Journal of Financial Economics
Topic: Finance
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Short description: One of the premier finance journals
| |Subject |Discipline}} | Financial economics |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Toni Whited |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1974-present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| 6.988 (2020) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | J. Financ. Econ. |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | JFECDT |
| ISSN | 0304-405X |
| LCCN | 84649771 |
| OCLC no. | 863010774 |
| Links | |
The Journal of Financial Economics is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Elsevier, covering the field of finance. It is considered to be one of the premier finance journals.[1][2] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 6.988.[3] The journal was founded by Michael C. Jensen, Eugene Fama, and Robert C. Merton in 1974.[4]
Editors
The following persons are or have been editors-in-chief of the journal:[4]
- Eugene Fama, 1974-1977
- Michael C. Jensen, 1974-1996
- Robert C. Merton, 1974-1977
- G. William Schwert, 1979–1986, 1989-2020
- John B. Long, 1983–1987, 1988-1996
- Clifford W. Smith, 1983-1996
- René M. Stulz, 1983-1987
- Jerold B. Warner, 1987-1996
- Richard S. Ruback, 1988-1996
- Wayne Mikkelson, 1993-1996
- Ron Kaniel, 2017-2020
- David Hirshleifer, 2020-2021
- Toni Whited, 2021–present
Awards
The journal issues two annual prizes for economics research, Jensen Prize and Fama–DFA Prize.
References
- ↑ Oltheten, Elisabeth; Theoharakis, Vasilis; Travlos, Nickolaos G. (2005-03-01). "Faculty Perceptions and Readership Patterns of Finance Journals: A Global View". Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 40 (1): 223–239. doi:10.1017/S0022109000001800.
- ↑ Borokhovich, Kenneth A.; Bricker, Robert J.; Simkins, Betty J. (1994-06-01). "Journal Communication and Influence in Financial Research". The Journal of Finance 49 (2): 713–725. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6261.1994.tb05159.x.
- ↑ "Journal of Financial Economics". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Schwert, G. William. "The Remarkable Growth in Financial Economics, 1974-2020". https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3722311.
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