Journal of Derivatives and Quantitative Studies: 선물연구 (JDQS) is a peer-reviewed, fully open access journal on derivatives and quantitative finance across developed and emerging markets. JDQS is published in association with Korea Derivatives Association (KDA). JDQS publishes new issues four times per year, and there is no charge to the author.
Aims and scope
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Journal of Derivatives and Quantitative Studies (JDQS) is the official publication of the Korea Derivatives Association (KDA) and publishes both empirical and theoretical research articles ranging from major research fields in financial derivatives to broader topics in quantitative finance. The aim of the Journal of Derivatives and Quantitative Studies is to provide a forum in which leading researchers present timely and important topics related to pricing and/or risk management of various financial derivatives as well as financial assets in general. The Journal’s purpose is not only to share important scholarly results across finance academics and practitioners, but also to extend communications to policymakers and general audience. The Journal mainly focuses on pure or applied theoretical works with testable implications and empirical or policy research papers that are based on the solid economic backgrounds and motivations.

Started from 1993, the Journal of Derivatives and Quantitative Studies is one of the oldest and most widely-recognized financial derivatives related journals in the Asia-pacific region. Given the large size of the Korean derivatives market in the Asia-pacific region and the fast-growing amount of research works using the derivatives market in Korea as well as the Asia-pacific region, the editorial board of the Journal consists of a large number of experts in the derivatives market in Korea as well as in the Asia-pacific region as a whole.

The Journal publishes articles with specific topics that include but are not limited to:

Futures and Options
Exotic Derivatives
Credit Default Swaps
Equity Linked Securities
Warrants
Stock Options
Structured Products
Pricing and Hedging of Financial Assets
Risk Management and Control
Financial Engineering
New Financial Instruments
FinTech; Hedging Strategies
Analysis of Trading Systems
Fixed Income and Structured Finance
Asset Pricing; Corporate Finance
Portfolio Management/Multi-Asset Allocation
Quantitative Analysis in Finance
Real Assets/Alternative Investments/Private Equity
Long-term/Retirement Investing
Performance Measurement
Legal/Regulatory/Public Policy
International Investing
Mutual Funds/Passive Investing/Indexing
Journal of Derivatives and Quantitative Studies (JDQS) has been published in partnership with Emerald Publishing since Spring 2020 (Issue 2 of 2020). Full articles before the 2020 Issue 2 can be accessed/downloaded here.

JDQS is published by Emerald Publishing on behalf of Korea Derivatives Association. JDQS is published under a diamond OA arrangement, in that all charges for publishing an OA article in the Journal are funded by Korea Derivatives Association. Therefore, there is no charge to the author.