Management Accounting Research

Aims & Scope

Management Accounting Research aims to serve as a vehicle for publishing original scholarly work in the field of management accounting.

The Journal welcomes original research papers using archival, case, experimental, field, survey or any other relevant empirical method, as well as analytical modelling, framework or thought pieces, substantive review articles, and shorter papers such as comments or research notes subject to peer review.

The Journal provides an international forum for the dissemination of original scholarly contributions drawing on any relevant source discipline suitable to examine and elicit novel implications for management accounting practices or systems in use in any type of organization globally.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	4
2024	4.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.224

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	106

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3434

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	232

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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.

• Management control systems as a package—Opportunities, challenges and research directions

  Citation: 1142

  Authors: Teemu, David A.

• Performance management: a framework for management control systems research

  Citation: 1042

  Authors: David

• The design and use of performance management systems: An extended framework for analysis

  Citation: 875

  Authors: Aldónio, David

• Conceptualizing management accounting change: an institutional framework

  Citation: 873

  Authors: John, Robert W.

• The balance on the balanced scorecard a critical analysis of some of its assumptions

  Citation: 697

  Authors: Hanne

• An institutional perspective on performance measurement and management in the ‘new public sector’

  Citation: 525

  Authors: Stan, Sven

• Contemporary performance measurement systems: A review of their consequences and a framework for research

  Citation: 495

  Authors: Monica, Lorenzo, Mike

• Configuring management control systems: Theorizing the integration of strategy and sustainability

  Citation: 460

  Authors: Jean-Pascal, Suzana, Christian, Jeremy

• The contingency theory of management accounting and control: 1980–2014

  Citation: 414

  Authors: David

• A descriptive analysis on the implementation of Balanced Scorecards in German-speaking countries

  Citation: 375

  Authors: Gerhard, Juergen, Thomas

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