Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
International Journal of Auditing
ISSN 1090-6738 · eISSN 1099-1123 · Wiley-Blackwell
International Journal of Auditing: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.62; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,900; median 403 days to acceptance (63 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 13% (journal website); 46 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Auditing 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 Risk Management in Financial Firms, together about 57.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The International Journal of Auditing (IJA) is a leading auditing journal that publishes high-quality research on auditing and assurance. The journal prioritizes work with clear relevance for international practice, policy makers, and the future of the auditing profession. IJA seeks papers that make a meaningful contribution to auditing with international relevance; purely descriptive work or peripheral use of auditing concepts is generally not suitable. Research that offers novel insights, challenges existing assumptions, or explores emerging issues in auditing and assurance is particularly encouraged. IJA welcomes a wide range of theoretical perspectives and research methods, including archival, experimental, qualitative, and interdisciplinary approaches. Authors must fully disclose any use of generative AI tools during manuscript preparation. Undisclosed use may result in rejection. For studies involving human participants, authors must provide documentation of ethics committee or Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval, or a formal waiver, before peer review can begin. Abstracting and Indexing Information Current Contents: Social & Behavioral Sciences (Clarivate Analytics) SCOPUS (Elsevier) Social Sciences Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS, FINANCE
Editor-in-chief Mara CameranPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 11%); most named United States 10, Italy 6, Australia 6, Mainland China 4, United Kingdom 2 (35 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 Accounting32.5%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting16.9%
- Risk Management in Financial FirmsBusiness, Management and Accounting8.2%
- Accounting and Organizational ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting6.7%
- Financial Reporting and Valuation ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting4.1%
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.1%
- Corporate Taxation and AvoidanceBusiness, Management and Accounting2.9%
- Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting2.8%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 4 |
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
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
- 2.62LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.68LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.16LetPub ·
- h-index
- 78OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 441OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.35OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 44.33%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 37LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 37Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 136,527Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 891 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 16 | 9 |
| 2025 | 46 | 22 | 50 |
| 2024 | 32 | 24 | 195 |
| 2023 | 41 | 27 | 234 |
| 2022 | 47 | 16 | 365 |
| 2021 | 47 | 17 | 686 |
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
403 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 251 days – 521 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (63 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 420 days
- Sample
- 63 articles with submission and acceptance dates (72 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)
- 13%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 13%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 408 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 13 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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≤ 7
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted5
- editorialArticle Type Description Other Requirements Original Papers Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contribution to know…Length not stated
- original paperArticle Type Description Other Requirements Original Papers Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contribution to know…Length not stated
- original papersOriginal Papers Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contribution to knowledgeLength not stated
- perspectiveArticle Type Description Other Requirements Original Papers Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contribution to know…Length not stated
- reviewArticle Type Description Other Requirements Original Papers Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contribution to know…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review 1. 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. For help with submissions, please contact: ijaoffice@wiley.com This journal does not …
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
- 1090-6738
- Electronic ISSN
- 1099-1123
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 30, Issue 3 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Auditing
What CAS zone is International Journal of Auditing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Auditing 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 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of International Journal of Auditing?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.62; CiteScore 3.4, h-index 78.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Auditing?
Based on the dates recorded on 63 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 403 days (interquartile range 251–521 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 13% (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 International Journal of Auditing?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≤ 7; 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 International Journal of Auditing based?
Of the 35 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 11%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (10), Italy (6) and Australia (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Auditing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Auditing 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 International Journal of Auditing open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Auditing 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: .