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International Journal of Critical Accounting
International Journal of Critical Accounting is rated ABDC C, ABS / AJG 1. Published by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd..
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ISSN 1757-9848Verify ISSN ↗1757-9856Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
ABDC CABS / AJG 1
C
ABDC rating
1
Indexed in
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Rating
Unchanged since 2022 vs ABDC 2022
Year of inception
2009
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, Web of Science, DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is International Journal of Critical Accounting indexed in Scopus?
No — International Journal of Critical Accounting is not currently indexed in Scopus.
What is the impact factor of International Journal of Critical Accounting?
International Journal of Critical Accounting has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes International Journal of Critical Accounting and what is its ISSN?
International Journal of Critical Accounting is published by Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1757-9848 and its online ISSN is 1757-9856.
Is International Journal of Critical Accounting 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 International Journal of Critical Accounting?
It is rated C in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Accounting, auditing and accountability.
What is the ABS / AJG rating of International Journal of Critical Accounting?
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 International Journal of Critical Accounting open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is International Journal of Critical Accounting? — open metrics via OpenAlex
International Journal of Critical Accounting has an h-index of 14 and a 2-year mean of 0.3 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
14
h-index
0.3
2-yr mean citations
36
i10-index
555
works indexed
1,248
total citations
International Journal of Critical Accounting published 30 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 56. 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 International Journal of Critical Accounting? — latest 56 articles, 2021–2026
In its latest 56 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from India (16.1%), Greece (11.6%) and Fiji (11.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for International Journal of Critical Accounting? — 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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