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China Journal of Accounting Research is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 6.6), ABDC A, ABS / AJG 2, WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier.
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ISSN 1755-3091Verify ISSN ↗2214-1421Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finance | 66 / 342 | 80th | Q1 |
| Accounting | 46 / 191 | 76th | Q1 |
Not listed in: FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2013–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 6.6.
China Journal of Accounting Research is Q1 in Finance (rank 66 of 342) and Q1 in Accounting (rank 46 of 191), by CiteScore 2025.
China Journal of Accounting Research 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. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 6.6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 80th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.107, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 36.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,800 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
China Journal of Accounting Research is published by Elsevier. Its print ISSN is 1755-3091 and its online ISSN is 2214-1421.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Accounting, auditing and accountability.
It is graded 2 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Accounting field, unchanged from 2021.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
China Journal of Accounting Research has an h-index of 50 and a 2-year mean of 3.13 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #90 of 335 Scopus journals in Finance.
China Journal of Accounting Research published 33 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 42. 2026* is the year so far.
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.
In its latest 94 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (85.4%), Hong Kong SAR China (4.3%) and Singapore (3.2%). 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.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (4.7 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
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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