Review of Corporate Finance Studies

Aims & Scope

The Review of Corporate Finance Studies (RCFS) aims to publish research of the highest quality in the field of Corporate Finance, broadly defined.

RCFS will review papers on the basis of their original contribution to the field of Corporate Finance.

Corporate Finance includes but is not limited to the study of a firm's interactions with its stakeholders in general and capital markets in particular, the design of its internal organization structure, its compensation and incentive mechanisms, corporate governance, the management of capital and its internal allocation rules.

RCFS will also consider research in financial intermediation and financial institutions, microstructure and the implications of asset pricing for Corporate Finance.

Theoretical, empirical, and experimental papers will be admissible for review.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.2
2024	1.90

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	4.122

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	28

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	395

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	218

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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.

• Feverish Stock Price Reactions to COVID-19*

  Citation: 823

  Authors: Stefano, Alexander F

• Resiliency of Environmental and Social Stocks: An Analysis of the Exogenous COVID-19 Market Crash

  Citation: 818

  Authors: Rui, Yrjo, Shuai, Chendi

• Information: Hard and Soft

  Citation: 493

  Authors: José María, Mitchell A

• Have Instrumental Variables Brought Us Closer to the Truth

  Citation: 414

  Authors: Wei

• The Risk of Being a Fallen Angel and the Corporate Dash for Cash in the Midst of COVID

  Citation: 359

  Authors: Viral V, Sascha

• Banks as Lenders of First Resort: Evidence from the COVID-19 Crisis

  Citation: 254

  Authors: Lei, Philip E, Song

• Investor Rewards to Climate Responsibility: Stock-Price Responses to the Opposite Shocks of the 2016 and 2020 U.S. Elections

  Citation: 121

  Authors: Stefano, Alexander F, Richard J, Alexandre

• How Did COVID-19 Affect Firms’ Access to Public Capital Markets?*

  Citation: 115

  Authors: Michael, Jin, Josef

• The COVID-19 Shock and Equity Shortfall: Firm-Level Evidence from Italy

  Citation: 112

  Authors: Elena, Tommaso, Marco, Loriana, Marti G

• Dynamic Investment, Capital Structure, and Debt Overhang

  Citation: 110

  Authors: Suresh, Neng, Jinqiang

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