1.
Aims and Scope
Bancaria
is the journal of the
Italian Banking Association (ABI), published by Bancaria Editrice. Born
in 1921 and renewed in the 1949, in the last 60 years Bancaria has
contributed to understanding and analysis of the banking and financial
system in the national and international scenario.
Bancaria aims to consider
jointly the needs of the academic research and the practicioners' point
of
view publishing:
1.1 Academic
researches characterized by originality, innovation and relevance;
1.2 Contributions
and articles on the current scenario of the banking and financial
systems, on regulatory issues, best practices and case studies.
2.
Topics
Main topics are:
2.1
Banking and Finance: Structure and efficiency of the financial
industry, bank strategies, lending, payment systems, finance, asset
management, financial innovation, insurance, corporate governance,
social responsibility, risk management, marketing, organization and
human resources in financial intermediaries;
2.2
Other topics, like economic policy, regulation, tax and legal matters,
economic history and history of economic thought.
Bancaria
publishes papers presented at national and international conferences on
banking and finance and, twice a year, the half year results of major
Italian banks. The journal defines periodically calls for papers on hot
topics.
3.
Scientific Committee and Advisory Board
The Scientific Committee is formed by distinguished members of the
banking and financial sector and represents the Italian Banking
Association; the Advisory board, that includes highly reputed national
and international economists and lawyers and supervises the editorial
policy of the journal.
4.
Editorial Board
Bancaria’s
editorial board is formed by distinguished academics in Economics and
Law, by the editor of the journal and by ABI’s Chief
Economist. The editorial board applies the editorial policy and
supervises the referee process.
The editor is responsible for the editorial policy of the journal,
supervises the editorial board, monitors the referee process and
reports periodically to the Scientific Committee and to the Advisory
Board.
5. Referee process and evaluation procedure
Articles
are evaluated and selected on the basis of criteria well established in
the worldwide academic community. More in detail, articles for the Forum section are subject
to a double blind peer review referral process
with the following characteristics:
- Each
article is evaluated by at least two referees selected by the editorial
board among the best researchers on the topic. During the referral
process the anonymity of the author and referees is always guaranteed
- Referees
evaluate articles on the basis of the following criteria:
- Contribution
to the existing literature in banking, finance and
insurance
- Innovation
- Structure
and methodology
- Coherence
between the literature review and the empirical analysis
- Clearness
both for researchers and practitioners
- Implications
for business
6. Indexing
Bancaria
is indexed in the following databases:
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