Review of Financial Studies
Encyclopedia
The Review of Financial Studies is an academic journal
published by Oxford University Press
on behalf of the Society for Financial Studies. It was established following discussions at the 1986 Western Finance Association (WFA) meetings, and the first issue was published in 1988. Together with the Journal of Finance
and the Journal of Financial Economics
, the Review of Financial Studies is considered one of the three most prestigious finance journals. Its current executive editor is David Hirshleifer
(University of California, Irvine
). According to the Journal Citation Reports
, the journal has a 2010 impact factor
of 4.602, ranking it first out of 74 journals in the category "Business, Finance".
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
published by Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
on behalf of the Society for Financial Studies. It was established following discussions at the 1986 Western Finance Association (WFA) meetings, and the first issue was published in 1988. Together with the Journal of Finance
Journal of Finance
The Journal of Finance is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Finance Association. It was established in 1946. Its current editors are Campbell R. Harvey and John R. Graham...
and the Journal of Financial Economics
Journal of Financial Economics
The Journal of Financial Economics or JFE, is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the theory of financial economics. Together with the Journal of Finance and the Review of Financial Studies, it is considered to be among the top three finance journal. The editor is Bill Schwert...
, the Review of Financial Studies is considered one of the three most prestigious finance journals. Its current executive editor is David Hirshleifer
David Hirshleifer
David Hirshleifer is a prominent American economist. He is a professor of finance and currently holds the Merage chair in Business Growth at the University of California at Irvine. He previously held tenured positions at the University of Michigan, The Ohio State University, and UCLA. His work...
(University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...
). According to the Journal Citation Reports
Journal Citation Reports
Journal Citation Reports is an annual publication by the Healthcare & Science division of Thomson Reuters. It has been integrated with the Web of Knowledge, by Thomson Reuters, and is accessed from the Web of Science to JCR Web. It provides information about academic journals in the sciences and...
, the journal has a 2010 impact factor
Impact factor
The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed...
of 4.602, ranking it first out of 74 journals in the category "Business, Finance".
Previous editors
- Matthew Spiegel: Yale University (2005–2011)
- Maureen O'Hara: Cornell University (2000–2005)
- Ravi JagannathanRavi JagannathanRavi Jagannathan is an American economist. He is currently a chaired professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. With the exception of the period 1989-1997 when he was a professor at the University of Minnesota, Jagannathan has been at Kellogg since graduate...
: Northwestern University (1997–2000) - Franklin AllenFranklin AllenFranklin Allen is the Nippon Life Professor of Finance and Economics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania...
: University of Pennsylvania (1994–1997) - Chester Spatt: Carnegie Mellon University (1991–1994)
- Michael BrennanMichael Brennan (finance)Michael J. Brennan is emeritus professor of finance at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Brennan co-designed the Brennan-Schwartz interest rate model and was a pioneer of real options theory...
: UCLA (1988–1990)