Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
Accounting Forum
ISSN 0155-9982 · eISSN 1467-6303 · Elsevier
Accounting Forum: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.08; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 1,100; median 637 days to acceptance (49 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 4% (journal website); 31 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Accounting Forum is published by Elsevier and is in Zone 3 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, Accounting and Organizational Management and Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, together about 38.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Accounting Forum publishes authoritative yet accessible articles which advance our knowledge of theory and practice in all areas of accounting and related subjects, and welcomes papers with an interdisciplinary approach in these areas. The journal provides a forum for the intellectual exchange of academic research covering a range of topical issues and contemporary developments in accounting and accounting-related subjects. Accounting Forum welcomes papers that use both qualitative and quantitative methods and provide a clear theoretical contribution beyond the boundaries of the specific context. Our main areas of interest are: accountability; accounting education; accounting information systems; accounting theory; auditing; ethics; financial accounting; governance; management accounting; social and environmental accounting; and taxation. Of equal interest to practitioners, academics, and students, each issue of the journal includes peer-reviewed articles, research notes and a comments section.
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 Accounting16.2%
- Accounting and Organizational ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting11.9%
- Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting10.5%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting8.1%
- Environmental Sustainability in BusinessBusiness, Management and Accounting5.2%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.2%
- Financial Reporting and Valuation ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 3 |
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 Q1 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 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
SCIEPublisher website
Other: RePEc, Accounts Index, 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
- 4.08LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 7.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.09LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 1.09Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 95OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 492OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.82OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 29.35%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 29LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 182,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 803 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 10 | 8 |
| 2025 | 31 | 18 | 134 |
| 2024 | 36 | 29 | 353 |
| 2023 | 33 | 18 | 567 |
| 2022 | 27 | 17 | 466 |
| 2021 | 33 | 17 | 760 |
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 Crossref · to
637 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 520 days – 817 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 44 days (50 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 681 days
- Sample
- 49 articles with submission and acceptance dates (54 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 4%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 17 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 91 daysPublisher website ·
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 1,100 | — | — | |
| 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)
Article types accepted3
- comments sectioneach issue of the journal includes peer-reviewed articles, research notes and a comments sectionLength not stated
- peer-reviewed articleseach issue of the journal includes peer-reviewed articles, research notes and a comments sectionLength not stated
- research noteseach issue of the journal includes peer-reviewed articles, research notes and a comments sectionLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal, part of Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program Model summary
Accounting Forum 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 discoverability and reader…
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
- Elsevier
- ISSN
- 0155-9982
- Electronic ISSN
- 1467-6303
- Society / sponsor
- Adelaide University
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 50, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Accounting Forum
What CAS zone is Accounting Forum in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Accounting Forum is in Zone 3 of Management, and in Zone 3 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 Forum?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.08; CiteScore 7.1, h-index 95.
How long does peer review take at Accounting Forum?
Based on the dates recorded on 49 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 637 days (interquartile range 520–817 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 4%. 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 Forum in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (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 3 of Management.
Which databases index Accounting Forum?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Accounting Forum is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists SCIE; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Accounting Forum open access, and what is the APC?
Accounting Forum is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 1,100.
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: .