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Best Accounting journals

191 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Accounting. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 48 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Journal of Financial Economics 20.7 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
2 Journal of Finance 16.8 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
3 Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting 16.2 98th Q1 SSCI A No
4 Review of Finance 16 98th Q1 SSCI A* No
5 Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 15.7 97th Q1 SSCI A No
6 Accounting in Europe 14.5 97th Q1 ESCI A No
7 International Journal of Accounting Information Systems 14.5 96th Q1 SSCI A No
8 Journal of Accounting Research 13.4 96th Q1 SSCI A* No
9 Review of Financial Studies 13.2 95th Q1 SSCI A* No
10 Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting 12.3 95th Q1 ESCI C No
11 Journal of Accounting and Economics 11.7 94th Q1 SSCI A* No
12 Journal of Business and Socio-economic Development 11.6 93rd Q1 – – Yes
13 Journal of Applied Accounting Research 11.4 93rd Q1 ESCI B No
14 Journal of Technology Transfer 11.1 92nd Q1 SSCI A No
15 Journal of Economics and Development 11 92nd Q1 ESCI C Yes
16 Critical Perspectives on Accounting 10.9 91st Q1 SSCI A No
17 Journal of Risk Finance 10.9 91st Q1 ESCI B No
18 Meditari Accountancy Research 10.8 90th Q1 ESCI A No
19 Review of Accounting Studies 10.7 90th Q1 SSCI A* No
20 Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal 10.5 89th Q1 SSCI A* No
21 British Accounting Review 10.4 89th Q1 SSCI A* No
22 International Journal of Accounting and Information Management 9.9 88th Q1 ESCI B No
23 Work, Employment and Society 9 88th Q1 SSCI A No
24 International Journal of Finance and Economics 9 87th Q1 SSCI B No
25 Asian Journal of Accounting Research 8.9 87th Q1 – B Yes
26 Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies 8.9 86th Q1 ESCI B No
27 Management Accounting Research 8.8 86th Q1 SSCI A* No
28 Financial Management 8.7 85th Q1 SSCI A* No
29 Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research 7.9 85th Q1 ESCI C No
30 Review of Corporate Finance 7.6 84th Q1 – A No
31 Accounting Education 7.5 83rd Q1 ESCI A No
32 European Accounting Review 7.5 83rd Q1 SSCI A* No
33 Accounting Review 7.5 82nd Q1 SSCI A* No
34 Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice 7.5 82nd Q1 SSCI B No
35 Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management 7.4 81st Q1 SSCI A No
36 Contemporary Accounting Research 7.3 81st Q1 SSCI A* No
37 Australian Accounting Review 7.1 80th Q1 SSCI B No
38 Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change 7.1 80th Q1 ESCI B No
39 Accounting Forum 7.1 79th Q1 SSCI A No
40 Accounting, Organizations and Society 7.1 79th Q1 SSCI A* No
41 Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 7.1 78th Q1 SSCI A* No
42 Journal of Management Control 6.9 78th Q1 ESCI A No
43 Accounting Research Journal 6.8 77th Q1 ESCI B No
44 European Financial Management 6.8 77th Q1 SSCI A No
45 Review of Accounting and Finance 6.7 76th Q1 ESCI B No
46 China Journal of Accounting Research 6.6 76th Q1 ESCI A Yes
47 Cogent Business and Management 6.5 75th Q1 ESCI C Yes
48 Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting 6.3 75th Q1 ESCI B No
49 International Journal of Digital Accounting Research 6.3 74th Q2 – B No
50 Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation 6 74th Q2 ESCI B No
51 Mathematical Finance 5.7 73rd Q2 SCIE, SSCI A No
52 World Economy 5.6 73rd Q2 SSCI A No
53 Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 5.6 72nd Q2 SSCI A No
54 Review of Behavioral Finance 5.5 71st Q2 ESCI B No
55 Journal of Risk and Financial Management 5.5 71st Q2 – – No
56 Accounting and Finance 5.4 70th Q2 SSCI A No
57 International Journal of Disclosure and Governance 5.4 70th Q2 ESCI B No
58 Auditing 5.3 69th Q2 SSCI A* No
59 World Bank Economic Review 5.1 69th Q2 SSCI A No
60 Pacific Accounting Review 5.1 68th Q2 ESCI B No
