What to Look for When Choosing a Journal
Before submitting your research, evaluate journals on these key criteria:
- Banking and financial services scope — commercial, central, investment, and development banking
- Fintech and digital finance coverage — open banking, blockchain, and payment systems
- Regulatory relevance — research informing Basel III/IV, Dodd-Frank, and Solvency II
- Open access for reach to bank regulators, central bankers, and financial inclusion researchers
- Fast review for time-sensitive banking regulation and fintech research
- International scope — banking research from diverse jurisdictions and development contexts
Recommended Journals — Cluster 7: Finance, Accounting & Economics
All journals below are published by Keith Publications — open access, peer-reviewed, and indexed for global discoverability.
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Journal of Financial Economics and Management
(JFEM)
Financial economics, corporate finance, investment management, financial markets, monetary policy, and the economics of financial systems and institutions.
Financial Economics Corporate Finance Investment Management Financial Markets -
Journal of Accounting and Financial Reporting
(JAFR)
Financial accounting, management accounting, auditing, corporate governance, financial reporting standards, and the intersection of accounting with regulation and public policy.
Financial Accounting Auditing Corporate Governance Financial Reporting -
International Journal of Banking and Financial Services
(IJBFS)
Banking systems, financial services regulation, fintech, digital banking, risk management, financial inclusion, and the stability of global financial institutions.
Banking Systems Financial Services Fintech Risk Management -
Economics and Social Policy Research Journal
(ESPRJ)
Applied economics, development economics, fiscal and monetary policy, social policy evaluation, labour economics, and the economics of welfare, health, and education.
Applied Economics Development Economics Fiscal Policy Social Policy
Fast Publication: All Keith Publications journals complete initial review within 2–5 business days and full peer review within 2–4 weeks. Articles are published online within 5–10 days of acceptance — making us one of the fastest open access publishers in finance, accounting, and economics.
Core Research Areas in Banking and Finance Journals
Keith Publications banking and finance journals accept research on: commercial bank performance — profitability, efficiency, and asset quality; bank risk-taking — moral hazard, too-big-to-fail, and capital regulation; central banking — monetary policy transmission, lender of last resort, and payment systems; investment banking — IPOs, underwriting, mergers and acquisitions advisory, and securities markets; fintech and digital banking — mobile banking, open banking (PSD2), robo-advisors, and peer-to-peer lending; financial inclusion — access to banking, microfinance, and the unbanked population; shadow banking and non-bank financial intermediation; Islamic banking and finance; and banking system stability and financial crises.
Fintech Research: The Transformation of Banking
Fintech is transforming every aspect of banking and financial services — from payments and lending to wealth management and insurance. Research on fintech disruption, regulatory responses (regulatory sandboxes, open banking mandates), fintech and financial inclusion, cryptocurrency banking, and the competitive dynamics between traditional banks and fintech platforms is among the most rapidly growing areas of finance research. Keith Publications banking journals provide an open access platform for this urgent fintech research, connecting academic findings with regulators, bank executives, and policymakers navigating the fintech revolution.
Tips to Maximise Your Acceptance Chances
- Align your topic with the journal's scope — confirm your research fits the journal's finance, accounting, or economics focus area.
- Establish clear research questions — finance and economics editors expect precise, testable hypotheses or well-defined research questions.
- Address endogeneity and identification — be explicit about your causal identification strategy and its limitations.
- Use appropriate data and methodology — match your econometric or quantitative methods to your research question and data structure.
- Follow formatting guidelines exactly — non-compliant manuscripts are often desk-rejected without review.
- State practical and policy implications — explain how your findings inform investors, regulators, policymakers, or practitioners.
- Ensure robust robustness checks — include alternative specifications, subsample analyses, and placebo tests to strengthen your empirical claims.
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