Journal profile · Business, Management and Accounting-Accounting
AJAR Asian Journal of Accounting Research
ISSN 2459-9700 · eISSN 2443-4175 · Emerald Publishing · United Kingdom
AJAR Asian Journal of Accounting Research: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 34 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AJAR Asian Journal of Accounting Research is published by Emerald Publishing. 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 41.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting and Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Business, Management and Accounting-Accounting
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting19%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting14.9%
- Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting8%
- Financial Reporting and Valuation ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting7.3%
- Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting7.1%
- Corporate Governance and Financial ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.9%
- Working Capital and Financial PerformanceBusiness, Management and Accounting5.1%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 131OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.87OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 244 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| 2025 | 34 | 34 | 135 |
| 2024 | 31 | 31 | 303 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | 280 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | 468 |
| 2021 | 22 | 22 | 1,335 |
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 3 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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
- Emerald Publishing
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2459-9700
- Electronic ISSN
- 2443-4175
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about AJAR Asian Journal of Accounting Research
How long does peer review take at AJAR Asian Journal of Accounting Research?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. 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.
Which databases index AJAR Asian Journal of Accounting Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AJAR Asian Journal of Accounting Research is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is AJAR Asian Journal of Accounting Research open access, and what is the APC?
AJAR Asian Journal of Accounting Research is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .