Journal of Emerging Market Finance

Aims & Scope

Emerging markets are affected both by the pace and sequencing of policy reforms.

This requires special analytical tools to determine the behaviour of financial variables in an environment which is subjected to policy shocks.

The Journal of Emerging Market Finance (JEMF) is a forum for debate and discussion on the theory and practice of finance in emerging markets.

While the emphasis is on articles that are of practical significance, the journal also covers theoretical and conceptual aspects relating to emerging financial markets.

JEMF is a blind peer-reviewed journal that attracts articles in these broad areas of research: Idiosyncratic factors that prevail in emerging markets: Some emerging markets are characterised by presence of financial instruments that are absent from other markets.

For example, microfinance institutions, instruments to drive financial inclusion, etc.

Similarly, certain financial markets are almost non-existent in emerging markets as compared to developed markets.

For example, secondary debt market, simple as well as complex derivative instruments, etc.

The journal encourages articles on these topics.

Comparing emerging markets with developed markets: Some of the key comparison units are market efficiency, corporate governance, derivatives market, ability of the markets to absorb new products, etc.

New scopes and challenges for emerging markets: We encourage articles that often identify issues which are expected to be extremely important for the future.

Issues in energy trading, inflow of foreign capital, etc., are some of these issues.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.2
2024	1.20

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	15760

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	93

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.329

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	23

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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 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.

• Board Independence, Audit Quality and Earnings Management: Evidence from Egypt

  Citation: 61

  Authors: Mohamed, Aydin

• Weak-form Market Efficiency and Calendar Anomalies for Eastern Europe Equity Markets

  Citation: 55

  Authors: Francesco, Rakesh, Suneel

• Corporate Governance and Dividends Payout in India

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Jayesh

• Understanding the Growth in Emerging Stock Markets

  Citation: 49

  Authors: Kamal A.

• Foreign Bank Penetration and Private Sector Credit in Central and Eastern Europe

  Citation: 43

  Authors: R. T.A., I. P.P

• Market Efficiency in Emerging Stock Market

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Asma, A. Sabur, Rafiqul

• Artificial Neural Network Models for Forecasting Stock Price Index in the Bombay Stock Exchange

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Goutam, Pankaj, Arnab Kumar, Neeraj

• Mean-Semivariance Behaviour: An Alternative Behavioural Model

  Citation: 38

  Authors: Javier

• Corporate Governance, Competition and Firm Performance

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Manoj, Manoranjan

• Market-wide Herding and the Impact of Institutional Investors in the Indian Capital Market

  Citation: 36

  Authors: M.V., Sankarshan, R.

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