Journal profile
MAB
ISSN 0924-6304 · eISSN 2543-1684 · Amsterdam University Press · Netherlands
MAB: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 38 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
MAB is published by Amsterdam University Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Accounting Theory and Financial Reporting, Accounting and Organizational Management and Accounting and Financial Management, together about 52.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
For English, see belowHet Maandblad voor Accountancy en Bedrijfseconomie is een gerenommeerd wetenschappelijk tijdschrift, dat sinds 1924 bestaat.De redactie van het MAB stelt zich ten doel lezers te informeren over theoretische en praktische aspecten van, en ontwikkelingen binnen de accountancy. Daarnaast publiceert het MAB onderzoek op het gebied van bedrijfseconomie en daaraan verwante kennisgebieden, voor zover relevant voor de accountancy. Daarbij richt zij zich op wetenschappelijk opgeleide accountants, controllers en bedrijfseconomen (en diegenen die hier voor studeren) en op een ieder die professionele belangstelling heeft voor de behandelde onderwerpen.De door auteurs geleverde bijdragen kunnen bestaan uit spontane inzendingen of inzendingen op uitnodiging van de redactie, en omvatten voornamelijk (onderzoeks)artikelen. Daarnaast worden columns, boekbesprekingen en reacties van lezers opgenomen. De redactie houdt wel steeds de praktische relevantie voor de (accountancy)praktijk in het oog.Een artikel bestaat uit maximaal 5.000 woorden (= ca. 10 pag.). Voor artikelen geldt dat zij moeten voldoen aan de normen die aan een goed MAB-artikel moeten worden gesteld: relevant, heldere structuur, referentie aan literatuur, inbedding in bestaande opvattingen/theorieën en goede leesbaarheid, ook voor niet-wetenschappers. Themanummers bevatten achtergrondartikelen; hiervoor worden auteurs door de redactie uitgenodigd.De artikelen zijn onderverdeeld in zeven verschillende rubrieken, namelijk: accountantscontrole, externe verslaggeving, management accounting, bestuurlijke informatieverzorging, financiering, management en organisatie, overige onderwerpen. De redactie streeft er naar alle rubrieken regelmatig aan bod te laten komen.Het MAB is een open access peer-reviewed VABB-SHW (Vlaams Academisch Bibliografisch Bestand voor de Sociale en Humane Wetenschappen) erkend tijdschrift met bijdragen in het Nederlands en het Engels. ==================================================================================================================MAB (Journal of Accountancy and Business Economics) is a renowned scientific journal, which has been in existence since 1924. The editors aim to inform readers about theoretical and practical aspects of, and developments in accountancy. Furthermore MAB publishes research articles on business economics and related knowledge areas, as far as relevant for accountants. In doing so, she focuses on scientifically trained accountants,
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Netherlands 12 (12 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Accounting Theory and Financial ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting23%
- Accounting and Organizational ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting16.5%
- Accounting and Financial ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting13.3%
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting12.1%
- Taxation and Legal IssuesBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
- Financial Reporting and Valuation ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting2.8%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting2.6%
- Accounting Education and CareersBusiness, Management and Accounting2.5%
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Altmetric, ASCI, ASOS Indeks, Baidu Scholar, BASE, British Library, Cabells Journalytics, ChronosHub, CrossRef, Dimensions, EconBiz, eLibrary, ERIH+, EZB, GALE Academic OneFile, GoOA, Google Scholar, iDiscover (University of Cambridge), JournalTOCs, Lens, Library of Congress, LIVIVO, MIAR, NAVER, OpenAIRE, OpenAlex, Open Policy Finder, ReadCube, RePEcPublisher 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
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.75OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 7,232 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 23 | 132 |
| 2025 | 38 | 38 | 178 |
| 2024 | 45 | 45 | 808 |
| 2023 | 42 | 42 | 217 |
| 2022 | 47 | 47 | 191 |
| 2021 | 43 | 43 | 213 |
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
- Single 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-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted6
- book reviewsPublication types: Research articles, Columns, Editorials, Introductions to special issue, Letters to the editor, Book reviewsLength not stated
- columnsPublication types: Research articles, Columns, Editorials, Introductions to special issue, Letters to the editor, Book reviewsLength not stated
- editorialsPublication types: Research articles, Columns, Editorials, Introductions to special issue, Letters to the editor, Book reviewsLength not stated
- introductions to special issuePublication types: Research articles, Columns, Editorials, Introductions to special issue, Letters to the editor, Book reviewsLength not stated
- letters to the editorPublication types: Research articles, Columns, Editorials, Introductions to special issue, Letters to the editor, Book reviewsLength not stated
- research articlesPublication types: Research articles, Columns, Editorials, Introductions to special issue, Letters to the editor, Book reviewsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use Use of AI
Authors must be transparent about the use of Artificial Intelligence tools such as ChatGPT and other large language models in the manuscript preparation, and disclose details of how the AI tool was used within the "Materials and Methods" section.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship/Contributorship
Some journals are integrated with Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT), in order to recognise individual author input within a publication, thereby ensuring professional and ethical conduct, while avoiding authorship disputes, gift / ghost authorship and similar pressing issues in academic publishing. During manuscript submission, the submitting author is strongly recommended to specify a contributo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of interest
During the editorial process, the following relationships between editors and authors are considered conflicts of interest: Colleagues currently working in the same research group or department, recent co-authors, and doctoral students for which the editor served as committee chair. During the submission process, the authors are kindly advised to identify possible conflicts of interest with the jo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
GeneralThe publishing ethics and malpractice policies follow the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (joint statement by COPE, DOAJ, WAME, and OASPA), the NISO Recommended Practices for the Presentation and Identification of E-Journals (PIE-J), and, where relevant, the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Model summary
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
For English, see below Het Maandblad voor Accountancy en Bedrijfseconomie (MAB) biedt onmiddellijk Open Access voor alle artikelen, zonder kosten, voor auteurs of lezers, en hoopt daarmee een nuttige bijdrage te leveren aan de accountancy en bedrijfseconomie en daaraan verwante kennisgebieden. De kosten voor publicatie worden gedragen door de sponsoren en leden van dit tijdschrift. Het copyright v…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Submission, peer review and editorial process
The peer review and editorial processes are facilitated through an online editorial system and a set of email notifications. Pensoft journals’ websites display stepwise description of the editorial process and list all necessary instructions and links. These links are also included in the respective email notification.
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
- Amsterdam University Press
- Country or region
- Netherlands
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0924-6304
- Electronic ISSN
- 2543-1684
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about MAB
How long does peer review take at MAB?
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.
Where are the editorial board members of MAB based?
Of the 12 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Netherlands (12). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index MAB?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, MAB is indexed in DOAJ.
Is MAB open access, and what is the APC?
MAB 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .