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British Accounting Review

Academic Press · United States · Est. 1988

ISSN1095-8347

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.705

H-Indexi

131

SNIPi

2.378

Total Worksi

1,970

Total Citationsi

71,781

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.16

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The British Accounting Review welcomes the publication of original scholarly papers across the entire spectrum of accounting and finance. The journal is diverse and pluralistic, encouraging contributions that utilize a wide range.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1988

Annual Volume~ 124 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,970

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Academic Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1095-8347

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

3.2k

2019

2020

1.8k

2021

1.9k

2022

1.3k

2023

150

1.4k

2024

148

521

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

AccountingQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business, Finance

Scopus Categories

Accounting

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceCorporate Finance and GovernanceAccounting and Organizational ManagementFinancial Reporting and Valuation ResearchCorporate Social Responsibility ReportingAccounting Education and CareersFinancial Markets and Investment StrategiesEnvironmental Sustainability in BusinessHuman auditory perception and evaluationBanking stability, regulation, efficiency

Frequently asked questions about British Accounting Review

Is British Accounting Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for British Accounting Review: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of British Accounting Review?

British Accounting Review is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 4.16.

Is British Accounting Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

British Accounting Review is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.