Author name: Lucy Emmerson

As we approach the end of the year, we want to take a moment to thank you for your continued contributions and support. Before the holiday season begins, we would like to share some key dates to help you plan your submissions and communication with the editorial office.… Read more...

Effective 1 October 2024, all accepted papers in the Review of Finance must include alternative text (alt text) for every image or figure. Alt text is essential for making visual elements accessible to readers who may be blind, visually impaired, or using screen readers and other assistive technologies.… Read more...

The Review of Finance congratulates the award winners for the Pagano/Zechner Prize for best non-investments, for the IQAM Prize for the best investments paper, and for the Best Referee Award.

Pagano/Zechner Prize

• Winner: Davidson Heath, Daniele Macciocchi, Roni Michaely, Matthew C.

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The Managing Editor’s Report for 2023/24 is available here. Some highlights include:

• The RF’s 2023 Impact Factor was 5.623 (5.5 excluding self-citations). This is a 27% increase on the 2022 impact factor of 4.400 and marks an all-time high for the journal.

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We are pleased to announce that Volume 28, Issue 4 of the Review of Finance is now available. Below, you will find a list of the articles included in this issue.

Contents:

Do investors care about biodiversity? (Summary here)
by Alexandre Garel, Arthur Romec, Zacharias Sautner and Alexander F.… Read more...

Sponsors: The University of Cambridge, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Review of Finance. Programme chairs: Elroy Dimson, Marcin Kacperczyk, and Laura Starks. Venue and date: Cambridge, U.K.: October 9, 2024. Submission Deadline: August 15, 2024

Overview

Biodiversity richness and abundance of natural resources are central to economic prosperity and to cultural and genetic heritage.… Read more...

The Review of Finance recognizes the challenges authors face with the extensive refereeing process, often involving numerous rounds of revisions that may not significantly alter the paper’s core message. To address this, we are introducing the “First Choice” policy.

Under this policy, authors submitting papers not yet reviewed by any finance journal are offered a streamlined review process.… Read more...

We are pleased to announce the publication of Volume 28, Issue 1 of the Review of Finance. Below, you will find a list of the articles (and short summaries for some) included in this issue.

Contents:

• “Do Anomalies Really Predict Market Returns?

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The RF is pleased to announce a number of new Associate Editor appointments beginning in January 2024: Alex Chinco (Baruch), Lin William Cong (Cornell University), Francois Derrien (HEC Paris), Olivier Dessaint (INSEAD), Sean Higgins (Northwestern University), and Jordan Nickerson (University of Washington).… Read more...