61 Journal of Information Systems 5 68th Q2 SSCI A No
62 Journal of Sustainable Finance and Accounting 5 67th Q2 – – No
63 Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction 4.9 67th Q2 ESCI C No
64 Accounting and Business Research 4.9 66th Q2 SSCI A No
65 Journal of Financial Services Research 4.8 66th Q2 SSCI A No
66 Journal of Accounting Literature 4.8 65th Q2 ESCI A No
67 Asian Review of Accounting 4.7 65th Q2 ESCI B No
68 Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting 4.6 64th Q2 ESCI B No
69 Journal of Business Finance and Accounting 4.5 63rd Q2 SSCI A* No
70 Social and Environmental Accountability Journal 4.5 63rd Q2 – B No
71 Risks 4.5 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
72 Financial Analysts Journal 4.4 62nd Q2 SSCI A No
73 Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance 4.4 62nd Q2 ESCI A No
74 Accounting Horizons 4.3 61st Q2 SSCI A No
75 Advances in Environmental Accounting and Management 4.2 60th Q2 – B No
76 Journal of Risk and Insurance 4.2 60th Q2 SSCI A No
77 Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics 4.2 59th Q2 SSCI A No
78 Abacus 4.1 59th Q2 SSCI A No
79 Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 4.1 58th Q2 SSCI A* No
80 New England Journal of Entrepreneurship 4 58th Q2 – C Yes
81 Journal of Accounting Education 4 57th Q2 – B No
82 Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics 3.9 57th Q2 SSCI B No
83 Real Estate Economics 3.9 56th Q2 SSCI A No
84 Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 3.7 56th Q2 SSCI A* No
85 Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 3.7 55th Q2 SSCI A* No
86 Investment Analysts Journal 3.6 55th Q2 SSCI B No
87 ASTIN Bulletin 3.6 54th Q2 SCIE, SSCI A* No
88 Journal of Futures Markets 3.6 54th Q2 SSCI A No
89 Contemporary Economics 3.5 53rd Q2 ESCI C Yes
90 Studies in Managerial and Financial Accounting 3.5 53rd Q2 – – No
91 International Journal of Auditing 3.4 52nd Q2 SSCI A No
92 South African Journal of Accounting Research 3.4 52nd Q2 ESCI C No
93 International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting 3.4 51st Q2 ESCI B No
94 Journal of the American Taxation Association 3.4 51st Q2 ESCI A No
95 Issues in Accounting Education 3.3 50th Q2 ESCI A No
96 Revista de Contabilidad-Spanish Accounting Review 3.2 50th Q2 SSCI B Yes
97 Journal of Management Accounting Research 3.1 49th Q3 ESCI A* No
98 Financial Markets and Portfolio Management 3.1 48th Q3 ESCI B No
99 International Tax and Public Finance 3 48th Q3 SSCI A No
100 GENEVA Risk and Insurance Review 3 47th Q3 SSCI B No
101 Intangible Capital 3 47th Q3 ESCI – Yes
102 Risk Management and Insurance Review 3 46th Q3 ESCI C No
103 Revista Espanola de Financiacion y Contabilidad 3 46th Q3 SSCI B No
104 International Journal of Accounting 2.9 45th Q3 ESCI A No
105 Fiscal Studies 2.8 45th Q3 SSCI B No
106 Journal of the International Council for Small Business 2.8 44th Q3 ESCI C No
107 Journal of Indonesian Economy and Business 2.7 44th Q3 – C Yes
108 Accounting, Economics and Law: A Convivium 2.7 43rd Q3 ESCI B No
109 National Tax Journal 2.5 43rd Q3 SSCI A No
110 Advances in Accounting 2.5 42nd Q3 ESCI A No
111 Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance 2.5 42nd Q3 ESCI B No
112 Accounting Perspectives 2.5 41st Q3 ESCI B No
113 Journal of Tax Reform 2.4 41st Q3 ESCI – Yes
114 Asian Journal of Business and Accounting 2.4 40th Q3 ESCI C No
115 Journal of Industrial Economics 2.3 40th Q3 SSCI A* No
116 Current Issues in Auditing 2.3 39th Q3 ESCI B No
117 Journal of European Real Estate Research 2.3 39th Q3 ESCI C No
118 China Journal of Accounting Studies 2.1 38th Q3 – B Yes
119 Journal of International Accounting Research 2.1 37th Q3 ESCI A No
120 Behavioral Research in Accounting 2 37th Q3 ESCI A No
121 Accounting History 2 36th Q3 ESCI A No
122 International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics 2 36th Q3 ESCI B No
123 Jordan Journal of Business Administration 1.9 35th Q3 – – No
124 Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis 1.9 35th Q3 – – No
125 Journal of Business Models 1.8 34th Q3 – C Yes
