The Journal of Risk Finance Cover Image for Volume 27, Issue 4
Current Issue
Volume 27,
Issue 4,
9 July 2026

About the Journal

The Journal of Risk Finance provides a rigorous forum for the publication of high quality peer-reviewed theoretical and empirical research articles, by both academic and industry experts, related to financial risks and risk management.

Submission information

Accepted manuscript types and word counts

  • Applied Research Paper — up to 8000 words
  • Case Study — up to 8000 words
  • Editorial — up to 2000 words
  • Short Commentary — up to 3000 words
  • Industry Insights — up to 3000 words

Please see the article types and word counts section on the about this journal page 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

Double anonymous peer review. All submissions are sent to at least 2 independent and anonymous reviewers.

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.

View author guidelines

Calls for papers

Closes: 31st December 2026

Climate change and digitalization reshape financial risks. Data-driven sustainable finance offers monitoring tools but introduces technological and stability challenges, requiring supervision, inclusion, and policy frameworks.

Guest editor(s): Juan Piñeiro Chousa