About this journal
Aims and scope
The Investment Analysts Journal is an international, peer-reviewed journal, publishing high-quality, original research four times a year. The journal publishes significant new research in finance and investments and seeks to establish a balance between theoretical and empirical studies. Papers written in any areas of finance, investment, accounting and economics will be considered for publication. All contributions are welcome but are subject to an objective selection procedure to ensure that published articles answer the criteria of scientific objectivity, importance and replicability.
Readability and good writing style are important. No articles which have been published or are under review elsewhere will be considered. All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double blind and submission is via email. Accepted papers will then pass through originality checking software. The editors reserve the right to make the final decision with respect to publication.
The Investment Analysts Journal is the official journal of the Investment Analysts Society of South Africa. The Journal is included in the Thomson Reuters Social Science Citation Index, Scopus, the Chartered Association of Business Schools UK (ABS Guide), and is accredited by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET).
Journal metrics
Usage
- 20K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.2 (2023) Impact Factor
- 1.1 (2023) 5 year IF
- 1.9 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- 0.464 (2023) SNIP
- 0.274 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 20 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 74 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 42 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 10% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief
Prof Christo Auret - Professor of Finance, School of Economics and Finance, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Editors
Prof Robert Vivian - Professor of Insurance and Risk Management, School of Business Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Prof Doojin Ryu - Professor, College of Economics, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea
Prof Adam Zaremba - Associate Professor of Finance, Montpellier Business School, France
Prof Joseph K W Fung - Professor of Finance, School of Business, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Prof Ailie Charteris - Associate Professor, Department of Finance and Tax, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Prof Chengbo Fu- Associate Professor of Finance at the School of Business, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada
Prof Cesario Mateus - Professor, Aalborg University Business School, Aalborg University, Denmark
Prof Moinak Maiti – Associate Professor, School of Economics and Finance, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Prof Daniel Page - Associate Professor, Finance, School of Economics and Finance, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Editorial Board Members Vikas Agarwal, Ph.D - Professor of Finance, Georgia State University, United States
Meshach Aziakpono, M.Phil - Programme Head: Development Finance, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Mehmet Hüseyin Bilgin, Ph.D - Professor of Economics, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey
Hannes Boshoff, D.Com - Founder and Owner, Whitebox High Frequency Trading Fund, Australia
David Bradfield, Ph.D - Professor, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Pablo Fernández, Ph.D - Professor of Finance, IESE Business School. Madrid, Spain
Evan Gilbert, Ph.D - Client Portfolio Manager, Momentum, South Africa
Tim Gebbie, Ph.D - Senior Lecturer, School of Computational & Applied Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Rob Hamer, M.Com, CA(SA) - Head of Alternative Assets, Ashburton Investments, FirstRand Group, South Africa
Paul Kaplan, Ph.D CFA - Director of Research, Morningstar, Toronto, Canada
Philip GW Lindop - Managing Director, Investment Banking, Barclays, South Africa
Jerry Parwada, Ph.D - Head of School: Banking and Finance, University of New South Wales, Australia
Roland Rousseau, MBA (Finance) - Principal: Quantitative Investment Strategy, Barclays, South Africa
Paul van Rensburg, Ph.D - Professor in Finance, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Mike Ward, Ph.D - Professor and Chair of Finance, Gordon Institute of Business Science, South Africa
Dan Palmon, Ph.D - Professor of Accounting and Chair Dept. of Accounting and Information Systems, Rutgers Business School, Newark, New Jersey, United States
Editorial Assistant:
Liezel du Plooy, B.Com (Hons)
Open access
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- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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News, offers and calls for papers
News and offers
- Associate Editor needed for Investment Analysts Journal
- Due to rapidly increasing submission volumes IAJ has introduced a submission fee of $50 USD per paper from 1 July 2024
- Co-published with NISC
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