International Journal of Managerial Finance

Aims & Scope

Although financial in nature, the journal is interested in papers from all disciplines; in particular knowledge management, accounting and economics, which shed further light on the financing decision process.

Coverage includes, but is not limited to: - Treasury and Financial Risk Management - Redefining, measuring and identifying new methods to manage risk for financing decisions - The role, costs and benefits of insurance and hedging financing decisions - The role of rating agencies in managerial decisions - Investment and Financing Decision Making - The uses and applications of forecasting to examine financing decisions, measurement and comparisons of various financing options - The public versus private financing decision - The decision of where to be publicly traded - including comparisons of market structures and exchanges - Short term versus long term portfolio management - choice of securities (debt vs equity, convertible vs non-convertible) - Corporate Finance - Managerial finance responses to the tightening of regulation in the wake of recent financial scandals - The relationship between the capital budgeting decision and financing decisions - The role of corporate governance when designing new financing projects and establishing executive compensation - Costs and benefits to mergers and acquisitions.

Measurement of anticipated efficiency gains from restructuring - The decision to initiate dividends versus share repurchases

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.2

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.526

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	41

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	11047

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	390

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Business, Management and Accounting and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 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.

• Effects of working capital management on SME profitability

  Citation: 402

  Authors: Pedro, Pedro

• The firm's strategic dynamics and corporate governance life‐cycle

  Citation: 185

  Authors: Igor, Steve, Mike

• Working capital management and firms’ performance in emerging markets: the case of Jordan

  Citation: 145

  Authors: Bana

• Board of directors' size and performance in the banking industry

  Citation: 138

  Authors: Mohamed

• Agency costs and corporate governance mechanisms: evidence for UK firms

  Citation: 115

  Authors: Chrisostomos

• Banking stability determinants in Africa

  Citation: 113

  Authors: Peterson K.

• CEO power, corporate social responsibility, and firm value: a test of agency theory

  Citation: 112

  Authors: Frank, Tao, Dylan

• Working capital management and SMEs profitability: Portuguese evidence

  Citation: 109

  Authors: Maria Amélia, Paulo Miguel

• Profitability determinants among micro firms: evidence from Swedish data

  Citation: 98

  Authors: Darush

• Research on capital structure determinants: a review and future directions

  Citation: 96

  Authors: Satish, Sisira, Purnima

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