Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
Accounting in Europe
ISSN 1744-9480 · eISSN 1744-9499 · Taylor & Francis
Accounting in Europe: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 7.6 (journal website); JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 540 days to acceptance (24 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 10% (journal website); 17 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Accounting in Europe is published by Taylor & Francis 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, Corporate Finance and Governance and Financial Reporting and Valuation Research, together about 49.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Accounting in Europe aims to contribute to policy debate by publishing high quality articles that provide new insights for research, practice, policy and regulation. The journal therefore welcomes contributions in all areas of accounting, including, but not limited to, analyses of contemporary developments in accounting, auditing, standard setting and regulation. Accounting in Europe welcomes papers from a wide range of paradigms and research methods, as long as they are presented in an accessible manner to its mixed academic and practitioner readership and enhance the understanding or the development of accounting and auditing either in Europe or for Europe from a global perspective. Articulating the boundaries of the aims and scope of the journal: The accounting relevance test - submissions should address a core accounting phenomenon. The European relevance test - submissions should focus on a European matter. "Europe" can be the empirical setting, the regulatory space, the institutional architecture, or the policy audience (research clearly articulates the European relevance of its insights). The policy and practice relevance test - relevance exists when a study produces insights that can credibly inform decisions made by (i) policy makers who set direction, (ii) regulators and standard setters who write and enforce rules, and (iii) practitioners who must implement, assure, and use reported information. Implications for policy and practice should be clearly stated in the paper. The academic contribution test - research is expected to make a scholarly contribution and have an impact. It is expected to be novel, insightful, original, placed correctly in the literature and well executed.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS, FINANCE
Editor-in-chief Nadia AlbuPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 1, United Kingdom 1, France 1, Romania 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting29.6%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting9.9%
- Financial Reporting and Valuation ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting9.9%
- Accounting Theory and Financial ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting9%
- Accounting and Organizational ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting8.7%
- Corporate Taxation and AvoidanceBusiness, Management and Accounting6.6%
- Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting4.2%
- Credit Risk and Financial RegulationsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.4%
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 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
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 (publisher) 2025
- 7.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 7.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 14.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 14.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.96LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 1.96Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.21LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 3.21Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 58OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 218OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 9.91OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 23.21%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 16LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 146,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 371 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 8 | 11 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6 | 33 |
| 2024 | 21 | 12 | 491 |
| 2023 | 20 | 11 | 423 |
| 2022 | 15 | 4 | 497 |
| 2021 | 14 | 8 | 556 |
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
540 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 427 days – 612 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (24 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 551 days
- Sample
- 24 articles with submission and acceptance dates (35 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)
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 59 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Model summary
Accounting in Europe 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 re…
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
- 1744-9480
- Electronic ISSN
- 1744-9499
- Society / sponsor
- European Accounting Association
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 23, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Accounting in Europe
What CAS zone is Accounting in Europe in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Accounting in Europe 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 2 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Accounting in Europe?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 7.6 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 14.5, h-index 58.
How long does peer review take at Accounting in Europe?
Based on the dates recorded on 24 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 540 days (interquartile range 427–612 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10%. 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 in Europe 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Accounting in Europe based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (1), United Kingdom (1) and France (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Accounting in Europe?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Accounting in Europe is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Accounting in Europe open access, and what is the APC?
Accounting in Europe is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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: .