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Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics
ISSN 1608-1625 · eISSN 2164-2257 · Taylor & Francis
Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.04; JCR Q2 (journal website); subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 287 days to acceptance (100 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 23% (journal website); 71 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics is published by Taylor & Francis and 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 Corporate Finance and Governance, Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, together about 50.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics (APJAE) is an international forum intended for analytical and empirical archival and experimental research in economics of industrial organization, financial and product markets, and accounting information as well as interactions among organizations, markets, and accounting institutions. In general, APJAE is open-minded for a wide range of topics and methods. In particular, the editors encourage submissions in the following areas, but not limited to: industrial organization and market structure information flows and intermediation in the markets standard setting and reporting quality disclosure incentives strategic behaviors economics of auditing, including audit quality and pricing financial contracts corporate governance, control, and external monitoring security market regulation environment and sustainability financial markets and institutions APJAE encourages submission of research dealing with issues that are interesting and relevant to the Asia-Pacific region. The editors welcome submission of manuscripts with innovative ideas and dealing with contemporary and emerging issues. The editorial team is committed to an expedient review process. Peer Review Integrity All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts. STAR Taylor & Francis/Routledge are committed to the widest possible dissemination of its journals to non-profit institutions in developing countries. Our STAR initiative offers individual researchers in Africa, South Asia and many parts of South East Asia the opportunity to gain one month’s free online access to 1,300 Taylor & Francis journals. For more information, please visit the STAR website.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Jeong-Bon KimPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Hong Kong, China 4, Taiwan, China 2, Canada 1 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting22.2%
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting19.4%
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.9%
- Financial Reporting and Valuation ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting6.5%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.6%
- Corporate Taxation and AvoidanceBusiness, Management and Accounting3.4%
- Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting2.5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering2.5%
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 |
| Minor | Economics | 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 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q2 · 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
Web of ScienceEconLitCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, RePEc, ABI/INFORM, Bibliography of Asian Studies, Gale (Academic OneFile, InfoTrac Custom), Research Papers in Economics (RePEc)
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
- 2.04LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.46Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.85LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.85Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 250OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.23OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.85%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 70LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 61,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 942 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 63 | 7 | 8 |
| 2025 | 71 | 3 | 65 |
| 2024 | 51 | 6 | 155 |
| 2023 | 35 | 6 | 258 |
| 2022 | 52 | 4 | 281 |
| 2021 | 54 | 4 | 423 |
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
287 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 209 days – 374 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 35 days (100 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 332 days
- Sample
- 100 articles with submission and acceptance dates (147 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)
- 23%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 91 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 107 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 39 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics 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 …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review integrity: initial appraisal by Editor, then double anonymized peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees; online submission via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Model summary
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
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
- 1608-1625
- Electronic ISSN
- 2164-2257
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 33, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics
What CAS zone is Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business, Finance / Economics. 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.
What is the impact factor of Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.04; CiteScore 3.9, h-index 43.
How long does peer review take at Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics?
Based on the dates recorded on 100 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 287 days (interquartile range 209–374 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 23%. 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 Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (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 4 of Management.
Where are the editorial board members of Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Hong Kong, China (4), Taiwan, China (2) and Canada (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, EconLit and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics open access, and what is the APC?
Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics is a subscription journal. 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .