Call for Papers

2020-10-28

We invite submissions of papers for the forthcoming issueThe number of words in the paper may vary from 4,000 to 6,000 (for a short communication paper, from 1000 to 2000). All manuscripts must be prepared in MS Word and submitted via email: info.ijfb@cribfb.com

For submission, please refer to the Author Guidelines.

Published Papers (2025) - This Issue is now open for submissions.

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Vol. 15 No. 1 (2025): Continuous Publication

Journal Full Title: Indian Journal of Finance and Banking; Journal Abbreviation: Int. J. of Fin. & Bank.; Journal ISSN (Print): 2574-6081; Journal ISSN (Online): 2574-609X; DOI Prefix: 10.46281/ijfb; Journal Frequency: Continuous Publication (1 volume and 2 issues yearly since 2023); Article Acceptance Percentage: 26%; Publication Ethical Guide: Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)’s; Peer-Review Policy: Double-Blind (External) Copyright and Licensing: The Author(s); Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 - International License; Publication Policy: Open-Access Journal; Authors' Geographical Diversity: International; Editorial Members' Geographical Diversity: International; Publish Mode: Publish-as-you-go; Business Model: Golden Open Access; Editors: Professor Dr. Ahmed El-Masry scopus-1.png Associate Professor Dr. Hafez Abdo scopus-1.png Citation Analysis: Scopus | Web of ScienceGoogle Scholar

Published: 2025-07-18

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Indian Journal of Finance and Banking (IJFB) is a double-masked, peer-reviewed journal devoted to contemporary finance and banking. All publications are open-access in full text and free to download.

Aims & Scope

IJFB aims to provide a platform for high-quality, original scientific research papers on finance and banking. It also analyzes the activities of international finance and banking institutions, central banks, and banks.

Key Topics:

  • Insurance              
  • Uncertainty
  • Portfolio Theory
  • Asset Pricing
  • Futures Markets
  • Investment Policy
  • Agency Theory
  • Risk Management
  • Banking Systems
  • Computational Finance
  • Behavioural Finance
  • Financial Econometrics
  • Corporate Governance
  • Credit and Market Risk
  • Advanced Stochastic Methods
  • Financial Intermediation
  • Public Finance Management
  • Financial Regulation and Policy
  • Fiscal Markets and Instruments
  • Financial Derivatives Research
  • Financial Instruments for Risk Management
  • Statistical and Empirical Financial Studies
  • Asset-Liability Management
  • Bank Assurance
  • Banking Crises
  • Derivatives and Structured Financial Products
  • Efficiency and Performance of Financial Institutions and Bank Branches
  • Financing Decisions of Banks
  • Investment Banking, Management of Financial Institutions
  • Technological Progress and Banking
  • Foreign Exchange Management
  • Conventional Vs. Non-Conventional Banking
  • Internet Banking
  • Mobile Banking
  • Retail Banking
  • E-Banking
  • CSR of the Bank
  • SMEs Banking
  • FinTech
  • Bankruptcy Prediction and Determinants
  • Corporate Finance
  • International Finance
  • Rural Finance
  • Fixed Income Securities
  • Alternative Investments
  • Portfolio and Security Analysis
  • Time Value of Money
  • Credit Risk Modelling and Management
  • Financial Engineering
  • Foreign Exchange Markets
  • Law and Finance
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Mutual Funds Management
  • Portfolio Management
  • Regulations of Financial Markets
  • Venture Capital
  • Microcredit, Valuation
  • Risk and Return
  • Liquidity Management
  • Foreign Direct Investment
  • Microeconomics
  • Econometrics Models
  • Projects Finance
  • Sustainable Finance
  • Macroeconomics etc.

Subject Area (Subject Category)

Scopus: Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous); Economics, Econometrics and Finance– Finance;  Economics, Econometrics and Finance – Economics and Econometrics; Social Sciences – Law

Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC): Finance including Actuarial

Academic Journal Guide (ABS): Finance

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IJFB follows APA style.

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Author Guidelines

1. Authors must ensure that their papers are free of spelling and grammatical errors and typos.

2. Research papers should not exceed 6,000 words.

3. A separate title page of an article should contain the title of the paper, name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s).

4. The first page of an article should contain an abstract not exceeding 250 words and a maximum of eight keywords.

5. Equations in the text should be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals within simple brackets and aligned against the right margin.

6. All appendices should be numbered consecutively using uppercase roman numerals and shown after the list of references.

7. References should be cited within the text as follows: According to Wickremasinghe (2005), foreign exchange market … These results are inconsistent with those of other studies (Perera, 1995; Silva, 2000)

8. List of references should show each citation in alphabetical order and follow the style of APA

9. Page proofs will be sent to the corresponding author. The corrected manuscripts should be submitted within 10 working days.

10. The Article Processing Charge (Formatting and Hosting) is 00 USD.

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NOTE:

The publisher and journal have a policy of “Zero Tolerance on the Plagiarism”. We check the plagiarism issue through two methods: reviewer check and plagiarism prevention tool (turnitin.com).

All submissions will be checked by Turnitin before being sent to reviewers.

Keep a Similarity Index <20% and single-source matches are not <2%.

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