The Review of Financial Studies
Abbreviated title (ISO 4) | Rev. Financ. Stud. |
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| Discipline | Finance |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Andrew Karolyi |
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| Publisher | |
Publication history | 1988-present |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| 3.532 | |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN |
0893-9454 (print) 1465-7368 (web) |
| LCCN | sf93094251 |
| OCLC no. | 40777420 |
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The Review of Financial Studies is a peer-reviewed 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.[1] Its editor-in-chief is Andrew Karolyi (Cornell University). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2013 impact factor of 3.532.[2]
Editors
The following persons are or have been editors-in-chief:
- Andrew Karolyi (Cornell University, 2014–present)
- David Hirshleifer (UC Irvine, 2011–2014)
- Matthew Spiegel (Yale University, 2005–2011)
- Maureen O'Hara (Cornell University, 2000–2005)
- Ravi Jagannathan (Northwestern University, 1997–2000)
- Franklin Allen (University of Pennsylvania, 1994–1997)
- Chester Spatt (Carnegie Mellon University, 1991–1994)
- Michael Brennan (UCLA; 1988–1990)
Awards
The Michael J. Brennan Best Paper Award, named after the first editor of the journal, is an annual prize given to authors of the best paper published in the journal in the past year. The first prize is US$20,000 and the second prize is US$7,000.[3] The journal also awards a Rising Scholar Award, a Referee of the Year Award, and multiple Distinguished Referee Awards. The winners are announced at the Society for Financial Studies Cavalcade conference in May as well as in the journal and on its website. The winners are selected by the editorial board, including the executive editor, the co-editors, and the associate editors.
References
- ↑ "History of the RFS".
- ↑ "Review of Financial Studies". 2013 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2014.
- ↑ "Awards". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2014-08-10.