Review of Corporate Finance

Aims & Scope

The Review of Corporate Finance (RCF) offers an outlet for high-quality scholarly work on corporate finance.

RCF welcomes both empirical and theoretical studies on corporate finance.

We also welcome methodological contributions, commentaries and review articles.

RCF encourages novel approaches and new topics.

Papers should significantly extend what has been done in the past.

Corporate finance, while based on the finance discipline, has research contributions from other areas including law, economics, management, and political science.

RCF by design will be an interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary journal that welcomes different types of methodological approaches with a view to improved dialogue and scholarship on all relevant topics, ranging from the intersection of corporate finance with entrepreneurship, fintech, labor relations, legal standards, politics, and sustainability.

The Editorial Team comprises a diverse set of experts from around the world.

Editors represent all functional areas of corporate finance, with institutional knowledge of all major regions around the world.

RCF does not favor papers from any particular region from the world.

RCF encourages submissions of original papers with novel ideas regardless of the country of origin and/or specific area of corporate finance.

Exploratory studies that develop new scholarly areas of inquiry are encouraged.

RCF welcomes empirical studies that improve on methods used in earlier work by extending sample periods, using improved methods to establish causal inference, and/or use more detailed data than that which was previously available.

Honest empirical studies (without p-hacking) that show insignificance are as welcome as honest studies that show significance.

RCF also welcomes papers that show that results of previously published papers in corporate finance are not as robust as claimed.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.673

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	14

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1981

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	272

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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

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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.

• A Survey of Fintech Research and Policy Discussion

  Citation: 227

  Authors: Franklin, Xian, Julapa

• New Developments in Equity Crowdfunding: A Review

  Citation: 70

  Authors: Jerry, Aristogenis

• Equity Crowdfunding: New Evidence from US and UK Markets

  Citation: 70

  Authors: Alice, Tom, Silvio

• The Role of Environmental Policies in Promoting Venture Capital Investments in Cleantech Companies

  Citation: 39

  Authors: R., A.

• Should Investors Care Where Private Equity Managers Went to School?

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Florian, Roland, Tim, Stefan

• Rookie Directors and Corporate Fraud

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Min, Chia-Feng (Jeffrey)

• Attracting Investors in Initial Coin Offerings: The Relevance of Specific Technological Capabilities for Fundraising Success

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Stephan, Monika C., Nicolai

• The Investment Style Drift Puzzle and Risk-Taking in Venture Capital

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Lukas, Hans-Peter

• We Reddit in a Forum: The Influence of Message Boards on Firm Stability

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Shaen, Yang (Greg), Yang, Les

• The Effect of Corporate Investment Efficiency on Cross-Border M&As

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Feng, John

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