ScopusElsevier Scopus
Status
Active
Coverage
2009–2025
Source type
Journal
Open access
No
CiteScore
0.8
SJR · SCImago
0.156
Q4 SJR quartile
H-index
14
Best quartile
Q4 · 15th pctile
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting | 161 / 191 | 15th | Q4 |
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Accounting and the Public Interest
Accounting and the Public Interest is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.8), ABDC B, ABS / AJG 2. Published by American Accounting Association.
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ISSN 1530-9320Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: American Accounting Association
Scopus · Q4ABDC BABS / AJG 2
0.8
CiteScore 2025
Q4
Best quartile
B
ABDC rating
2
Indexed in
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
DOAJDirectory of Open Access Journals (live)
Not in DOAJ
Open accessNot registered as fully open access
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Rating
Unchanged since 2022 vs ABDC 2022
Year of inception
2001
Field of research
Accounting, auditing and accountability (3501)
Publisher (per ABDC)
American Accounting Association
B = next 35–40% — good to excellent metrics and reputation.
View this source on ABDC ABS / AJGChartered Association of Business Schools 2024
Grade
Unchanged since 2021 vs ABS / AJG 2021
Field
Accounting
2 = journals publishing original research of an acceptable standard.
ABS = Chartered Association of Business Schools. AJG = its Academic Journal Guide, 2024 edition.
View this source on ABS Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Accounting and the Public Interest indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–2025, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.8.
What quartile is Accounting and the Public Interest in Scopus?
Accounting and the Public Interest is Q4 in Accounting (rank 161 of 191), by CiteScore 2025.
What is the impact factor of Accounting and the Public Interest?
Accounting and the Public Interest is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.8, quartile Q4, 15th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.156, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 14.
Who publishes Accounting and the Public Interest and what is its ISSN?
Accounting and the Public Interest is published by American Accounting Association. Its ISSN is 1530-9320.
Is Accounting and the Public Interest in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
What is the ABDC rating of Accounting and the Public Interest?
It is rated B in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Accounting, auditing and accountability.
What is the ABS / AJG rating of Accounting and the Public Interest?
It is graded 2 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Accounting field, unchanged from 2021.
Is Accounting and the Public Interest open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Accounting and the Public Interest? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Accounting and the Public Interest has an h-index of 23 and a 2-year mean of 0.25 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.8, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #168 of 183 Scopus journals in Accounting.
23
h-index
0.25
2-yr mean citations
65
i10-index
212
works indexed
2,352
total citations
2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject
#168 of 183 Bottom 9% Accounting
Accounting and the Public Interest published 10 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 12. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Who publishes in Accounting and the Public Interest? — latest 28 articles, 2021–2026
In its latest 28 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (74.4%), Canada (19%) and Taiwan (3.6%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Accounting and the Public Interest? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusActive
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
- Author concentration74.4% of recent authorship from United States
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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