Accounting Education

Aims & Scope

Accounting Education is a peer-reviewed international journal devoted to publishing research-based papers on key aspects of accounting education and training of relevance to practitioners, academics, trainers, students and professional bodies, particularly papers dealing with the effectiveness of accounting education or training.

It acts as a forum for the exchange of ideas, experiences, opinions and research results relating to the preparation of students for careers in all walks of life for which accounting knowledge and understanding is relevant.

In particular, for those whose present or future careers are in any of the following: business (for-profit and not-for-profit), public accounting, managerial accounting, financial management, corporate accounting, controllership, treasury management, financial analysis, internal auditing, and accounting in government and other non-commercial organizations, as well as continuing professional development on the part of accounting practitioners.

The coverage includes aspects of accounting education and training policy, curriculum issues, computing matters, and accounting research as it impinges on educational or training issues.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.3
2024	2.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.054

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4428

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	554

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Business, Management and Accounting and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Insights into accounting education in a COVID-19 world

  Citation: 253

  Authors: Alan, Greg, Barbara

• Do Accounting Graduates’ Skills Meet The Expectations of Employers? A Matter of Convergence or Divergence

  Citation: 247

  Authors: Beverley, Paul

• Deep and surface learning: a simple or simplistic dichotomy?

  Citation: 184

  Authors: Vivien, Bill, Bill

• The Expectation-Performance Gap in Accounting Education: An Exploratory Study

  Citation: 183

  Authors: Binh, Brenda

• Mediating effect of use perceptions on technology readiness and adoption of artificial intelligence in accounting

  Citation: 182

  Authors: Hassan, Anwar

• Fostering deep and elaborative learning and generic (soft) skill development: the strategic use of case studies in accounting education

  Citation: 159

  Authors: Gordon, Sarah, Andrea, Helen

• Changing the learning environment to promote deep learning approaches in first-year accounting students

  Citation: 145

  Authors: Matthew, Alan, John

• Do hybrid flexible delivery teaching methods improve accounting students' learning outcomes?

  Citation: 143

  Authors: Carlin, Jayne M., Nikole

• Teaching ethics in accounting and the ethics of accounting teaching: educating for immorality and a possible case for social and environmental accounting education

  Citation: 140

  Authors: Rob, Jan, Ken

• The quality of learning in accounting education: the impact of approaches to learning on academic performance

  Citation: 140

  Authors: Peter, Peter, Rosina

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