Journal of Alternative Finance (JAF)

The Journal of Alternative Finance (ALF) is an international, peer-reviewed academic journal published three times per year by SAGE Publications that focuses on the dynamic and rapidly evolving field of alternative finance. First launched in 2024, ALF offers a dedicated forum for high-quality empirical, theoretical, and conceptual research on financial innovations that extend beyond traditional banking and capital market structures. Its subject matter spans cryptocurrencies and blockchain-based finance, crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending, microfinance, FinTech platforms, and other emerging financial instruments and systems. The journal encourages interdisciplinary scholarship, drawing insights from finance, economics, business management, strategy, information systems, and social sciences to explore how alternative finance models shape market behavior, influence stakeholder interactions, and impact economies and societies. ALF also examines regulatory environments, financial inclusion outcomes, and technological disruptions in finance. With its editorial governance linked to academic bodies such as the Crowdfunding Research Center at the University of Agder, the journal bridges academic inquiry with practical relevance for researchers, policymakers, and professionals navigating the future of finance. Its triannual publication schedule ensures timely dissemination of research that pushes forward the understanding of alternative financial phenomena in the global financial landscape.

Journal of Alternative Finance (JAF) is :-

• International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous), General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, rocesses, cryptocurrencies, crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending, FinTech, broader socio-economic implications of alternative finance , Online , Triennially Journal

• UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN E-ISSN: 2753-3743, Established: 2024,
• Does Not Provide Crossref DOI

• Not indexed in Scopus, WoS, DOAJ, PubMed, UGC CARE