| Order | Journal Name | 5-Year Impact Factor | Amount of Papers in 5 Years |
| 1 | Journal of Finance | 6.185 | 339 |
| 2 | Review of Financial Studies | 5.367 | 552 |
| 3 | Journal of Financial Economics | 5.087 | 606 |
| 4 | Journal of Financial Intermediation | 2.46 | 138 |
| 5 | Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis | 2.13 | 269 |
| 6 | Journal of Corporate Finance | 1.774 | 328 |
| 7 | Journal of Banking & Finance | 1.721 | 1367 |
| 8 | Journal of Money, Credit and Banking | 1.7 | 428 |
| 9 | Finance and Stochastics | 1.597 | 131 |