Journal of Applied Accounting Research

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Applied Accounting Research (JAAR) wants to provide a forum for robust and theoretically substantiated research that aims to solve practical accounting related problems in organisations and the larger society.

We aim to create impact with the research agenda in our journal and want to demonstrate that applied research perfectly complements purely theoretical research and is no less rigorous in its methods and scientific reasoning.

Thus we invite and encourage all scholars in the fields of accounting, finance and governance - but also from economics, management, organization studies and law - to contribute to this mission by submitting their current research in the wide-ranging field of accounting and to choose an open-access path to enable a broad dissemination of their works.

With the JAAR we want to showcase the high-quality nature of contextualised applied accounting research with relevant practical implications and contribute to a field-driven theoretical understanding.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.7

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.925

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	43

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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, Decision Sciences and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 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.

• Board gender diversity and ESG disclosure: evidence from the USA

  Citation: 391

  Authors: Riadh, Maria Giuseppina, Rey, L’Hocine

• Double materiality and the shift from non-financial to European sustainability reporting: review, outlook and implications

  Citation: 142

  Authors: Josef, Karina

• Determinants of audit report lag

  Citation: 125

  Authors: H.A.E.

• The role of audit committee attributes in corporate sustainability reporting

  Citation: 123

  Authors: Amina, Jasim

• Corporate boards, ownership structures and corporate disclosures

  Citation: 122

  Authors: Abdalrhman, Hussein A., Collins G., Ahmed A.

• Between cost and value

  Citation: 116

  Authors: Amina

• A profession in transition: actors, tasks and roles in AI-based accounting

  Citation: 114

  Authors: Susanne, Othmar M., Christoph, Carina

• Sustainable corporate governance and non-financial disclosure in Europe: does the gender diversity matter?

  Citation: 100

  Authors: Giuseppe, Giovanni, Giuseppe, Serena

• Voluntary corporate governance disclosures by post‐Apartheid South African corporations

  Citation: 97

  Authors: Collins G., Kwaku K., Jo, Dennis A.

• Corporate social responsibility disclosure and debt financing

  Citation: 95

  Authors: Amal, Rim, Nadia

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