Social and Environmental Accountability Journal

Aims & Scope

Social and Environmental Accountability Journal (SEAJ) is the official Journal of The Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research.

It is a predominantly refereed Journal committed to the creation of a new academic literature in the broad field of social, environmental and sustainable development accounting, accountability, reporting and auditing.

The Journal provides a forum for a wide range of different forms of academic and academic-related communications whose aim is to balance honesty and scholarly rigour with directness, clarity, policy-relevance and novelty.

SEAJ welcomes all contributions that fulfil the criteria of the journal, including empirical papers, review papers and essays, manuscripts reporting or proposing engagement, commentaries and polemics, and reviews of articles or books.

A key feature of SEAJ is that papers are shorter than the word length typically anticipated in academic journals in the social sciences.

A clearer breakdown of the proposed word length for each type of paper in SEAJ can be found here.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.448

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	27

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	12702

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	121

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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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in 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.

• Developments in Social Impact Measurement in the Third Sector: Scaling Up or Dumbing Down?

  Citation: 116

  Authors: Jane, Colin

• Reporting Models do not Translate Well: Failing to Regulate CSR Reporting in Spain

  Citation: 97

  Authors: Mercedes, Carlos

• Incorporating Materiality Considerations into Analyses of Absence from Sustainability Reporting

  Citation: 94

  Authors: Jeffrey, Franco

• Linking Environmental Management Accounting: A Reflection on (Missing) Links to Sustainability and Planetary Boundaries

  Citation: 93

  Authors: Stefan

• Some thoughts on legitimacy theory in social and environmental accounting

  Citation: 89

  Authors: Matthew V.

• Entitlements and Time: Integrated Reporting's Double-edged Agenda

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Dale, Nonna

• A Review of Carbon Accounting in the Social and Environmental Accounting Literature: What Can it Contribute to the Debate?

  Citation: 76

  Authors: Francisco

• Mandatory Disclosure about Environmental and Employee Matters in the Reports of Italian-Listed Corporate Groups

  Citation: 75

  Authors: Ericka, Marisa

• The Water Footprint Assessment Manual. Setting the Global Standard

  Citation: 72

  Authors: Matthew

• Making Social and Environmental Accounting Research Relevant in Developing Countries: A Matter of Context?

  Citation: 71

  Authors: Carol A.

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