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AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING AUDITING AND FINANCE
AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING AUDITING AND FINANCE is indexed in Web of Science (ESCI), ABDC C, ABS / AJG 1. Published by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd..
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ISSN 2046-8083Verify ISSN ↗2046-8091Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
ABDC CABS / AJG 1WoS · ESCI
C
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
2012
Field of research
Accounting, auditing and accountability (3501)
Publisher (per ABDC)
Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
C = a recognised quality journal in its field.
View this source on ABDC ABS / AJGChartered Association of Business Schools 2024
Grade
Unchanged since 2021 vs ABS / AJG 2021
Field
Accounting
1 = journals publishing recognised research of a more modest standard.
ABS = Chartered Association of Business Schools. AJG = its Academic Journal Guide, 2024 edition.
View this source on ABS Not listed in: Scopus, DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
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Is AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING AUDITING AND FINANCE indexed in Scopus?
No — AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING AUDITING AND FINANCE is not currently indexed in Scopus.
What is the impact factor of AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING AUDITING AND FINANCE?
AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING AUDITING AND FINANCE is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for this title.
Who publishes AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING AUDITING AND FINANCE and what is its ISSN?
AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING AUDITING AND FINANCE is published by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2046-8083 and its online ISSN is 2046-8091.
Is AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING AUDITING AND FINANCE in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
What is the ABDC rating of AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING AUDITING AND FINANCE?
It is rated C in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Accounting, auditing and accountability.
What is the ABS / AJG rating of AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING AUDITING AND FINANCE?
It is graded 1 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Accounting field, unchanged from 2021.
Is AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING AUDITING AND FINANCE open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING AUDITING AND FINANCE? — open metrics via OpenAlex
AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING AUDITING AND FINANCE has an h-index of 10 and a 2-year mean of 0.42 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
10
h-index
0.42
2-yr mean citations
15
i10-index
250
works indexed
606
total citations
AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING AUDITING AND FINANCE published 10 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 27. 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Who publishes in AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING AUDITING AND FINANCE? — latest 40 articles, 2021–2024
In its latest 40 research articles (2021–2024), authors are most often from India (27.5%), Ghana (15%) and Tanzania (10%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING AUDITING AND FINANCE? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Not in the Scopus source list. 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 statusNot in the Scopus source list
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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