Journal of International Money and Finance

Aims & Scope

Since its launch in 1982, Journal of International Money and Finance has built up a solid reputation as a high quality scholarly journal devoted to theoretical and empirical research in the fields of international monetary economics, international finance, and the rapidly developing overlap area between the two.

Researchers in these areas, and financial market professionals too, pay attention to the articles that the journal publishes.

Authors published in the journal are in the forefront of scholarly research on exchange rate behaviour, foreign exchange options, international capital markets, international monetary and fiscal policy, international transmission and related questions.

With articles being submitted from economists and finance specialists in major research universities, smaller universities, central banks and private financial institutions worldwide, the journal achieves an extraordinary diversity, in both topic and approach, and provides a truly global perspective on international economic and financial questions.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.3

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.304

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	123

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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.

• Unit root tests for panel data

  Citation: 2805

  Authors: In

• Is the correlation in international equity returns constant: 1960–1990?

  Citation: 1228

  Authors: François, Bruno

• Home bias and high turnover

  Citation: 789

  Authors: Linda L., Ingrid M.

• The use of technical analysis in the foreign exchange market

  Citation: 697

  Authors: Mark P., Helen

• Foreign currency option values

  Citation: 654

  Authors: Mark B., Steven W.

• Dynamic correlation analysis of financial contagion: Evidence from Asian markets

  Citation: 645

  Authors: Thomas C., Bang Nam, Huimin

• Exchange rate exposure, hedging, and the use of foreign currency derivatives

  Citation: 595

  Authors: George, Eli

• The Copula-GARCH model of conditional dependencies: An international stock market application

  Citation: 556

  Authors: Eric, Michael

• The determinants of financing obstacles

  Citation: 549

  Authors: Thorsten, Aslı, Luc, Vojislav

• ‘Some contagion, some interdependence’: More pitfalls in tests of financial contagion

  Citation: 547

  Authors: Giancarlo, Marcello, Massimo

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