Journal of Accounting Research

ISSN 0021-8456 · Wiley · United Kingdom · active 1963–2026

Metrics

Scimago quartile
Q1
Cites per paper (2y)
9.0
SJR
9.774
h-index
295

“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric. Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline.

Indexing & access

ScopusWeb of Science

Access status: unknown. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.

Scope

auditingearningsmanagementgovernanceaccountingcorporatefinancefinancialmarketsinvestmentstrategiesreporting

Frequently asked

Is Journal of Accounting Research a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag Journal of Accounting Research. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, Web of Science, which is a positive signal.

Is Journal of Accounting Research indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, Journal of Accounting Research appears in: Scopus, Web of Science. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.

What is Journal of Accounting Research's impact?

Papers in Journal of Accounting Research are cited about 9.0 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q1, with an h-index of 295. This is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric — and a citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.

Is Journal of Accounting Research open access?

We hold no reliable open-access classification for Journal of Accounting Research. Check the journal's own site for its access model and any article processing charge.

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