Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
Accounting Horizons
ISSN 0888-7993 · eISSN 1558-7975 · American Accounting Association
Accounting Horizons: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.39; subscription journal; 63 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Accounting Horizons is published by American Accounting Association 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, Financial Reporting and Valuation Research and Corporate Finance and Governance, together about 49% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS, FINANCE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting29.4%
- Financial Reporting and Valuation ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting10.7%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting8.9%
- Accounting Education and CareersBusiness, Management and Accounting8.2%
- Accounting Theory and Financial ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting7.8%
- Accounting and Organizational ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting7.1%
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.6%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance2.8%
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
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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 ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.36LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 132OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 733OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.54OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.1%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 78LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,848 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 65 | 28 | 13 |
| 2025 | 63 | 46 | 56 |
| 2024 | 63 | 28 | 226 |
| 2023 | 53 | 36 | 375 |
| 2022 | 44 | 11 | 465 |
| 2021 | 66 | 14 | 971 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- American Accounting Association
- ISSN
- 0888-7993
- Electronic ISSN
- 1558-7975
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Accounting Horizons
What CAS zone is Accounting Horizons in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Accounting Horizons 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 Horizons?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.39; CiteScore 4.3, h-index 132.
Which databases index Accounting Horizons?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Accounting Horizons is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Accounting Horizons open access, and what is the APC?
Accounting Horizons is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .