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Journal of Applied Accounting Research is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 11.4), ABDC B, ABS / AJG 2, WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Emerald Group Publishing.
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ISSN 0967-5426Verify ISSN ↗1758-8855Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) | 12 / 283 | 95th | Q1 |
| Accounting | 13 / 191 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Information Systems and Management | 23 / 222 | 89th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present (also 2004–2006, 1999–2002), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 11.4.
Journal of Applied Accounting Research is Q1 in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) (rank 12 of 283), Q1 in Accounting (rank 13 of 191) and Q1 in Information Systems and Management (rank 23 of 222), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Applied 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 11.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 95th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.225, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 50.
Journal of Applied Accounting Research is published by Emerald Group Publishing. Its print ISSN is 0967-5426 and its online ISSN is 1758-8855.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
It is rated B 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.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Applied Accounting Research has an h-index of 63 and a 2-year mean of 4.94 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 11.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #21 of 274 Scopus journals in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous).
Journal of Applied Accounting Research published 57 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 65. 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 (2024–2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (16%), United States (14.9%) and Italy (7.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (1.5 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.
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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