Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
Contemporary Accounting Research
ISSN 0823-9150 · eISSN 1911-3846 · Wiley-Blackwell
Contemporary Accounting Research: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.9; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,400; median 829 days to acceptance (84 articles, last 24 months); 102 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Contemporary Accounting Research is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 55.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Contemporary Accounting Research (CAR), the premiere research journal of the Canadian Academic Accounting Association, publishes leading- edge research that contributes to our collective understanding of accounting's role within organizations, markets or society. Canadian based, and global in scope, CAR seeks to reflect the worldwide intellectual diversity in accounting research. Therefore, CAR welcomes interesting and intellectually rigorous work in all topics of accounting, using any appropriate method, and based in any discipline or research tradition that can contribute to accounting knowledge.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS, FINANCE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting29.4%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting16.5%
- Financial Reporting and Valuation ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting10.1%
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.7%
- Accounting and Organizational ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting6.2%
- Corporate Taxation and AvoidanceBusiness, Management and Accounting4.9%
- Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesSocial Sciences2.6%
- Accounting Education and CareersBusiness, Management and Accounting2.5%
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 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
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
- 4.9LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 7.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 3.69LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.68LetPub ·
- h-index
- 195OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,500OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.04OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 35.16%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 91LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 91Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 727,220Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,494 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 66 | 45 | 26 |
| 2025 | 102 | 73 | 311 |
| 2024 | 83 | 61 | 678 |
| 2023 | 83 | 63 | 1,495 |
| 2022 | 101 | 37 | 2,964 |
| 2021 | 85 | 28 | 2,886 |
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
829 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 593 days – 979 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 80 days (86 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 901 days
- Sample
- 84 articles with submission and acceptance dates (190 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".
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,400 / EUR 2,850 / GBP 2,270 | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Conflicts of interest, Self-archiving
- AI use Use of Generative AI
From January 1, 2024, authors will be required during the submission process for new manuscripts to declare any use of generative AI. Please see the CAAA Journals' Statement on the Use of Generative AI for more information.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Strategic Reporting Through Counterpoised Disclosure: Evidence From the Biopharma Industry
Luminita Enache, Lynn Li, Edward J. Riedl, Scarlett (Xiaotong) Song,
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving CAR Self-Archiving Policy
Please see Wiley's Self-Archiving Policy for general information about author self-archiving. Contemporary Accounting Research allows authors to archive the submitted, accepted, or final version of the article following the embargo periods outlined below.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 0823-9150
- Electronic ISSN
- 1911-3846
- Society / sponsor
- Canadian Academic Accounting Association
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 43, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Contemporary Accounting Research
What CAS zone is Contemporary Accounting Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Contemporary Accounting Research is in Zone 3 of Management, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Business, Finance. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Contemporary Accounting Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.9; CiteScore 7.3, h-index 195.
How long does peer review take at Contemporary Accounting Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 84 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 829 days (interquartile range 593–979 days). 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 Contemporary Accounting Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Contemporary Accounting Research is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Contemporary Accounting Research open access, and what is the APC?
Contemporary Accounting Research is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,400.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .