About Journal of Law, Finance and Accounting

The Journal of Law, Finance, and Accounting will offer an outlet for high quality empirical or theoretical scholarly work at the intersection of law, finance, and accounting. This intersection includes research having implications for the ways law and regulation affect the structure, governance, performance, and function of the firms, markets, and institutions that comprise the financial system as well as research that addresses the different ways capital is raised and the links between financial markets and the real economy. This interdisciplinary research area is sometimes called “law and finance,” although much important relevant work comes from scholars whose principal home may be in accounting, economics, or political science.

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Accepted manuscript types and word counts

Article types and word counts for this journal are available on the About this journal page. Please see the article types and word counts section for more information. The word count includes all text, figures and tables. When estimating your total, please allow 280 words for each figure or table. Read more about the article types for this journal.

Reference style

Use the Harvard reference style. Read more about the reference types for this journal.

Keywords

Please include up to 6 short, relevant keywords that describe the main topics of your paper.

Peer review type

Single anonymous peer review. All submissions are sent to at least 1 independent and anonymous reviewer.

Open access options

This is a hybrid journal. Hybrid journals are subscription journals but offer all authors the option to publish their work open access. If you choose to publish open access you will be required to pay an article processing charge (APC). Alternatively you can opt for the green open access route and self-archive your article (at no cost to the author). Read more about our open access options.

Accepted languages

This journal only accepts manuscripts written in UK or US English.

Accepted submission files

Article files should be provided in Microsoft Word format. LaTeX files can also be used but only if an accompanying PDF document is provided.

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Calls for papers

There are currently no open calls for papers for this journal. New calls are posted as they become available.

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2025 Journal Impact Factor (Clarivate)
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652

Editorial information

Editor-in-Chief: Viral Acharya – New York University, USA
Editor-in-Chief: Barry Adler – New York University, USA
Editor-in-Chief: John Armour – University of Oxford, UK

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