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Universal Journal of Accounting and Finance
ISSN 2331-9712 · eISSN 2331-9720 · Horizon Research Publishing
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Universal Journal of Accounting and Finance: fully open access; 12 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Universal Journal of Accounting and Finance is published by Horizon Research Publishing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, Financial Analysis and Corporate Governance and Corporate Finance and Governance, together about 26.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Accounting. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Universal Journal of Accounting and Finance, owned and published by Horizon Research Publishing Co. Ltd, is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes original and high-quality research papers in all areas of accounting and finance.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Finance
Editor-in-chief Pier LuigiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Italy 9, Spain 3, United States 2, India 2, Poland 2 (33 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting10.6%
- Financial Analysis and Corporate GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting8.1%
- Corporate Finance and GovernanceBusiness, Management and Accounting8%
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8%
- Corporate Governance and Financial ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting7.2%
- Banking stability, regulation, efficiencyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.2%
- Accounting Theory and Financial ReportingBusiness, Management and Accounting5.2%
- Accounting and Financial ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finance | Q4 | 280/288 | 1st |
| Accounting | Q4 | 152/155 | 1st |
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
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 100OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.38OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 406 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | 281 |
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | 460 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 603 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | 645 |
| 2022 | 95 | 95 | 435 |
| 2021 | 156 | 156 | 292 |
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
- 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics Statement
HRPUB is committed to maintaining the highest quality original research materials. All manuscripts will be subjected to a rigorous peer-review. Any papers suspected of plagiarism, falsification and inauthentic authorship will not be published.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY or CC-BY-NC)
All articles published by HRPUB will be distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License(CC-BY or CC-BY-NC). So anyone is allowed to copy, distribute, and transmit the article on condition that the original article and source is correctly cited.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Open access is the practice of providing unrestricted access to peer-reviewed academic journal articles via the internet. It is also increasingly being provided to scholarly monographs and book chapters. All original research papers published by HRPUB are available freely and permanently accessible online immediately after publication. Readers are free to copy and distribute the contribution under…
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
Three checks before submitting to Universal Journal of Accounting and Finance
- 1ScopeRecent output centres on Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, Financial Analysis and Corporate Governance.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.
The checks are built from this page's data.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Horizon Research Publishing
- ISSN
- 2331-9712
- Electronic ISSN
- 2331-9720
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Universal Journal of Accounting and Finance
Where are the editorial board members of Universal Journal of Accounting and Finance based?
Of the 33 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (9), Spain (3) and United States (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Universal Journal of Accounting and Finance?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Universal Journal of Accounting and Finance is indexed in Scopus.
Is Universal Journal of Accounting and Finance open access, and what is the APC?
Universal Journal of Accounting and Finance is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .