What to Look for When Choosing a Journal
Before submitting your research, evaluate journals on these key criteria:
- Financial economics scope — asset pricing, market microstructure, and financial intermediation
- Theoretical and empirical scope — both formal modelling and empirical capital market research
- Open access to reach finance academics, portfolio managers, and market regulators
- Fast review for competitive financial economics research
- CrossRef DOI and Google Scholar indexing for finance research discoverability
- International scope — financial markets research beyond US and UK equity markets
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 Financial Economics
Keith Publications financial economics journals accept research on: asset pricing — CAPM, Fama-French factors, factor investing, and anomalies; market efficiency — weak, semi-strong, and strong form tests; behavioural finance — investor biases, sentiment, and market anomalies; market microstructure — order flow, bid-ask spreads, and price discovery; financial intermediation — banking theory, financial contracting, and screening; portfolio theory — mean-variance optimisation, risk-return tradeoffs, and diversification; derivatives pricing — options, futures, and structured products; international finance — exchange rates, international asset pricing, and global portfolio allocation; and cryptocurrency and digital asset markets.
Behavioural Finance: The Human Side of Financial Markets
Behavioural finance has transformed financial economics by incorporating psychological insights into models of investor decision-making and market dynamics. Research on investor overconfidence, loss aversion, herding behaviour, the disposition effect, and narrative economics has shown that financial markets are not populated by perfectly rational agents — and that systematic psychological biases create predictable market patterns. Keith Publications financial economics journals welcome behavioural finance research, recognising its importance for understanding real-world market dynamics and designing better investor protection regulations.
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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