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Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting & Financial Management
ISSN 1096-3367 · eISSN 1945-1814 · Emerald Publishing
Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting & Financial Management: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; 50 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting & Financial Management is published by Emerald Publishing 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, Local Government Finance and Decentralization and Fiscal Policies and Political Economy, together about 40.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Public Policy and Administration ResearchSocial Sciences14.8%
- Local Government Finance and DecentralizationSocial Sciences14.1%
- Fiscal Policies and Political EconomyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance11.6%
- Fiscal Policy and Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.1%
- Accounting and Organizational ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting8.5%
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting7.6%
- Housing Market and EconomicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.1%
- Nonprofit Sector and VolunteeringSocial Sciences2.9%
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 |
| Minor | Public Administration | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public Administration | 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
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
- 6.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.52LetPub ·
- h-index
- 47OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 348OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.54OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 22.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 23.02%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 48LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 931 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 53 | 22 | 22 |
| 2025 | 50 | 32 | 190 |
| 2024 | 42 | 16 | 301 |
| 2023 | 41 | 21 | 455 |
| 2022 | 34 | 16 | 470 |
| 2021 | 41 | 23 | 1,056 |
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing
- ISSN
- 1096-3367
- Electronic ISSN
- 1945-1814
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting & Financial Management
What CAS zone is Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting & Financial Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting & Financial Management is in Zone 3 of Management, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Business, Finance / Public Administration. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting & Financial Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting & Financial Management is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting & Financial Management open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting & Financial Management is a hybrid 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .