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China Journal of Accounting Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.1), ABDC B, ABS / AJG 1, DOAJ. Published by Taylor & Francis Online.
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ISSN 2169-7213Verify ISSN ↗2169-7221Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Online
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business, Management and Accounting (all) | 139 / 235 | 41st | Q3 |
| Accounting | 118 / 191 | 38th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2013–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.1.
China Journal of Accounting Studies is Q3 in Business, Management and Accounting (all) (rank 139 of 235) and Q3 in Accounting (rank 118 of 191), by CiteScore 2025.
China Journal of Accounting Studies 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 2.1, quartile Q3, 41st percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.481, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 17.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,459 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 Studies is published by Taylor & Francis Online. Its print ISSN is 2169-7213 and its online ISSN is 2169-7221.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
It is rated B in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Accounting, auditing and accountability.
It is graded 1 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 Studies has an h-index of 21 and a 2-year mean of 2.11 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.1, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #91 of 221 Scopus journals in Business, Management and Accounting (all).
China Journal of Accounting Studies published 19 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 35. 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 98 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from China (94.4%), United Kingdom (1.5%) and Australia (1%). 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. No retracted papers are recorded. 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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