. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
- ↑ "Full-Time MBA Rankings". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. 2008-11-13. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
- ↑ Kavesh, Robert A. (1970). "The American Finance Association: 1939-1969". Journal of Finance 25 (1): 1–17. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6261.1970.tb00409.x. Retrieved 4 August 2013.