126 Journal of Portfolio Management 1.8 34th Q3 SSCI A No
127 World Tax Journal 1.7 33rd Q3 ESCI B No
128 Intertax 1.6 33rd Q3 ESCI C No
129 Journal of Financial Research 1.6 32nd Q3 SSCI A No
130 Journal of Environmental Accounting and Management 1.6 32nd Q3 ESCI – No
131 International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation 1.6 31st Q3 – C No
132 Journal of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management 1.5 31st Q3 – – No
133 Accounting Historians Journal 1.5 30th Q3 ESCI B No
134 Jurnal Pengurusan 1.5 30th Q3 – – No
135 Brazilian Business Review 1.4 29th Q3 – – No
136 Review of Business and Economics Studies 1.4 29th Q3 – – Yes
137 Corporate Governance and Sustainability Review 1.4 28th Q3 – – No
138 Journal of Law, Finance, and Accounting 1.4 28th Q3 ESCI – No
139 Revista Finanzas y Politica Economica 1.4 27th Q3 ESCI – Yes
140 Advances in Financial Economics 1.3 26th Q3 – – No
141 Zeszyty Teoretyczne Rachunkowosci 1.3 26th Q3 ESCI – Yes
142 Innovar 1.3 25th Q3 – – Yes
143 Management and Accounting Review 1.2 25th Q3 – – No
144 EC Tax Review 1.2 24th Q4 ESCI B No
145 Business Management 1.2 24th Q4 – – No
146 Foundations and Trends in Accounting 1.2 23rd Q4 – A No
147 Journal of Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting 1.2 23rd Q4 – B No
148 Asian Academy of Management Journal of Accounting and Finance 1.2 22nd Q4 ESCI C Yes
149 Finance a Uver - Czech Journal of Economics and Finance 1.2 22nd Q4 SSCI C No
150 Revista Contabilidade e Financas 1.1 21st Q4 – C Yes
151 Journal of Property Tax Assessment and Administration 1.1 21st Q4 – – No
152 Accounting History Review 1.1 20th Q4 ESCI B No
153 Accounting, Finance, Sustainability, Governance and Fraud 1 20th Q4 – – No
154 Journal of Payments Strategy and Systems 1 19th Q4 – – No
155 Advances in Management Accounting 1 18th Q4 – A No
156 Journal of Forensic Accounting Research 1 18th Q4 – B No
157 Accounting, Finance and Governance Review 1 18th Q4 – – Yes
158 Comptabilite Controle Audit 0.9 17th Q4 SSCI B No
159 eJournal of Tax Research 0.9 17th Q4 ESCI A No
160 Accounting and Financial Control 0.8 16th Q4 – – Yes
161 Accounting and the Public Interest 0.8 15th Q4 – B No
162 Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting 0.8 15th Q4 – C No
163 ATA Journal of Legal Tax Research 0.8 14th Q4 ESCI C No
164 China Biotechnology 0.8 14th Q4 – – No
165 Financial Services Review 0.8 13th Q4 – B No
166 Florida Tax Review 0.8 13th Q4 – A No
167 DLSU Business and Economics Review 0.7 12th Q4 – – No
168 Finance Controle Strategie 0.7 12th Q4 – – No
169 Finance India 0.7 11th Q4 – C No
170 Journal of Accounting Review 0.7 11th Q4 ESCI C No
171 International Real Estate Review 0.7 10th Q4 ESCI C No
172 Korean Accounting Review 0.7 10th Q4 – C No
173 Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research 0.7 9th Q4 – A No
174 Custos e Agronegocio 0.6 9th Q4 SCIE, SSCI – No
175 Bulletin for International Taxation 0.6 8th Q4 – B No
176 Iranian Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance 0.6 8th Q4 – – Yes
177 International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance 0.6 7th Q4 – C No
178 Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting 0.6 7th Q4 – B No
179 Canadian Tax Journal 0.5 6th Q4 – A* No
180 Revista de Contabilidade e Organizacoes 0.5 6th Q4 – – Yes
181 Management for Professionals 0.5 5th Q4 – – No
182 British Tax Review 0.5 4th Q4 – A* No
183 Beta 0.5 4th Q4 – – No
184 Zeitschrift fur die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft 0.5 4th Q4 – – Yes
185 Cronica Tributaria 0.5 3rd Q4 – – Yes
186 Journal of Australian Taxation 0.4 2nd Q4 – A No
187 Revista de Gestion Publica 0.4 2nd Q4 ESCI – No
188 China Accounting and Finance Review 0.4 1st Q4 – A Yes
189 Pan-African Journal of Education and Social Sciences 0.3 1st Q4 – – Yes
190 Journal of the Australasian Tax Teachers Association 0.3 0th Q4 ESCI B No
191 Rivista Italiana di Ragioneria e di Economia Aziendale 0.1 0th Q4 – – No

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