---
title: "Open access finance journals, 2023–2025"
description: "Of the 20,108 papers the 49 tracked finance journals published in 2023–2025, 42% are open access (diamond 2%, gold 8%, hybrid 18%, bronze 2% and green 12%). The open-access share went from 41% in 2017 to 43% in 2025."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/finance
markdown_url: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/finance.md
license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
share_text: "Of the 20,108 papers the 49 tracked finance journals published in 2023–2025, 42% are open access (diamond 2%, gold 8%, hybrid 18%, bronze 2% and green 12%). The open-access share went from 41% in 2017 to 43% in 2025. (as of 2026-10-31)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-10-31T19:11:11+09:00
window: 2026-10-02 to 2026-10-31
source: OpenAlex (CC0)
---

# Open access in finance journals

The 46 tracked finance journals ranked by the share of their 2023–2025 papers that are open access, with each status's share. Open-access status as OpenAlex reports it for each paper (diamond: published in an open-access journal that charges authors no fee; gold: published in an open-access journal; hybrid: open under a licence in a subscription journal; bronze: free to read on the publisher's site without an open licence; green: only a free copy in a repository; closed: no free copy found). Papers count by publication year; the share is of the papers whose status is known.

By category: [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/finance.md) · [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/accounting.md) · [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/economics.md) · [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/health-economics-and-policy.md) · [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/management.md) · [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/marketing.md) · [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/information-systems.md) · [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/tourism-and-hospitality.md) · [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/higher-education-and-research.md) · [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/operations-research.md) · [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/statistics.md) · [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/ai.md)

## Key findings

- Of the 20,108 papers the 49 tracked finance journals published in 2023–2025, 42% are open access (diamond 2%, gold 8%, hybrid 18%, bronze 2% and green 12%).
- The open-access share went from 41% in 2017 to 43% in 2025.
- The most open journal is Borsa Istanbul Review (100%), followed by Central Bank Review (100%) and Finance Research Open (100%); the least open is Asia-Pacific Financial Markets (22%).

*Tracked finance journals by open-access share of their 2023–2025 papers (OpenAlex); the last 3, with fewer than 30 papers, are not ranked*

