Accounting & Finance Review
Double Blind
Quarterly
22% acceptance rate
Peer Review
Double Blind
OA Type
Hybrid OA
Acceptance
22%
Time to Decision
9 weeks
Frequency
Quarterly
APC
1,800 GBP
H-index (2023)
32
CiteScore (2023)
3.8
About This Journal
Accounting & Finance Review is a subscription-based journal dedicated to advancing knowledge in accounting practice, auditing, corporate governance, and financial markets. Published by Emerald Publishing, the journal provides a rigorous peer-reviewed forum for both quantitative and qualitative research. It bridges accounting scholarship with the needs of standard-setters, regulators, and practitioners.
Aims & Scope
The journal publishes research across accounting and finance:
• Financial accounting: earnings quality, disclosure, and IFRS adoption
• Management accounting: performance measurement, budgeting, and control systems
• Auditing: audit quality, audit fees, and auditor independence
• Corporate governance: board composition, executive compensation, and ownership structure
• Corporate finance: capital structure, investment decisions, and dividends
• Financial markets: asset pricing, market microstructure, and investor behaviour
• Banking and financial institutions: regulation, systemic risk, and credit markets
• Sustainability reporting and ESG accounting
• Accounting history and the sociology of accounting
• Financial accounting: earnings quality, disclosure, and IFRS adoption
• Management accounting: performance measurement, budgeting, and control systems
• Auditing: audit quality, audit fees, and auditor independence
• Corporate governance: board composition, executive compensation, and ownership structure
• Corporate finance: capital structure, investment decisions, and dividends
• Financial markets: asset pricing, market microstructure, and investor behaviour
• Banking and financial institutions: regulation, systemic risk, and credit markets
• Sustainability reporting and ESG accounting
• Accounting history and the sociology of accounting