The Journal of Finance is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Finance Association. It was established in 1946 and is considered to be one of the premier finance journals. The editor-in-chief is Antoinette Schoar. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 7.544. It is listed as one of the 50 journals used by the Financial Times to compile its business-school research ranking and Bloomberg Businessweek's Top 20 Journals.