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Accounting · 103 journals ranked · top 40 listed

Best open-access journals for Accounting

The top 40 of 103 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 17,500-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).

Data as of — the date our venue index was last rebuilt from OpenAlex and Scimago.

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  1. 1
    International Review of Economics & Finance
    7.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  2. 2
    Investment Management and Financial Innovations
    2.5 cites/paper · Q2 · Business Perspectives
    Open AccessScopus
  3. 3
    Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research
    3.3 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  4. 4
    International Journal of Financial Studies
    3.4 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  5. 5
    Asian Economic and Financial Review
    1.3 cites/paper · Q3 · Conscientia Beam
    Open AccessScopus
  6. 6
    Journal of Governance and Regulation
    2.3 cites/paper · Q3 · Publishing house "Virtus Interpress"
    Open AccessScopus
  7. 7
    Zeszyty Teoretyczne Rachunkowości
    0.8 cites/paper · Q4 · Rada Naukowa SKwP
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  8. 8
    Contaduría y Administración
    0.5 cites/paper · Q4 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessScopus
  9. 9
    WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
    1.7 cites/paper · Q4 · World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society
    Open AccessScopus
  10. 10
    Future Business Journal
    5.7 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJWeb of Science
  11. 11
    Krakow Review of Economics and Management/Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie
    1.9 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Krakow University of Economics
    Open AccessDOAJ
  12. 12
    International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
    1.9 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · EconJournals
    Open AccessScopus
  13. 13
    Corporate Ownership and Control
    1.6 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Publishing house "Virtus Interpress"
    Open Access
  14. 14
    Modern economic management
    1.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Viser Technology Pte. Ltd.
    Open Access
  15. 15
    International Journal of Professional Business Review
    1.0 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Tutor Treinamento e Desenvolvimento
    Open Access
  16. 16
    Problems of Theory and Methodology of Accounting Control and Analysis
    0.9 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  17. 17
    International Journal of Business and Management
    0.9 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Canadian Center of Science and Education
    Open Access
  18. 18
    Pressacademia
    0.9 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Association of Food Technology, Turkey
    Open Access
  19. 19
    Information Management and Business Review
    0.8 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · International Foundation for Research and Development
    Open Access
  20. 20
    Maandblad Voor Accountancy en Bedrijfseconomie
    0.7 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Amsterdam University Press
    Open AccessDOAJ
  21. 21
    Jesya (Jurnal Ekonomi & Ekonomi Syariah)
    0.6 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Al-Washliyah
    Open Access
  22. 22
    Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska sectio H Oeconomia
    0.6 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
    Open AccessDOAJ
  23. 23
    Ovidius University Annals Economic Sciences Series
    0.6 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Ovidius University Press
    Open AccessDOAJ
  24. 24
    Archives of Business Research
    0.6 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Services for Science and Education
    Open AccessPubMed
  25. 25
    Jurnal Paradigma Akuntansi
    0.5 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Tarumanagara University
    Open Access
  26. 26
    EKUITAS (Jurnal Ekonomi dan Keuangan)
    0.4 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Indonesia Surabaya
    Open Access
  27. 27
    International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting Finance and Management Sciences
    0.4 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
    Open Access
  28. 28
    Jurnal Ilmiah Manajemen Ekonomi & Akuntansi (MEA)
    0.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  29. 29
    Studia i Prace Kolegium Zarządzania i Finansów / Szkoła Główna Handlowa
    0.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  30. 30
    EKOMBIS REVIEW Jurnal Ilmiah Ekonomi dan Bisnis
    0.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Dehasen University
    Open Access
  31. 31
    SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL OF REFLECTION Economic Accounting Management and Business
    0.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  32. 32
    EKONOMIS Journal of Economics and Business
    0.3 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Universitas Batanghari
    Open Access
  33. 33
    JURNAL ILMIAH EKONOMI ISLAM
    0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open AccessDOAJ
  34. 34
    Dinasti International Journal of Economics Finance & Accounting
    0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  35. 35
    SENTRI Jurnal Riset Ilmiah
    0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Institut Pendidikan Nusantara Global
    Open Access
  36. 36
    JIMAT (Jurnal Ilmiah Mahasiswa Akuntansi) Undiksha
    0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Ganesha University of Education
    Open Access
  37. 37
    The International Journal of Business & Management
    0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Canadian Center of Science and Education
    Open Access
  38. 38
    International Journal of Economics Business and Accounting Research (IJEBAR)
    0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    Open Access
  39. 39
    Al-Kharaj Jurnal Ekonomi Keuangan & Bisnis Syariah
    0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile · Institut Agama Islam Nasional Laa Roiba
    Open Access
  40. 40
    Journal of Economic Bussines and Accounting (COSTING)
    0.2 cites/paper · no Scimago quartile
    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

International Review of Economics & Finance, Investment Management and Financial Innovations, Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research, International Journal of Financial Studies, Asian Economic and Financial Review lead this list, drawn from a 17,500-venue index. The top 40 of 103 ranked venues are listed on this page; 1 is Scimago Q1, 3 Q2, 2 Q3, 3 Q4 and 31 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). 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. Where cites/paper decides, a journal with fewer than 30 papers in OpenAlex over the four most recent publication years is listed after those with more: a two-year average over so few papers can rest on a single article (1 of the 103 journals ranked here is below that floor; it is not among the 40 shown). 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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