The China Finance Review International (CFRI) is a flagship academic journal covering the Chinese and international financial markets. All submissions will undergo the same strict double-blind peer-review process, and there is no submission fee. The journal has adopted a hybrid open-access model, offering gold and green open-access options to enhance accessibility and foster a broader academic community. Currently, the journal has an impact factor of 9.0, ranking 3rd among 231 journals and a CiteScore of 12.4, which is top 4% in the Finance area. It also has a remarkable real-time CiteScore of 16.3.
Aims and scope The China Finance Review International is a flagship academic journal broadly covering the Chinese and international financial markets. The journal is founded by Antai College of Economics and Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, one of the top universities in Asia. It acts as a medium between financial economists from China and all over the world to share their views and investigate a wide range of issues including, but not limited to:
• Asset pricing
• Corporate finance and governance
• Corporate social responsibilities
• Fintech and cryptos
• Financial innovations
• Financial intermediation
• Digital economy and finance
• International finance
• Green and Sustainable Finance
• Derivatives
• Macro finance
• Climate risk and finance
• Financial econometrics
• Household finance and financial planning
• Behavioral finance
• Risk management and insurance
The China Finance Review International aims to publish quality empirical and theoretical works on important finance and economic issues in the profession. We encourage ground-breaking research related to new and niche areas in finance, such as Fintech and cryptos, ESG, climate finance and socially responsible investments. We welcome critiques of existing literature and comparative analysis between emerging markets and developed economies.
