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Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1994

ISSN1096-3367eISSN1945-1814

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.74

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.577

Total Worksi

893

Total Citationsi

10,876

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.76

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Business, Finance; Public Administration; Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous); Economics and Econometrics; Finance; Strategy and Management.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

Annual Volume~ 44 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications893

Publisher OrgEmerald Publishing Limited

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1096-3367 / 1945-1814

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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

743

2019

2.6k

2020

2021

459

2022

438

2023

278

2024

163

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.

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Q1

Public AdministrationQ1

Economics and EconometricsQ2

FinanceQ2

Strategy and ManagementQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business, FinancePublic Administration

Scopus Categories

FinanceStrategy and ManagementEconomics and EconometricsPublic AdministrationBusiness, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Local Government Finance and DecentralizationPublic Policy and Administration ResearchFiscal Policies and Political EconomyFiscal Policy and Economic GrowthAccounting and Organizational ManagementAuditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceHousing Market and EconomicsNonprofit Sector and VolunteeringPublic-Private Partnership ProjectsTaxation and Compliance Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management

Is Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management: 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 Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management?

Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management 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 2.76.

Is Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management?