Financial Analysts Journal

{{Short description|Quarterly academic journal}}

{{Infobox journal

| title = Financial Analysts Journal

| cover =

| editor = William N. Goetzmann

| discipline = Finance

| former_names = The Analysts Journal

| abbreviation = Financ. Anal. J.

| publisher = Routledge on behalf of the CFA Institute

| country =

| frequency = Quarterly

| history = 1945–present

| openaccess = Hybrid

| license =

| impact = 3.273

| impact-year = 2021

| website = https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=ufaj20

| link1 = https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ufaj20/current

| link1-name = Online access

| link2 = https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ufaj20

| link2-name = Online archive

| JSTOR = 0015198X

| OCLC = 754651003

| LCCN = 2008215499

| CODEN =

| ISSN = 0015-198X

| eISSN = 1938-3312

}}

The Financial Analysts Journal is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering investment management, published by Routledge on behalf of the CFA Institute. It was established in 1945 and {{As of|lc=yes|August 2022}}, the editor-in-chief is William N. Goetzmann.

History

In 1945, the New York Society of Security Analysts established The Analysts Journal, which in 1960 was renamed the Financial Analysts Journal when the society was merged into the CFA Institute. From 1960 to 2016, the journal appeared bimonthly; from 2017 onwards it has been published quarterly.{{cite journal |first1=Simon |last1=Hussain |doi=10.1080/00076791.2020.1830063 |title=The development of the chartered financial analyst in the United States during the twentieth century |journal=Business History |date=October 2020 |pages=1–31 |s2cid=226319399|url=https://eprint.ncl.ac.uk/254187 }} Since 1960, the journal has been published by Routledge.{{cite web |website=Taylor & Francis |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ufaj20 |title=Financial Analysts Journal |accessdate=28 August 2022}}{{cite web |website=JSTOR |url=https://www.jstor.org/journal/finaanalj |accessdate=28 August 2022 |title=Financial Analysts Journal}}

Starting in 1960, the journal has awarded the annual "Graham and Dodd Awards of Excellence" to "recognize excellence in research and financial writing in the Financial Analysts Journal".{{cite journal |website=CFA Institute |url=https://www.cfainstitute.org/en/research/financial-analysts-journal/graham-dodd-awards-excellence |title=Graham and Dodd Awards of Excellence |accessdate=28 August 2022}}

As of August 2022, the editor-in-chief is William N. Goetzmann.{{cite journal |journal=Financial Analysts Journal |volume=76 |issue=3 |date=2020 |pages=5–21 |doi=10.1080/0015198X.2020.1766287 |title=The Financial Analysts Journal and Investment Management |first=William N. |last=Goetzmann |s2cid=221064670 |author-link=William N. Goetzmann|doi-access=free }}{{cite journal |website=CFA Institute |url=https://www.cfainstitute.org/en/research/financial-analysts-journal/editorial-team |title=Financial Analysts Journal Editorial Team |accessdate =28 August 2022}}

Reception

In a 2011 study of academic business and financial journals, the School of Management of Cranfield University gave the Financial Analysts Journal its highest ranking of 4 ("world-leading").{{cite web |title=Journal Recommendations for Academic Publication |url=https://www.som.cranfield.ac.uk/som/dinamic-content/media/SOM%20Journal%20Rankings%202011.pdf |website=School of Management |publisher=Cranfield University |access-date=2021-12-27 |date=2011 |edition=8th}} The July 2022 publication (the 68th edition) of the "Journal Quality List", a compilation of ten global ranking surveys of academic journals in the fields of Economics, Finance, Accounting, Management, and Marketing, showed that the Financial Analysts Journal was ranked at the highest or second-highest grade by almost all surveys.{{cite web | url=https://harzing.com/download/jql69_journal_2.pdf | title=Journal Quality List | edition=69th | date=July 2022 | accessdate=2 September 2022 | first= Anne-Wil | last=Harzing}} According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 3.273.{{cite book |year=2022 |chapter=Financial Analysts Journal |title=2021 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate |edition=Social Sciences |series=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}

=Abstracting and indexing=

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

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See also

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