Journal profile
Copernican Journal of Finance Accounting
ISSN 2300-1240 · eISSN 2300-3065 · Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń · Poland
Copernican Journal of Finance Accounting: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 13 weeks (community reports); 20 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Copernican Journal of Finance Accounting is published by Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, Banking stability, regulation, efficiency and Corporate Finance and Governance, together about 23.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Copernican Journal of Finance & Accounting is published at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and serves for the development of the science of 'economics and finance' as a forum of presentations and analyses of scientific working papers in the scope of finance and accounting in the international dimension. The Journal is dedicated to theoreticians and also practitioners who decided to meet a challenge of obtaining scientific degrees in 'economics and finance'. In this way a passion for scientific work finds new possibilities of cooperation. Copernican Journal of Finance & Accounting was founded in 2012 as a semi-annual. Since 2014 the editors only accept papers in English and since 2017 the journal has been published as a quarterly. Copernican Journal of Finance & Accounting is an open access journal with no charge for submitting the manuscript. Articles may cover the following research themes (papers may range from theoretical to empirical): banking, non-bank financial institutions, public finance, corporate finance and governance, financial market, international finance, insurance, financial crises, investment decisions, socially responsible investing, investor relations, financial services, financial instruments, financial accounting, cost and managerial accounting, financial and non-financial reporting, the evolution of accounting, the history of accounting, auditing, behavioural finance, taxation, environmental finance, ecological risk management, finance and accounting of non-governmental organizations, e-finance and e-payment, household finance, financial engineering. Why submit: the articles are published after a double-blind peer review the journal offers access to the contents in the open access system on the principles of non-exclusive license Creative Commons (CC BY-ND 3.0). the journal is covered by different abstracting/indexing services each paper published in the journal is assigned with a DOI number The Copernican Journal of Finance & Accounting has DOI number and is covered by the following abstracting/indexing services: ARIANTA Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) Journal Quality List BazEkon CIRC (La Clasificación Integrada de Revistas Científicas) DOAJ EBSCO ECONBIZ Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek ERIH PLUS Google Scholar Index Copernicus International: Journal Master List (ICI JML) JISC (Jisc Open Policy Finder) Journal Digital Platform of Nicolaus Copernicus University (Open Journal System) Polish Scholary Bibliography
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Poland 11, France 1, Canada 1 (13 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting8.8%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.6%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting7%
- Financial Analysis and Corporate GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting6.8%
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.6%
- Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting6.4%
- Accounting Theory and Financial ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting5.6%
- Corporate Governance and Financial ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting5.6%
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
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, RePEc, Crossref, ARIANTA, BazEkon, CIRC (La Clasificación Integrada de Revistas Científicas), ECONBIZ, Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek, JISC (Jisc Open Policy Finder), Polish Scholary Bibliography (PBN), RePEc (Research Papers in Economics), WorldCat
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
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.46OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 298 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 102 |
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | 126 |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | 198 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | 247 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | 151 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | 126 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 23 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-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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, Authorship, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism
- AI use Use of Artificial Intelligence tools
Authors must disclose any significant use of artificial intelligence tools in preparing articles. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and authorship of submitted work.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship
No submission or processing charges Model summary
Copernican Journal of Finance & Accounting does not charge for submitting and processing the manuscript.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics PUBLICATION ETHICS AND MISCONDUCT PREVENTION POLICY
With a view to ensuring scientific reliability the editorial board of CJF&A makes efforts to publish works that meet ethical norms applied in science. Authors are required to comply with the journal’s Publication Ethics and Misconduct Prevention Policy.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors retain copyright; grant publisher royalty-free non-exclusive licence Model summary
Authors retain copyright in their published texts. Under the licence agreement, they grant Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to record, reproduce and distribute their works without limitations as to time, territory or number of copies. The articles are made available in open access under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 licence (CC BY-N…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Blind review Model summary
With a view to providing unbiased evaluation, articles are sent to two independent reviewers in accordance with a double-blind review. Based on the evaluations received from reviewers the editorial board decides whether the article should be accepted for publishing, rejected or returned to the author for revision. Manuscripts submitted to the Copernican Journal of Finance & Accounting undergo a pr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Indexed in CrossCheck (CrossRef plagiarism initiative) Model summary
The journal content is indexed in CrossCheck, the CrossRef initiative to prevent scholarly and professional plagiarism
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
- Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2300-1240
- Electronic ISSN
- 2300-3065
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 14, Issue 4 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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 Copernican Journal of Finance Accounting
How long does peer review take at Copernican Journal of Finance Accounting?
Authors report an average review time of about 13 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Copernican Journal of Finance Accounting based?
Of the 13 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Poland (11), France (1) and Canada (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Copernican Journal of Finance Accounting?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Copernican Journal of Finance Accounting is indexed in DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Copernican Journal of Finance Accounting open access, and what is the APC?
Copernican Journal of Finance Accounting 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, 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: .