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Financial Innovation publishes the following article types:

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Manuscripts should conform to the following reporting guidelines:

  • Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: PRISMA
  • Randomized Clinical Trials: CONSORT
  • Observational studies: STROBE
  • Studies of diagnostic accuracy: STARD
  • Animal pre-clinical studies: ARRIVE
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    Journal Impact Factor: 6.9
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 6.8
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 2.149
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.162

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