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Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2004

ISSN1176-6093eISSN1758-7654

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.

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📊 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

1.027

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.094

Total Worksi

503

Total Citationsi

13,964

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.51

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Business, Finance; Management; Business and International Management; Accounting.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

Annual Volume~ 23 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications503

Publisher OrgEmerald Publishing Limited

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?

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1176-6093 / 1758-7654

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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

390

2019

606

2020

366

2021

698

2022

249

2023

168

2024

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 and International ManagementQ1

AccountingQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business, FinanceManagement

Scopus Categories

AccountingBusiness and International Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Accounting and Organizational ManagementAuditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceManagement and Organizational StudiesAccounting Education and CareersPublic Policy and Administration ResearchCorporate Social Responsibility ReportingCorporate Finance and GovernanceEnvironmental Sustainability in BusinessNonprofit Sector and VolunteeringInnovation and Knowledge Management

Frequently asked questions about Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management

Is Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Qualitative Research in Accounting and 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 Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management?

Qualitative Research in Accounting and 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 2.51.

Is Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management?