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Accounting · 42 journals ranked · top 40 listed

Best open-access journals for Accounting

The top 40 of 42 Accounting journals, open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by whether OpenAlex and Scimago agree on the subject and how central Accounting is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), leaving out journals both place in another discipline, drawn from a 17,782-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).

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  1. 1
    Cogent Business & Management
    6.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Cogent OA
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  2. 2
    Investment Management and Financial Innovations
    2.2 cites/paper · Q2 · Business Perspectives
    Open AccessScopus
  3. 3
    International Journal of Financial Studies
    2.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  4. 4
    Journal of Governance and Regulation
    2.0 cites/paper · Q3 · Publishing house "Virtus Interpress"
    Open AccessScopus
  5. 5
    International Journal of ADVANCED AND APPLIED SCIENCES
    1.1 cites/paper · Q3 · Institute of Advanced Science Extension (IASE)
    Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
  6. 6
    Zeszyty Teoretyczne Rachunkowości
    0.7 cites/paper · Q4 · Rada Naukowa SKwP
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  7. 7
    Contaduría y Administración
    0.4 cites/paper · Q4 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessScopus
  8. 8
    WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
    1.6 cites/paper · Q4 · World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society
    Open AccessScopus
  9. 9
    The Journal of Social Sciences Research
    2.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  10. 10
    Corporate Ownership and Control
    1.4 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Publishing house "Virtus Interpress"
    Open Access
  11. 11
    International Journal of Professional Business Review
    0.8 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Tutor Treinamento e Desenvolvimento
    Open Access
  12. 12
    Pressacademia
    0.8 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Association of Food Technology, Turkey
    Open Access
  13. 13
    International Journal of Business and Management
    0.7 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Canadian Center of Science and Education
    Open Access
  14. 14
    Jurnal Ilmiah Manajemen Kesatuan
    0.7 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  15. 15
    International Journal of Scientific Research and Management (IJSRM)
    0.7 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  16. 16
    Information Management and Business Review
    0.6 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · International Foundation for Research and Development
    Open Access
  17. 17
    Archives of Business Research
    0.6 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Services for Science and Education
    Open AccessPubMed
  18. 18
    Maandblad Voor Accountancy en Bedrijfseconomie
    0.5 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Amsterdam University Press
    Open AccessDOAJ
  19. 19
    Jurnal Paradigma Akuntansi
    0.4 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  20. 20
    EKUITAS (Jurnal Ekonomi dan Keuangan)
    0.4 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Indonesia Surabaya
    Open Access
  21. 21
    International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting Finance and Management Sciences
    0.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  22. 22
    Boletín de Estudios Económicos
    0.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · University of Deusto
    Open AccessDOAJ
  23. 23
    Jurnal Ilmiah Manajemen Ekonomi & Akuntansi (MEA)
    0.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  24. 24
    EKOMBIS REVIEW Jurnal Ilmiah Ekonomi dan Bisnis
    0.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  25. 25
    Journal of Economic Bussines and Accounting (COSTING)
    0.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  26. 26
    EKONOMIS Journal of Economics and Business
    0.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  27. 27
    Formosa Journal of Multidisciplinary Research
    0.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  28. 28
    The International Journal of Business & Management
    0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Canadian Center of Science and Education
    Open Access
  29. 29
    Dinasti International Journal of Economics Finance & Accounting
    0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  30. 30
    Al-Kharaj Jurnal Ekonomi Keuangan & Bisnis Syariah
    0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  31. 31
    E-Jurnal Akuntansi
    0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Udayana University
    Open Access
  32. 32
    Tanmiyaẗ al-rāfidayn
    0.1 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open AccessDOAJ
  33. 33
    International Review of Economics & Finance
    7.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  34. 34
    Cogent Economics & Finance
    3.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Cogent OA
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  35. 35
    Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research
    2.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  36. 36
    Asian Economic and Financial Review
    1.1 cites/paper · Q3
    Open AccessScopus
  37. 37
    Innovar
    2.1 cites/paper · Q4 · National University of Colombia
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  38. 38
    International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
    1.5 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · EconJournals
    Open AccessScopus
  39. 39
    JURNAL ILMIAH EKONOMI ISLAM
    0.9 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open AccessDOAJ
  40. 40
    International Business Research
    0.8 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Canadian Center of Science and Education
    Open Access

“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.

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Frequently asked

Cogent Business & Management, Investment Management and Financial Innovations, International Journal of Financial Studies, Journal of Governance and Regulation, International Journal of ADVANCED AND APPLIED SCIENCES lead this list, drawn from a 17,782-venue index. The top 40 of 42 ranked venues are listed on this page; 1 is Scimago Q1, 5 Q2, 3 Q3, 4 Q4 and 27 have no Scimago quartile. Journals are placed by two independent classifications, OpenAlex's and Scimago's, plus any documented corrections. A journal both place under Accounting ranks ahead, within its Scimago quartile, of one only OpenAlex places there — because Scimago does not cover it, files it as Multidisciplinary, or files it under a neighbouring subject or only under a broad “(miscellaneous)” category (which counts as agreement when Accounting is the journal's main OpenAlex subfield). 1 journal OpenAlex files under Accounting is left out because OpenAlex's main field for it and Scimago's categories both place it in another discipline. By Scimago quartile first (Q1 → Q4, then venues without one). Within a quartile, journals both sources place under Accounting come first, then venues whose main OpenAlex subfield is Accounting come before those that list it second or third, and ties go to OpenAlex cites/paper over a 2-year window. A venue whose main subfield is unrelated to Accounting — fewer than a quarter of the venues filed under that subfield (or fewer than five) are also filed under Accounting — is listed after all the others. Only open-access venues are included. Cites/paper is a transparent citation rate, not a licensed Impact Factor, and journals flagged as predatory are excluded. For a match to your specific paper use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

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