Journal History
2008 | The inaugural issue was released, initially published by Prof. Dr. Alan Wong in print (ISSN 1911-8066 for print edition) and online (ISSN 1911-8074 for electronic edition) with one annual volume from 2008 until the end of 2012. |
2013 | JRFM was published as a quarterly journal and online by MDPI. MDPI took over the publication of this title on 1 October 2013. Articles published prior to 1 October 2013 on www.jrfm.us were transferred to the MDPI platform and left unchanged. MDPI will continue to publish the online edition only. |
2016 | JRFM was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) - Web of Science. |
2018 | JRFM became an affiliated journal of the International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI), the Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (IDSAI), and the International Research Institute for Economics and Management (IRIEM). JRFM published its first Special Issue book “Extreme Values and Financial Risk”. |
2019 | JRFM was indexed in the ABDC - Australian Business Deans Council. JRFM was indexed in the Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers (NSD). JRFM was indexed in the EconBiz/ECONIS (Leibniz Information Centre for Economics - ZBW). JRFM established the following Sections:
JRFM appreciated the reviewers’ contributions and announced the winners of 2019 Outstanding Reviewer Award. JRFM appreciated the authors’ contributions and announced the winners of 2019 Best Paper Award. JRFM announced the 2020 Travel Award. Nominations end by 1 April 2020. JRFM announced the 2020 Best Paper Awards & 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Awards. |
2020 | JRFM adopted a monthly publication schedule. |
2022 | JRFM was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 12 (Issue 1). |
Editor-in-Chief
2008–2012 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Raymond A.K. Cox |
2013–2021 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Michael McAleer |
2021–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Thanasis Stengos |
Section Editor-in-Chief
2019–2021 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Michael McAleer for the Section on Risk |
2019–2023 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Xuezhong (Tony) He for the Section on Financial Markets Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. James R. Barth for the Section on Banking and Finance |
2019–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Thanasis Stengos for the Section on Financial Economics Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Wing-Keung Wong for the Section on Mathematical Finance Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Shigeyuki Hamori for the Section on Financial Technology and Innovation Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. C. Michael Hall for the Section on Tourism: Economics, Finance and Management Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ming-Lang Tseng for the Section on Sustainable Finance Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Chia-Lin Chang for the Section on Applied Economics and Finance |
2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Thanasis Stengos for the Section on Risk |
2023–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Svetlozar (Zari) Rachev for the Section on Mathematics and Finance |