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Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting

Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2006

ISSN2042-5856

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.

Find the journal’s official page ↗Open the official JCR record on Clarivate ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.889

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.369

Total Worksi

846

Total Citationsi

16,058

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Business, Finance; Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous); Management Information Systems; Accounting.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

Annual Volume~ 131 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications846

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?

2042-5856

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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

2019

1.6k

2020

2.7k

2021

2022

128

2.4k

2023

123

1.8k

2024

143

642

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.

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q1

Management Information SystemsQ1

AccountingQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Business, Finance

Scopus Categories

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)AccountingManagement Information Systems

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Auditing, Earnings Management, GovernanceCorporate Finance and GovernanceCorporate Social Responsibility ReportingFinancial Reporting and Valuation ResearchIslamic Finance and Banking StudiesFinancial Markets and Investment StrategiesEnvironmental Sustainability in BusinessAccounting and Organizational ManagementCorporate Taxation and AvoidanceBanking stability, regulation, efficiency

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting

Is Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting: 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 Financial Reporting and Accounting?

Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting 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 5.75.

Is Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting?