Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
Behavioral Research in Accounting
ISSN 1050-4753 · eISSN 1558-8009 · American Accounting Association
Behavioral Research in Accounting: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 21 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Behavioral Research in Accounting is published by American Accounting Association 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 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, Accounting and Organizational Management and Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics, together about 43.5% of its articles. (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 Accounting22.4%
- Accounting and Organizational ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting12.5%
- Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsDecision Sciences8.6%
- Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesSocial Sciences8.3%
- Accounting Education and CareersBusiness, Management and Accounting7.8%
- Ethics in Business and EducationDecision Sciences5.2%
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorBusiness, Management and Accounting4%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.8%
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 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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.68LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.88LetPub ·
- h-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 253OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.96%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 636 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 21 | 16 | 9 |
| 2024 | 20 | 11 | 45 |
| 2023 | 26 | 9 | 139 |
| 2022 | 14 | 2 | 90 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2 | 56 |
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
- 1050-4753
- Electronic ISSN
- 1558-8009
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Behavioral Research in Accounting
What CAS zone is Behavioral Research in Accounting in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Behavioral Research in Accounting 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 3 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Behavioral Research in Accounting?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Behavioral Research in Accounting is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Behavioral Research in Accounting open access, and what is the APC?
Behavioral Research in Accounting 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: .