Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
Issues in Accounting Education
ISSN 0739-3172 · eISSN 1558-7983 · American Accounting Association
Issues in Accounting Education: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 44 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Issues in Accounting Education is published by American Accounting Association and is in Zone 4 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Accounting Education and Careers, Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance and Accounting and Organizational Management, together about 51% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting. (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
- Accounting Education and CareersBusiness, Management and Accounting26.6%
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting14%
- Accounting and Organizational ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting10.4%
- Management and Marketing EducationBusiness, Management and Accounting9%
- Accounting Theory and Financial ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting7.4%
- Innovations in Educational MethodsSocial Sciences3.7%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.4%
- Financial Reporting and Valuation ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | 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
- 3.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.11LetPub ·
- h-index
- 69OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 487OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.33OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.71%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 52LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,274 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 14 | 2 |
| 2025 | 44 | 34 | 26 |
| 2024 | 60 | 28 | 152 |
| 2023 | 48 | 12 | 412 |
| 2022 | 50 | 6 | 285 |
| 2021 | 51 | 3 | 477 |
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
- 0739-3172
- Electronic ISSN
- 1558-7983
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Issues in Accounting Education
What CAS zone is Issues in Accounting Education in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Issues in Accounting Education is in Zone 4 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business, Finance. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Issues in Accounting Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Issues in Accounting Education is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Issues in Accounting Education open access, and what is the APC?
Issues in Accounting Education 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: .