Review of Behavioral Finance

Aims & Scope

Review of Behavioral Finance publishes high quality original peer-reviewed articles in the area of behavioural finance.

The RBF focus is on Behavioural Finance but with a very broad lens looking at how the behavioural attributes of the decision makers influence the financial structure of a company, investors’ portfolios, and the functioning of financial markets.

High quality empirical, experimental and/or theoretical research articles as well as well executed literature review articles are considered for publication in the journal.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.8
2024	1.90

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.467

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	27

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	12272

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	433

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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.

• Herding in financial markets: a review of the literature

  Citation: 219

  Authors: Spyros

• Financial literacy and financial behaviour: a bibliometric analysis

  Citation: 135

  Authors: Kavita Karan, Ratna Achuta

• Evaluation of behavioral biases affecting investment decision making of individual equity investors by fuzzy analytic hierarchy process

  Citation: 114

  Authors: Jinesh, Nidhi, Sanjay

• Overconfidence, overreaction and personality

  Citation: 81

  Authors: Robert, Rick, Kevin, Sirimon

• Factors influencing investor’s decision making in Pakistan

  Citation: 60

  Authors: Muhammad Haroon, Amir, Tayyaba, Muhammad Waqar

• Behavioural finance: the role of psychological factors in financial decisions

  Citation: 56

  Authors: Gulnur, Nigel

• Investor Sentiment and Corporate Bond Yield Spreads

  Citation: 52

  Authors: Subhankar

• COVID-19 fear index: does it matter for stock market returns?

  Citation: 51

  Authors: Sowmya, Madhumita

• Do FEARS drive Bitcoin?

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Tobias, Toan Luu Duc, Markus, Mei

• Behavioral mediators of financial decision making – a state-of-art literature review

  Citation: 47

  Authors: Rupali Misra, Sumita, Devinder Kumar

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