China Finance Review International is a flagship academic journal covering both Chinese and international financial markets. It is founded by the Antai College of Economics and Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, one of Asia's top universities. CFRI is indexed in Web of Science and Scopus, currently it has a 2024 Impact Factor of 7.6 (#7/242), a 2024 CiteScore of 16.3 (#5/333), and a 2025 CiteScore Tracker of 19.8. We greatly appreciate your support for the journal and hope to have the privilege of publishing your work in CFRI.

The China Finance Review International aims to publish quality empirical and theoretical works on important finance and economic issues in the profession. We encourage ground-breaking research related to new and niche areas in finance, such as Fintech and cryptos, ESG, climate finance and socially responsible investments. We welcome critiques of existing literature and comparative analysis between emerging markets and developed economies.   

Aims and Scope

It acts as a medium between financial economists from China and all over the world to share their views and investigate a wide range of issues including, but not limited to: 

• Asset pricing 

• Corporate finance and governance 

• Corporate social responsibilities 

• Fintech and cryptos 

• Financial innovations 

• Financial intermediation 

• Digital economy and finance 

• International finance 

• Green and Sustainable Finance 

• Derivatives 

• Macro finance 

• Climate risk and finance 

• Financial econometrics 

• Household finance and financial planning  

• Behavioral finance 

• Risk management and insurance  

CFRI is Indexed and Abstracted in:

Ÿ   Web of Science

Ÿ   SCOPUS

Ÿ   ABI

Ÿ   CNKI

Ÿ   Dimensions

Ÿ   EBSCO

Ÿ   Google Scholar

Ÿ   HCERES

Ÿ   NSD (Norway)

Ÿ   ProQuest

Ÿ   Polish Scholarly Bibliography

Ÿ   RePec

Ÿ   ReadCube Discover

Ÿ   Summon

Ÿ   Cabell’s Directory

Ÿ   Higher Education Commission (HEC) Journals Recognition

Ranked in:

Ÿ   The Chartered Association of Business Schools' (ABS) Academic Journal Guide

Ÿ   The Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) Quality Journal List (A)

Ÿ   The Australian Research Council ERA Journal List

Ÿ   The Publication Forum (Finland).

Ÿ   FMS Journal Rating Guide