Finance:Journal of Financial Economics

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Short description: One of the premier finance journals
Journal of Financial Economics  
|Subject |Discipline}}Financial economics
LanguageEnglish
Edited byToni Whited
Publication details
History1974-present
Publisher
FrequencyMonthly
6.988 (2020)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4J. Financ. Econ.
Indexing
CODENJFECDT
ISSN0304-405X
LCCN84649771
OCLC no.863010774
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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

  1. 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. 
  2. 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. 
  3. "Journal of Financial Economics". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2021. 
  4. 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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