Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
Accounting and Business Research
ISSN 0001-4788 · eISSN 2159-4260 · Taylor & Francis
Accounting and Business Research: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.39; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,970; review about 87 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 15% (journal website); 41 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Accounting and Business Research is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, Corporate Finance and Governance and Accounting and Organizational Management, together about 46% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Accounting and Business Research publishes papers containing a substantial and original contribution to knowledge. Papers may cover any area of accounting, broadly defined and including corporate governance, auditing and taxation. However the focus must be accounting, rather than (corporate) finance or general management. Authors may take a theoretical or an empirical approach, using either quantitative or qualitative methods. They may aim to contribute to developing and understanding the role of accounting in business. Papers should be rigorous but also written in a way that makes them intelligible to a wide range of academics and, where appropriate, practitioners. Presentation should be as elegant and economical as possible, avoiding unnecessary words, numbers or symbols. Peer Review Policy All research articles in this journal undergo rigorous peer review based on initial editor screening and anonymous reviewing by at least two referees.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS, FINANCE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting22.3%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting12.1%
- Accounting and Organizational ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting11.6%
- Financial Reporting and Valuation ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting11.1%
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.3%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4%
- Accounting Theory and Financial ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCIEWeb of SciencePublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ABI Inform
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.39LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.07LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 1.07Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.53LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.53Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 123OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 936OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.11OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 21.98%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 37LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 280,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,278 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 9 | 4 |
| 2025 | 41 | 20 | 80 |
| 2024 | 29 | 15 | 193 |
| 2023 | 33 | 14 | 246 |
| 2022 | 39 | 13 | 398 |
| 2021 | 43 | 28 | 824 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 6 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 15%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 66 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 87 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 68 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,970 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Accounting and Business Research is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverab…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Policy
Peer review policy: initial editor screening and anonymous reviewing by at least two referees. Model summary
All research articles in this journal undergo rigorous peer review based on initial editor screening and anonymous reviewing by at least two referees.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0001-4788
- Electronic ISSN
- 2159-4260
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 56, Issue 5 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Accounting and Business Research
What CAS zone is Accounting and Business Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Accounting and Business Research is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business, Finance. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Accounting and Business Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.39; CiteScore 4.9, h-index 123.
How long does peer review take at Accounting and Business Research?
The publisher reports about 87 days (first decision after review); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 15%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What JCR quartile is Accounting and Business Research in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Management.
Which databases index Accounting and Business Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Accounting and Business Research is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists SCIE and Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Accounting and Business Research open access, and what is the APC?
Accounting and Business Research is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,970.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .