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Best Accounting journals

191 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Accounting. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 48 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Journal of Financial Economics 20.7 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
2 Journal of Finance 16.8 99th Q1 SSCI A* No
3 Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting 16.2 98th Q1 SSCI A No
4 Review of Finance 16 98th Q1 SSCI A* No
5 Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 15.7 97th Q1 SSCI A No
6 Accounting in Europe 14.5 97th Q1 ESCI A No
7 International Journal of Accounting Information Systems 14.5 96th Q1 SSCI A No
8 Journal of Accounting Research 13.4 96th Q1 SSCI A* No
9 Review of Financial Studies 13.2 95th Q1 SSCI A* No
10 Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting 12.3 95th Q1 ESCI C No
11 Journal of Accounting and Economics 11.7 94th Q1 SSCI A* No
12 Journal of Business and Socio-economic Development 11.6 93th Q1 Yes
13 Journal of Applied Accounting Research 11.4 93th Q1 ESCI B No
14 Journal of Technology Transfer 11.1 92th Q1 SSCI A No
15 Journal of Economics and Development 11 92th Q1 ESCI C Yes
16 Critical Perspectives on Accounting 10.9 91th Q1 SSCI A No
17 Journal of Risk Finance 10.9 91th Q1 ESCI B No
18 Meditari Accountancy Research 10.8 90th Q1 ESCI A No
19 Review of Accounting Studies 10.7 90th Q1 SSCI A* No
20 Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal 10.5 89th Q1 SSCI A* No
21 British Accounting Review 10.4 89th Q1 SSCI A* No
22 International Journal of Accounting and Information Management 9.9 88th Q1 ESCI B No
23 Work, Employment and Society 9 88th Q1 SSCI A No
24 International Journal of Finance and Economics 9 87th Q1 SSCI B No
25 Asian Journal of Accounting Research 8.9 87th Q1 B Yes
26 Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies 8.9 86th Q1 ESCI B No
27 Management Accounting Research 8.8 86th Q1 SSCI A* No
28 Financial Management 8.7 85th Q1 SSCI A* No
29 Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research 7.9 85th Q1 ESCI C No
30 Review of Corporate Finance 7.6 84th Q1 A No
31 Accounting Education 7.5 83th Q1 ESCI A No
32 European Accounting Review 7.5 83th Q1 SSCI A* No
33 Accounting Review 7.5 82th Q1 SSCI A* No
34 Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice 7.5 82th Q1 SSCI B No
35 Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management 7.4 81th Q1 SSCI A No
36 Contemporary Accounting Research 7.3 81th Q1 SSCI A* No
37 Australian Accounting Review 7.1 80th Q1 SSCI B No
38 Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change 7.1 80th Q1 ESCI B No
39 Accounting Forum 7.1 79th Q1 SSCI A No
40 Accounting, Organizations and Society 7.1 79th Q1 SSCI A* No
41 Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 7.1 78th Q1 SSCI A* No
42 Journal of Management Control 6.9 78th Q1 ESCI A No
43 Accounting Research Journal 6.8 77th Q1 ESCI B No
44 European Financial Management 6.8 77th Q1 SSCI A No
45 Review of Accounting and Finance 6.7 76th Q1 ESCI B No
46 China Journal of Accounting Research 6.6 76th Q1 ESCI A Yes
47 Cogent Business and Management 6.5 75th Q1 ESCI C Yes
48 Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting 6.3 75th Q1 ESCI B No
49 International Journal of Digital Accounting Research 6.3 74th Q2 B No
50 Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation 6 74th Q2 ESCI B No
51 Mathematical Finance 5.7 73th Q2 SCIE, SSCI A No
52 World Economy 5.6 73th Q2 SSCI A No
53 Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 5.6 72th Q2 SSCI A No
54 Review of Behavioral Finance 5.5 71th Q2 ESCI B No
55 Journal of Risk and Financial Management 5.5 71th Q2 No
56 Accounting and Finance 5.4 70th Q2 SSCI A No
57 International Journal of Disclosure and Governance 5.4 70th Q2 ESCI B No
58 Auditing 5.3 69th Q2 SSCI A* No
59 World Bank Economic Review 5.1 69th Q2 SSCI A No
60 Pacific Accounting Review 5.1 68th Q2 ESCI B No
61 Journal of Information Systems 5 68th Q2 SSCI A No
62 Journal of Sustainable Finance and Accounting 5 67th Q2 No
63 Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction 4.9 67th Q2 ESCI C No
64 Accounting and Business Research 4.9 66th Q2 SSCI A No
65 Journal of Financial Services Research 4.8 66th Q2 SSCI A No
66 Journal of Accounting Literature 4.8 65th Q2 ESCI A No
67 Asian Review of Accounting 4.7 65th Q2 ESCI B No
68 Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting 4.6 64th Q2 ESCI B No
69 Journal of Business Finance and Accounting 4.5 63th Q2 SSCI A* No
70 Social and Environmental Accountability Journal 4.5 63th Q2 B No
71 Risks 4.5 63th Q2 ESCI Yes
72 Financial Analysts Journal 4.4 62th Q2 SSCI A No
73 Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance 4.4 62th Q2 ESCI A No
74 Accounting Horizons 4.3 61th Q2 SSCI A No
75 Advances in Environmental Accounting and Management 4.2 60th Q2 B No
76 Journal of Risk and Insurance 4.2 60th Q2 SSCI A No
77 Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics 4.2 59th Q2 SSCI A No
78 Abacus 4.1 59th Q2 SSCI A No
79 Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 4.1 58th Q2 SSCI A* No
80 New England Journal of Entrepreneurship 4 58th Q2 C Yes
81 Journal of Accounting Education 4 57th Q2 B No
82 Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics 3.9 57th Q2 SSCI B No
83 Real Estate Economics 3.9 56th Q2 SSCI A No
84 Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 3.7 56th Q2 SSCI A* No
85 Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 3.7 55th Q2 SSCI A* No
86 Investment Analysts Journal 3.6 55th Q2 SSCI B No
87 ASTIN Bulletin 3.6 54th Q2 SCIE, SSCI A* No
88 Journal of Futures Markets 3.6 54th Q2 SSCI A No
89 Contemporary Economics 3.5 53th Q2 ESCI C Yes
90 Studies in Managerial and Financial Accounting 3.5 53th Q2 No
91 International Journal of Auditing 3.4 52th Q2 SSCI A No
92 South African Journal of Accounting Research 3.4 52th Q2 ESCI C No
93 International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting 3.4 51th Q2 ESCI B No
94 Journal of the American Taxation Association 3.4 51th Q2 ESCI A No
95 Issues in Accounting Education 3.3 50th Q2 ESCI A No
96 Revista de Contabilidad-Spanish Accounting Review 3.2 50th Q2 SSCI B Yes
97 Journal of Management Accounting Research 3.1 49th Q3 ESCI A* No
98 Financial Markets and Portfolio Management 3.1 48th Q3 ESCI B No
99 International Tax and Public Finance 3 48th Q3 SSCI A No
100 GENEVA Risk and Insurance Review 3 47th Q3 SSCI B No

Rank and percentile are within the Accounting Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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