What to Look for When Choosing a Journal
Before submitting your research, evaluate journals on these key criteria:
- Risk management scope — financial, operational, strategic, and enterprise risk
- Quantitative and qualitative methods — VaR models, scenario analysis, and qualitative risk assessment
- Open access for reach to risk managers, regulators, and financial stability researchers
- Fast review for rapidly evolving risk management research contexts
- International scope — global risk management practices and regulatory frameworks
- Acceptance of both theoretical risk modelling and empirical risk management research
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 Risk Management
Keith Publications risk management journals accept research on: financial risk measurement — value-at-risk (VaR), expected shortfall, and stress testing; credit risk — credit scoring, probability of default, loss given default, and credit derivatives; market risk — equity, interest rate, currency, and commodity risk management; liquidity risk — funding liquidity, market liquidity, and liquidity stress in banking; operational risk — internal control failures, cyber risk, and operational loss modelling; enterprise risk management (ERM) frameworks and their effectiveness; systemic risk and macroprudential policy; climate risk and transition risk in financial portfolios; and fintech risk — algorithmic trading, cryptocurrency risk, and digital asset volatility.
Risk Management in the Post-Pandemic Financial Environment
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed critical weaknesses in risk management frameworks across banking, insurance, and non-financial corporations — few stress testing scenarios had contemplated simultaneous global economic shutdown, supply chain collapse, and healthcare system crisis. Post-pandemic, regulators and risk managers are rebuilding frameworks to account for systemic interconnectedness, tail risk events, and the compounding effects of simultaneous multi-sector shocks. Keith Publications risk management journals provide an open access publication platform for this urgently needed research on next-generation risk management frameworks.
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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