Journal profile
Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies
ISSN 2519-0318 · eISSN 2518-8488 · CSRC Publishing · Pakistan
Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 53 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies is published by CSRC Publishing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Corporate Finance and Governance, Corporate Governance and Financial Management and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, together about 25.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Within social and behavioral sciences, finance and accounting are seen as basic mechanics for achieving markets efficiency and also considered as catalysts for design and successful implementation of market-based financial decision making related to economic policies in emerging and developing economies. With this background JAFEE aims to be a forum for discussion of high impact research in emerging economies covering general areas social sciences while giving focus to accounting and finance. The journal is open to both academicians and practitioners in its subject areas. The journal covers a wide range of areas in accounting and finance and its related issues in social sciences in emerging and developing economies. It considers articles written in all areas of accounting, finance and social sciences in emerging economies including but not limited to accounting education, auditing, corporate social responsibility (including environmental accounting and disclosure) corporate governance, financial reporting, management accounting and performance measurement systems, not-for-profit organizations and public sector accounting, taxation, zakat and Islamic accounting. The journal also covers all areas of finance in emerging economies relating to banking, capital market, corporate finance, equity valuation and analysis, Islamic finance, microfinance, and venture capital.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Rohana Binti JaniPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting10.9%
- Corporate Governance and Financial ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting7.6%
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting7.4%
- Financial Analysis and Corporate GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting7.3%
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.1%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.6%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.3%
- Islamic Finance and Banking StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting4.2%
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
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
- 33OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.47OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 539 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 60 | 60 | 146 |
| 2025 | 53 | 53 | 245 |
| 2024 | 51 | 51 | 273 |
| 2023 | 53 | 53 | 274 |
| 2022 | 50 | 50 | 201 |
| 2021 | 84 | 84 | 139 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 5,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Templates
- Word
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Publication ethics, Open access
- AI use
Follows Elsevier and HEC Pakistan guidelines on generative AI use. Model summary
CSRC Publishing and JAFEE follow the Elsevier’s guidelines for use of generative AI (GenAI) tools including chatbots along with the guidelines on this issue by Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics COPE’S CODES OF CONDUCT AND BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR ACADEMIC PUBLISHING
COPE’s Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing COPE’s Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors COPE’s Short Guide to Ethical Editing for New Editors COPE’s Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers COPE’s Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access OPEN ACCESS AND COPY RIGHT POLICY
Open access under CC BY-NC 4.0 license. Model summary
All journals published on this website are licensed & copyrighted under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
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
- CSRC Publishing
- Country or region
- Pakistan
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2519-0318
- Electronic ISSN
- 2518-8488
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- 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 Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies
How long does peer review take at Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: ≥ 6; Manuscript length: ≤ 5,000 words; Reference style: APA; Templates: Word. 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.
Which databases index Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies 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: .