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Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2005

ISSN1815-5669eISSN1815-5669

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.801

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.165

Total Worksi

473

Total Citationsi

12,235

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.02

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics explores topics under Institution and Social responsibility, including religiosity and investment, and corporate social responsibility research.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

Annual Volume~ 41 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications473

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1815-5669 / 1815-5669

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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

856

2019

1.2k

2020

545

2021

317

2022

321

2023

222

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.

AccountingQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business, FinanceEconomics

Scopus Categories

Accounting

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Corporate Finance and GovernanceAuditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceFinancial Reporting and Valuation ResearchFinancial Markets and Investment StrategiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesCorporate Taxation and AvoidanceCorporate Social Responsibility ReportingRisk Management in Financial Firms

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics

Is Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics: 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 Contemporary Accounting and Economics?

Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics 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 2.02.

Is Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.