European Company and Financial Law Review

Aims & Scope

In legislation and in case law, European law has become a steadily more dominant factor in determining national European company laws.

The “European Company”, the forthcoming “European Private Company” as well as the Regulation on the Application of International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS Regulation”) have accelerated this development even more.

The discussion, however, is still mired in individual nations.

This is true for the academic field and – even still – for many practitioners.

The journal intends to overcome this handicap by sparking a debate across Europe on drafting and application of European company law.

It integrates the European company law component previously published as part of the Zeitschrift für Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht (ZGR), on of the leading German law reviews specialized in the field of company and capital market law.

It aims at universities, law makers on both the European and national levels, courts, lawyers, banks and other financial service institutions, in house counsels, accountants and notaries who draft or work with European company law.

The journal focuses on all areas of European company law and the financing of companies and business entities.

This includes the law of capital markets as well as the law of accounting and auditing and company law related issues of insolvency law.

Finally it serves as a platform for the discussion of theoretical questions such as the economic analysis of company law.

It consists of articles and case notes on both decisions of the European courts as well as of national courts insofar as they have implications on European company law.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.2
2024	1.30

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10987

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	131

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.529

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	10

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Sustainable Finance and Fintech: Can Technology Contribute to Achieving Environmental Goals? A Preliminary Assessment of ‘Green Fintech’ and ‘Sustainable Digital Finance’

  Citation: 118

  Authors: Eugenia, Michele

• The Effectiveness of Corporate Governance in One-Tier and Two-Tier Board Systems – Evidence from the UK and Germany –

  Citation: 87

  Authors: Carsten

• Crypto-Securities Regulation: ICOs, Token Sales and Cryptocurrencies under EU Financial Law

  Citation: 79

  Authors: Philipp, Chris

• Board Models in Europe – Recent Developments of Internal Corporate Governance Structures in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy

  Citation: 54

  Authors: Klaus J., Patrick C.

• New EU Directive on the Disclosure of Non-Financial Information (CSR)

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Dániel Gergely, Karsten Engsig

• The Global Financial Crisis and the Disclosure Paradigm in European Financial Regulation: The Case for Reform

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Emilios

• Reforming Executive Compensation: Simplicity, Transparency and Committing to the Long-term

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Sanjai, Roberta

• Constraining Dominant Shareholders' Self-Dealing: The Legal Framework in France, Germany, and Italy

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Pierre-Henri, Luca, Martin

• Corporate Insolvency in the United Kingdom: The Impact of the Enterprise Act 2002

  Citation: 24

  Authors: John, Audrey, Adrian

• The Two-Tier Model and the One-Tier Model of Corporate Governance in the Italian Reform of Corporate Law

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Federico, Corrado

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