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Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal
ISSN 2040-8021 · eISSN 2040-803X · Emerald
Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal: CAS Zone 3 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 8.74; hybrid open access; 89 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal is published by Emerald 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 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Environmental Sustainability in Business and Sustainable Supply Chain Management, together about 55.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Corporate Social Responsibility ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting26.7%
- Environmental Sustainability in BusinessBusiness, Management and Accounting20.3%
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting8.4%
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting5.8%
- Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.1%
- Management and Organizational StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting4%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting3.9%
- Sustainable Finance and Green BondsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance2.6%
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 | Environmental Studies | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Business, Finance | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview 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 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Management | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 8.74LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 15.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.81LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 80OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 458OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 8.28OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 14.22%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 76LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 697 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36 | 10 | 23 |
| 2025 | 89 | 30 | 355 |
| 2024 | 75 | 20 | 1,278 |
| 2023 | 70 | 27 | 2,174 |
| 2022 | 44 | 21 | 2,069 |
| 2021 | 48 | 21 | 1,731 |
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
- ISSN
- 2040-8021
- Electronic ISSN
- 2040-803X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal
What CAS zone is Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal is in Zone 3 of Management, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Business, Finance / Environmental Studies / Management. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 8.74; CiteScore 15.7, h-index 80.
Which databases index Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal 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: .