The Journal of Finance is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Finance Association.

[1] The editor-in-chief is Antoinette Schoar.

The current editor is Antoinette Schoar (MIT).

The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief of the journal:[3][4] Each year the associate editors vote for the best papers published in the journal.

The Smith Breeden Prize is awarded for the best finance papers and the Brattle Prize for the best corporate finance research papers.