Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
Financial Accountability & Management
ISSN 0267-4424 · eISSN 1468-0408 · Wiley-Blackwell
Financial Accountability & Management: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.3 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,900; median 371 days to acceptance (67 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 14% (journal website); 45 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Financial Accountability & Management 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 Public Policy and Administration Research, Accounting and Organizational Management and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, together about 45.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Financial Accountability & Management is a leading international academic journal, publishing new thinking and research in accountability, accounting, performance management, and financial and resource management in the public and non-profit sectors and public services. The journal welcomes papers focused on both governmental and other non-profit organizations and services. We welcome contributions from management and administrative sciences, accounting and finance, public management and administration, economics, sociology and political science.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS, FINANCE
Editor-in-chief Ileana SteccoliniPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 16, Italy 8, Australia 8, Sweden 4, United States 3 (59 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Public Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Sciences19.6%
- Accounting and Organizational ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting18.9%
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting7%
- Nonprofit Sector and VolunteeringSocial Sciences5.6%
- Local Government Finance and DecentralizationSocial Sciences5.5%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting4.8%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.1%
- Fiscal Policies and Political EconomyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance2.7%
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 3 |
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 2 |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher 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 (publisher)
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 8.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 8.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.08LetPub ·
- h-index
- 86OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 707OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.67OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 26.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 73.96%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 37Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 154,322Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,432 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33 | 23 | 4 |
| 2025 | 45 | 32 | 63 |
| 2024 | 44 | 36 | 259 |
| 2023 | 34 | 26 | 214 |
| 2022 | 34 | 20 | 579 |
| 2021 | 50 | 34 | 1,379 |
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
371 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 272 days – 513 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 20 days (67 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 396 days
- Sample
- 67 articles with submission and acceptance dates (84 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)
- 14%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 14%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 396 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 19 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
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 2,900 / EUR 2,400 / GBP 1,930 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≤ 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 12,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Not considered
- author names
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- research articlemay be up to 10,000 words in length for research articles, and 12,000 words for review articles, inclusive of reference lists and the smain text ≤ 12,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Transfer Agreement
If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to log in to Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review SUBMISSION AND PEER REVIEW PROCESS
New submissions should be made via the Wiley Authors submission portal. You may check the status of your submission at any time by logging on to submission.wiley.com and clicking the “My Submissions” button. For technical help with the submission system, please review our FAQs or contact submissionhelp@wiley.com.
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
- 0267-4424
- Electronic ISSN
- 1468-0408
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 42, Issue 3 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Financial Accountability & Management
What CAS zone is Financial Accountability & Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Financial Accountability & Management is in Zone 3 of Management, and in Zone 3 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.
What is the impact factor of Financial Accountability & Management?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 8.6, h-index 86.
How long does peer review take at Financial Accountability & Management?
Based on the dates recorded on 67 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 371 days (interquartile range 272–513 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 14% (2025). 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 are the manuscript requirements of Financial Accountability & Management?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≤ 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 12,000 words; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Financial Accountability & Management based?
Of the 59 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (16), Italy (8) and Australia (8). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Financial Accountability & Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Financial Accountability & Management is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Financial Accountability & Management open access, and what is the APC?
Financial Accountability & Management is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,900.
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: .