Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
African Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance
ISSN 2046-8083 · eISSN 2046-8091
African Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 10 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
African Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance 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 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies, together about 33% 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 Accounting12.7%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting11.5%
- Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting8.9%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.3%
- Economic Growth and DevelopmentComputer Science6.3%
- Working Capital and Financial PerformanceBusiness, Management and Accounting6.1%
- Accounting and Organizational ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.9%
- Risk Management in Financial FirmsBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCILetPub
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
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.44OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 10LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 250 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 27 | 6 | 19 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 19 | 0 | 15 |
| 2021 | 20 | 0 | 18 |
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
- ISSN
- 2046-8083
- Electronic ISSN
- 2046-8091
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about African Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance
What CAS zone is African Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, African Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance 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 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index African Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, African Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance is indexed in ESCI.
Is African Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance open access, and what is the APC?
African Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance 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: .