Accounting History

Aims & Scope

Accounting History is an international peer-reviewed journal that aims to publish high-quality historical papers.

These could be concerned with exploring the advent and development of accounting bodies, conventions, ideas, practices and rules.

They should attempt to identify the individuals and also the local, time-specific environmental factors which affected accounting, and should endeavour to assess accounting's impact on organisational and social functioning.

The method(s) and/or theoretical framework(s) used should be clearly articulated.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	1.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.549

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10583

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	170

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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 Arts and Humanities and Business, Management and Accounting, 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.

• Historiography for the new millennium: adventures in accounting and management

  Citation: 107

  Authors: Lee D.

• Accounting history research and its diffusion in an international context

  Citation: 93

  Authors: Salvador

• Accounting and religion: a historical perspective

  Citation: 86

  Authors: Salvador, Mahmoud

• Does accounting history matter?

  Citation: 85

  Authors: Delfina, Garry D., Christopher J., Lee D., Brian

• The interplay of conceptions of accounting and schools of thought in accounting history

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Delfina

• Accounting and accountability in local government: Contributions from accounting history research

  Citation: 70

  Authors: Massimo, Delfina

• Accounting history and accounting progress

  Citation: 69

  Authors: Christopher J.

• A theoretical primer for evaluating and conducting historical research in accounting

  Citation: 67

  Authors: Richard K., Patti A., Thomas N.

• Monetising human life: slave valuations on US and British West Indian plantations

  Citation: 66

  Authors: Richard K., David, Thomas N.

• Accrual accounting in the public sector: the case of the New South Wales government

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Mark

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