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Do Acceptance and Publication Times Differ Across Finance Journals?

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For articles eventually published in the top twenty academic finance journals and top-tier academic business journals, I examine the acceptance time (the time from first-round submission to final-round acceptance) and online/print publication times (the time from first-round submission to online/print publication). I find that the median acceptance times of the top five general-interest finance journals are: Journal of Financial Economics (9.9 months), Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (10.6 months), Review of Finance (11.7 months), Review of Financial Studies (15.5 months), and Journal of Finance (19.8 months). The three fastest in finance are Review of Corporate Finance Studies, Review of Asset Pricing Studies, and Financial Management. Journal of Finance is one of the slowest top-tier business journals. Large and significant time differences support the editorial differences hypothesis.

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  • Craig W. Holden, 2017. "Do Acceptance and Publication Times Differ Across Finance Journals?," The Review of Corporate Finance Studies, Society for Financial Studies, vol. 6(1), pages 102-126.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:rcorpf:v:6:y:2017:i:1:p:102-126.
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