| # | Journal | Papers 2023–2025 | Open access | Diamond | Gold | Hybrid | Bronze | Green | Closed |
|---:|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 1 | [Borsa Istanbul Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/borsa-istanbul-review.md) | 382 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | [Central Bank Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/central-bank-review.md) | 59 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | [Finance Research Open](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-open.md) | 86 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | [Financial Innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/financial-innovation.md) | 404 | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | [The Journal of Finance and Data Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-journal-of-finance-and-data-science.md) | 66 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6 | [European Actuarial Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-actuarial-journal.md) | 99 | 82% | 0% | 0% | 53% | 4% | 25% | 18% |
| 7 | [Finance and Stochastics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-and-stochastics.md) | 84 | 81% | 0% | 0% | 52% | 5% | 24% | 19% |
| 8 | [Decisions in Economics and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/decisions-in-economics-and-finance.md) | 175 | 76% | 0% | 0% | 53% | 6% | 17% | 24% |
| 9 | [Mathematics and Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/mathematics-and-financial-economics.md) | 78 | 71% | 0% | 0% | 38% | 3% | 29% | 29% |
| 10 | [Annals of Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/annals-of-finance.md) | 53 | 68% | 0% | 0% | 47% | 0% | 21% | 32% |
| 11 | [International Review of Economics & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-economics-finance.md) | 2,136 | 64% | 0% | 46% | 9% | 1% | 8% | 36% |
| 12 | [Insurance Mathematics and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/insurance-mathematics-and-economics.md) | 265 | 63% | 0% | 0% | 39% | 2% | 22% | 37% |
| 13 | [Digital Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/digital-finance.md) | 93 | 62% | 0% | 0% | 39% | 3% | 20% | 38% |
| 14 | [Journal of Financial Services Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-services-research.md) | 65 | 58% | 0% | 0% | 37% | 11% | 11% | 42% |
| 15 | [The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Issues and Practice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-geneva-papers-on-risk-and-insurance-issues-and-practice.md) | 88 | 58% | 0% | 0% | 28% | 16% | 14% | 42% |
| 16 | [Financial markets and portfolio management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/financial-markets-and-portfolio-management.md) | 62 | 56% | 0% | 0% | 44% | 6% | 6% | 44% |
| 17 | [Journal of Corporate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-corporate-finance.md) | 421 | 56% | 0% | 0% | 32% | 2% | 23% | 44% |
| 18 | [Journal of Banking & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-banking-finance.md) | 520 | 55% | 0% | 0% | 30% | 2% | 23% | 45% |
| 19 | [Journal of Financial Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-economics.md) | 356 | 54% | 0% | 0% | 30% | 2% | 21% | 46% |
| 20 | [Journal of commodity markets](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-commodity-markets.md) | 142 | 54% | 0% | 0% | 33% | 1% | 19% | 46% |
| 21 | [Journal of Financial Markets](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-markets.md) | 130 | 53% | 0% | 0% | 22% | 2% | 30% | 47% |
| 22 | [Journal of Asset Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-asset-management.md) | 126 | 52% | 0% | 0% | 37% | 6% | 10% | 48% |
| 23 | [Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-financial-markets-institutions-and-money.md) | 394 | 52% | 0% | 0% | 38% | 2% | 13% | 48% |
| 24 | [Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-quantitative-finance-and-accounting.md) | 340 | 51% | 0% | 0% | 34% | 3% | 15% | 49% |
| 25 | [Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-behavioral-and-experimental-finance.md) | 253 | 51% | 0% | 0% | 36% | 1% | 13% | 49% |
| 26 | [The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-journal-of-real-estate-finance-and-economics.md) | 99 | 51% | 0% | 0% | 36% | 3% | 11% | 49% |
| 27 | [Journal of Empirical Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-empirical-finance.md) | 239 | 50% | 0% | 0% | 22% | 2% | 26% | 50% |
| 28 | [Journal of Financial Stability](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-stability.md) | 266 | 47% | 0% | 0% | 23% | 2% | 22% | 53% |
| 29 | [Journal of Climate Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-climate-finance.md) | 65 | 45% | 0% | 0% | 31% | 3% | 11% | 55% |
| 30 | [Journal of Banking Regulation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-banking-regulation.md) | 87 | 44% | 0% | 0% | 34% | 0% | 9% | 56% |
| 31 | [Journal of Financial Intermediation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-financial-intermediation.md) | 95 | 43% | 1% | 0% | 21% | 3% | 18% | 57% |
| 32 | [Journal of International Money and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-money-and-finance.md) | 504 | 43% | 0% | 0% | 24% | 2% | 16% | 57% |
| 33 | [Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-revenue-and-pricing-management.md) | 155 | 41% | 0% | 0% | 14% | 17% | 10% | 59% |
| 34 | [Journal of Economics and Business](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economics-and-business.md) | 91 | 38% | 0% | 0% | 27% | 2% | 9% | 62% |
| 35 | [Global Finance Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/global-finance-journal.md) | 308 | 36% | 0% | 0% | 20% | 2% | 14% | 64% |
| 36 | [Risk Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/risk-management.md) | 78 | 36% | 0% | 0% | 23% | 8% | 5% | 64% |
| 37 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 1,207 | 36% | 0% | 0% | 22% | 2% | 13% | 64% |
| 38 | [International Review of Financial Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-review-of-financial-analysis.md) | 2,107 | 32% | 0% | 0% | 16% | 1% | 15% | 68% |
| 39 | [The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-quarterly-review-of-economics-and-finance.md) | 326 | 30% | 0% | 0% | 19% | 3% | 8% | 70% |
| 40 | [Emerging Markets Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/emerging-markets-review.md) | 319 | 30% | 0% | 0% | 14% | 1% | 14% | 70% |
| 41 | [Journal of Economics and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economics-and-finance.md) | 132 | 30% | 0% | 0% | 23% | 2% | 5% | 70% |
| 42 | [The North American Journal of Economics and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-north-american-journal-of-economics-and-finance.md) | 570 | 29% | 0% | 0% | 15% | 1% | 13% | 71% |
| 43 | [Pacific-Basin Finance Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pacific-basin-finance-journal.md) | 940 | 24% | 0% | 0% | 11% | 1% | 13% | 76% |
| 44 | [Journal of Multinational Financial Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-multinational-financial-management.md) | 78 | 23% | 0% | 0% | 12% | 1% | 10% | 77% |
| 45 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 5,308 | 22% | 0% | 0% | 11% | 1% | 11% | 78% |
| 46 | [Asia-Pacific Financial Markets](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/asia-pacific-financial-markets.md) | 188 | 22% | 0% | 0% | 13% | 5% | 3% | 78% |
| – | [Journal of Banking and Financial Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-banking-and-financial-technology.md) | 12 | 58% | 0% | 0% | 42% | 8% | 8% | 42% |
| – | [Review of Derivatives Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/review-of-derivatives-research.md) | 28 | 57% | 0% | 0% | 46% | 0% | 11% | 43% |
| – | [The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-geneva-risk-and-insurance-review.md) | 29 | 55% | 0% | 0% | 31% | 14% | 10% | 45% |

## By year

*All tracked finance journals: papers per year by open-access status*

| Year | Papers | Open access | Diamond | Gold | Hybrid | Bronze | Green | Closed |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 2017 | 3,173 | 41% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 32% | 59% |
| 2018 | 3,047 | 42% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 32% | 58% |
| 2019 | 3,276 | 41% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 29% | 59% |
| 2020 | 3,798 | 44% | 2% | 2% | 8% | 4% | 28% | 56% |
| 2021 | 4,434 | 45% | 2% | 2% | 10% | 6% | 25% | 55% |
| 2022 | 4,366 | 43% | 2% | 3% | 14% | 6% | 19% | 57% |
| 2023 | 5,141 | 41% | 2% | 3% | 16% | 4% | 16% | 59% |
| 2024 | 6,952 | 41% | 2% | 2% | 21% | 1% | 14% | 59% |
| 2025 | 8,015 | 43% | 2% | 16% | 16% | 0% | 9% | 57% |
| 2026 (so far) | 6,071 | 51% | 3% | 22% | 17% | 1% | 9% | 49% |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Open access in finance journals. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/finance

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-rankings-open-access-finance,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Open access in finance journals},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/open-access/finance}},
  urldate = {2026-10-31},
  note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).