About the Journal

The Journal of Financial Economics and Banking (JOFEB) is an international, double-blind peer-reviewed, open access academic journal. The journal provides an outlet for research on financial markets and financial institutions, with a particular emphasis on banking. JOFEB published its first issue in December 2020 and, from 2026 onwards, is published once a year in December.

JOFEB publishes theoretical and empirical research on financial economics and banking from multidisciplinary (economics, finance, econometrics, accounting, marketing and management) and multinational perspectives. Besides theoretical developments, the journal welcomes empirical, applied and policy-oriented studies, and seeks to improve communication between academic researchers, policymakers, decision makers at private and public financial institutions, and regulators.

Aims and Scope

The aim of JOFEB is to serve as a forum where scholars publish theoretical and empirical research encompassing all fields of finance and banking. The journal also aims to encourage interdisciplinary research that builds a body of knowledge in the field and helps researchers broaden the scope of their studies through free and open access data.

Topics within the scope of the journal include, but are not limited to:

Publication Frequency

JOFEB is published once a year. Each issue is released in December. Accepted articles are published in the next scheduled issue.

Publication Language

The publication language of the journal is English. Manuscripts submitted in other languages are not considered.

Bibliographic Information

Open Access Statement

JOFEB is an open access journal. All content is freely available without charge to the reader or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose within the terms of the license below, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition of open access.

Copyright and License

Authors who publish in JOFEB retain the copyright of their work and grant the journal the right of first publication. Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

Under this license, users may share and adapt the material provided that they give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, indicate if changes were made, do not use the material for commercial purposes, and distribute any adaptations under the same license.

Article Processing Charges

JOFEB does not charge authors any submission, review, processing or publication fees. No fee or honorarium is paid to authors, reviewers or editors for published articles.

Disclaimer

The views and opinions expressed in the articles published in JOFEB are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors, the editorial board or the journal. Authors bear full responsibility for the content of their articles.

Publication Policies

The editorial and publication policies of JOFEB follow the principles and guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The details are given in the Peer Review Process, Publication Ethics and Author Guidelines pages.