Journal profile · Business, Management and Accounting-Accounting
Social and Environmental Accountability Journal
ISSN 0969-160X · eISSN 2156-2245 · Taylor & Francis
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Social and Environmental Accountability Journal: subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 409 days to acceptance (18 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 8% (journal website); 29 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Social and Environmental Accountability Journal is published by Taylor & Francis. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Accounting and Financial Management and Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability, together about 57.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Social and Environmental Accountability Journal (SEAJ) is the official Journal of The Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research. It is a predominantly refereed Journal committed to the creation of a new academic literature in the broad field of social, environmental and sustainable development accounting, accountability, reporting and auditing. The Journal provides a forum for a wide range of different forms of academic and academic-related communications whose aim is to balance honesty and scholarly rigour with directness, clarity, policy-relevance and novelty. SEAJ welcomes all contributions that fulfil the criteria of the journal, including conceptual papers, empirical papers, essays, manuscripts reporting or proposing engagement, commentaries, polemics, and reviews of articles or books. A key feature of SEAJ is that papers are shorter than the word length typically anticipated in academic journals in the social sciences. A clearer breakdown of the proposed word length for each type of paper in SEAJ can be found here. " SEAJ is unique in the social and environmental accounting literature. From emerging issues, to policy engagement, to cutting edge ideas, it leads the way...for research and practice engagement in the latest social and environmental developments, SEAJ is the journal." Professor Lee D. Parker RMIT University, Australia and Glasgow University, Scotland Editor - Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal Peer Review Policy for Research Articles Social and Environmental Accountability Journal is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing high-quality, original research. All submitted manuscripts (conceptual, empirical, essay, reporting or proposing engagement) are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double-anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Policy for the Reviews of Articles and Books Article and book reviews published in SEAJ are handled by the Reviews Editors and are not sent out for independent, anonymous peer-review. Authors are invited to review articles or books for the Journal. By their very nature, reviews express a matter of opinion about previously published work. They are intended to provide an overview of the current literature in the field and help foster engagement and debate. In particular instances, should a reviewed author wish to respon
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Business, Management and Accounting-Accounting
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 3, Australia 2 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting30.5%
- Accounting and Financial ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting16.4%
- Corporate Social Responsibility and SustainabilityBusiness, Management and Accounting10.5%
- Environmental Sustainability in BusinessBusiness, Management and Accounting7.4%
- Accounting Theory and Financial ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting5.4%
- Environmental and Social Impact AssessmentsEnvironmental Science4.3%
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting3.6%
- Sustainable Development and Environmental ManagementEnvironmental Science3%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting | Q2 | 71/191 | 63rd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
ABDC Journal Quality List (2019 Ranking: B), VHB (JOURQUAL3 Ranking: C), CNRS (2019 Ranking: 4)Publisher 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.47Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.61Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 222OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.19OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,012Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 47,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 894 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 15 | 441 |
| 2025 | 29 | 16 | 1,210 |
| 2024 | 27 | 10 | 1,528 |
| 2023 | 22 | 7 | 1,857 |
| 2022 | 18 | 12 | 1,626 |
| 2021 | 28 | 7 | 1,641 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
409 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 203 days – 684 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (18 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 444 days
- Sample
- 18 articles with submission and acceptance dates (47 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 8%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 74 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
Article types accepted7
- commentariesSEAJ welcomes all contributions that fulfil the criteria of the journal, including conceptual papers, empirical papers, essays, manuscripts reporting or proposi…Length not stated
- conceptual papersSEAJ welcomes all contributions that fulfil the criteria of the journal, including conceptual papers, empirical papers, essays, manuscripts reporting or proposi…Length not stated
- empirical papersSEAJ welcomes all contributions that fulfil the criteria of the journal, including conceptual papers, empirical papers, essays, manuscripts reporting or proposi…Length not stated
- essaysSEAJ welcomes all contributions that fulfil the criteria of the journal, including conceptual papers, empirical papers, essays, manuscripts reporting or proposi…Length not stated
- manuscripts reporting or proposing engagementSEAJ welcomes all contributions that fulfil the criteria of the journal, including conceptual papers, empirical papers, essays, manuscripts reporting or proposi…Length not stated
- polemicsSEAJ welcomes all contributions that fulfil the criteria of the journal, including conceptual papers, empirical papers, essays, manuscripts reporting or proposi…Length not stated
- reviews of articles or booksSEAJ welcomes all contributions that fulfil the criteria of the journal, including conceptual papers, empirical papers, essays, manuscripts reporting or proposi…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- AI use
Authors should review the Publisher's AI Policy. Model summary
Authors should also review the Publisher's AI Policy.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Adheres to publisher-level disclosure statements and ethics statement policies for papers reporting research with human participants. Model summary
Social and Environmental Accountability Journal adheres to the publisher-level disclosure statements and ethics statement polices for papers reporting on research with human participants.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Social and Environmental Accountability Journal is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-anonymized peer review; online submission via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Model summary
All peer review is double-anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
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.
Before you submit
Five checks before submitting to Social and Environmental Accountability Journal
- 1ScopeRecent output centres on Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Accounting and Financial Management.Check scope
- 2Article type and formatPrepare text, figures and references as the author guidelines ask.Submission rules
- 3English languagePolish grammar and academic style before you submit: it lowers the risk of rejection for language and improves your chances of acceptance.
- 4FeesYes, amount not published (Publisher website)Fee details
- 5Expected review time409 days · Median, submission to acceptance · 18 articles, last 24 months · CrossrefReview data
The checks are built from this page's data.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0969-160X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2156-2245
- Society / sponsor
- Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 46, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Social and Environmental Accountability Journal
How long does peer review take at Social and Environmental Accountability Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 18 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 409 days (interquartile range 203–684 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 8%. 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 Social and Environmental Accountability Journal based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (3) and Australia (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Social and Environmental Accountability Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Social and Environmental Accountability Journal is indexed in Scopus.
Is Social and Environmental Accountability Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Social and Environmental Accountability Journal is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .