ScopusElsevier Scopus
Status
Active
Coverage
1993–present
Source type
Journal
Open access
No
CiteScore
4.5
SJR · SCImago
0.472
Q3 SJR quartile
H-index
29
Best quartile
Q2 · 63rd pctile
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting | 71 / 191 | 63rd | Q2 |
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Social and Environmental Accountability Journal
Social and Environmental Accountability Journal is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.5), ABDC B, ABS / AJG 1. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Taylor & Francis Online.
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 0969-160XVerify ISSN ↗2156-2245Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Online
Scopus · Q2ABDC BABS / AJG 1ONOS
4.5
CiteScore 2025
Q2
Best quartile
B
ABDC rating
2
Indexed in
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
DOAJDirectory of Open Access Journals (live)
Not in DOAJ
Open accessNot registered as fully open access
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Rating
Unchanged since 2022 vs ABDC 2022
Year of inception
1982
Field of research
Accounting, auditing and accountability (3501)
Publisher (per ABDC)
Taylor & Francis Online
B = next 35–40% — good to excellent metrics and reputation.
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.
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This journal is part of the ONOS national subscription — readers at an ONOS-subscribed Indian institution get full-text access to its articles at no cost.
Access depends on your institution’s ONOS participation; the subscribed title list is subject to revision.
Learn about ONOS Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Social and Environmental Accountability Journal indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1993–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.5.
What quartile is Social and Environmental Accountability Journal in Scopus?
Social and Environmental Accountability Journal is Q2 in Accounting (rank 71 of 191), by CiteScore 2025.
What is the impact factor of Social and Environmental Accountability Journal?
Social and Environmental Accountability Journal 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 4.5, quartile Q2, 63rd percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.472, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 29.
Who publishes Social and Environmental Accountability Journal and what is its ISSN?
Social and Environmental Accountability Journal is published by Taylor & Francis Online. Its print ISSN is 0969-160X and its online ISSN is 2156-2245.
Is Social and Environmental Accountability Journal covered under ONOS in India?
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.
Is Social and Environmental Accountability Journal 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 Social and Environmental Accountability Journal?
It is rated B in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Accounting, auditing and accountability.
What is the ABS / AJG rating of Social and Environmental Accountability Journal?
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 Social and Environmental Accountability Journal open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Social and Environmental Accountability Journal? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Social and Environmental Accountability Journal has an h-index of 48 and a 2-year mean of 3.33 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #45 of 183 Scopus journals in Accounting.
48
h-index
3.33
2-yr mean citations
222
i10-index
890
works indexed
17,265
total citations
2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject
#45 of 183 Top 25% Accounting
Social and Environmental Accountability Journal published 29 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 33. 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. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Who publishes in Social and Environmental Accountability Journal? — latest 95 articles, 2021–2026
In its latest 95 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (24.5%), Australia (10.5%) and Finland (8.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for Social and Environmental Accountability Journal? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
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.
- Scopus statusActive
- 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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