Journal profile · BUSINESS, FINANCE
Revista de Contabilidad-Spanish Accounting Review
ISSN 1138-4891 · eISSN 1988-4672 · Universidad de Murcia · Spain
Revista de Contabilidad-Spanish Accounting Review: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.74; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 24 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista de Contabilidad-Spanish Accounting Review is published by Universidad de Murcia and is in Zone 4 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, Accounting and Financial Management and Corporate Finance and Governance, together about 35.7% 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
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting15.1%
- Accounting and Financial ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting11.2%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting9.4%
- Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting9%
- Financial Reporting and Valuation ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting6.7%
- Environmental Sustainability in BusinessBusiness, Management and Accounting6%
- Business, Education, Mathematics ResearchBusiness, Management and Accounting4.3%
- Corporate Taxation and AvoidanceBusiness, Management and Accounting4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 4 |
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
SSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 1.74LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- h-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 155OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.23OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 362 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | 78 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 80 |
| 2023 | 30 | 30 | 224 |
| 2022 | 24 | 24 | 201 |
| 2021 | 21 | 21 | 315 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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 | Yes | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | Yes | — |
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
- Universidad de Murcia
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 1138-4891
- Electronic ISSN
- 1988-4672
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista de Contabilidad-Spanish Accounting Review
What CAS zone is Revista de Contabilidad-Spanish Accounting Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Revista de Contabilidad-Spanish Accounting Review is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 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 Revista de Contabilidad-Spanish Accounting Review?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.74; CiteScore 3.2, h-index 38.
How long does peer review take at Revista de Contabilidad-Spanish Accounting Review?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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.
Which databases index Revista de Contabilidad-Spanish Accounting Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista de Contabilidad-Spanish Accounting Review is indexed in SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Revista de Contabilidad-Spanish Accounting Review open access, and what is the APC?
Revista de Contabilidad-Spanish Accounting Review 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; 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: .