About this journal

Aims and scope

Now included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)!

Accounting Education is a peer-reviewed international journal devoted to publishing research-based papers on key aspects of accounting education and training of relevance to practitioners, academics, trainers, students and professional bodies, particularly papers dealing with the effectiveness of accounting education or training.

It acts as a forum for the exchange of ideas, experiences, opinions and research results relating to the preparation of students for careers in all walks of life for which accounting knowledge and understanding is relevant. In particular, for those whose present or future careers are in any of the following: business (for-profit and not-for-profit), public accounting, managerial accounting, financial management, corporate accounting, controllership, treasury management, financial analysis, internal auditing, and accounting in government and other non-commercial organizations, as well as continuing professional development on the part of accounting practitioners.

The coverage includes aspects of accounting education and training policy, curriculum issues, computing matters, and accounting research as it impinges on educational or training issues.

Peer Review Policy:
All articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review based on initial screening by the Editor followed by double-anonymized refereeing involving two anonymous reviewers and an Associate Editor. Reviewers are expected to abide by COPE's ethical guidelines for peer reviewers.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 141K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 2.5 (2023) Impact Factor
  • Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
  • 3.5 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 8.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 2.263 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.905 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 21 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 104 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 11 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 19% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Founding Editor:
Richard M. S. Wilson (deceased)

Editor-in-Chief:
Alan Sangster
University of Aberdeen, Scotland

Editors:
Barbara Flood
Dublin City University, Ireland

Greg Stoner
University of Glasgow, Scotland

Senior Associate Editors:
Ilse Lubbe - University of Cape Town, South Africa
Dianne McGrath - Charles Stuart University, Australia
Carol Springer Sargent – Mercer University, USA

Associate Editors:
Nicola Beatson - University of Otago, New Zealand
Silvia Casa-Nova - University of São Paulo, Brazil
Patricia Everaert - Ghent University, Belgium
Margaret Healy - University College Cork, Ireland
Linda Hickson - De Montfort University, England
Amr Kotb - Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
Fawzi Laswad - Massey University, New Zealand
Louella Moore - Washburn University, USA
Brid Murphy - Dublin City University, Ireland
Gary Spraakman - York University, Canada
Meredith Tharapos - RMIT University, Australia
Norbert Tschakert - Salem State University, USA
Paul Wells - Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Editorial Advisory Board:
Gordon Boyce – La Trobe University, Australia
Edgard Cornacchione - University of São Paulo, Brazil
Billie M. Cunningham - University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
Timothy J. Fogarty - Case Western Reserve University, USA
Giuseppe Galassi - University of Parma, Italy
Neil Marriott - University of Winchester, England
Akihiro Noguchi – Nagoya University, Japan
Recep Pekdemir - Istanbul University, Turkey
Sue Ravenscroft - Iowa State University, USA
Lesley Stainbank - University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Editorial Review Board:
Ralph Adler - University of Otago, New Zealand
Joan Ballantine - University of Ulster, Northern Ireland
Terje Berg - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Cynthia Blanthorne – University of Rhode Island, USA
Jacqueline L. Birt - University of Western Australia, Australia
Robert Bloom - John Carroll University, USA
Charles Brown – Penn State Behrend, USA
Amanda Carter - University of South Australia, Australia
Stephen Coetzee - University of Pretoria, South Africa
Louise Crawford - University of Newcastle, England
Susan Curtis - University of Illinois, USA
Jim DiGabriele - Montclair State University, USA
Richard B. Dull - West Virginia University, USA
John Dumay - MacQuarie University, Australia
Federica Farneti - Bologna University, Italy
Aldonio Ferreira - Monash University, Australia
Leonor Ferreira - Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
Christopher Flanagan - University of Glasgow, Scotland
Elizabeth Gammie - Robert Gordon University, Scotland
Irene M. Gordon - Simon Fraser University, Canada
Louise Gracia - University of Warwick, England
Duncan Honoré-Morris - Torrens University, Australia
Keith Howson - La Sierra University, USA
Joleen Kremin - Portland State University, USA
Orthodoxia Kyriacou - University of Middlesex, England
Sarah Liu – Praire View A&M University, USA
Nick McGuigan - Monash University, Australia
John Medlin - University of South Australia, Australia
Antti Miihkinen, University of Turku, Finland
Riccardo Natoli - Victoria University, Australia
Brendan O’Connell - RMIT University, Australia
Catriona Paisey - University of Glasgow, Scotland
Luckmika Perera - Deakin University, Australia
Erica Pimentel - Queen’s University, Canada
Katharina Rahnert - Karlstad University, Sweden
Regan N. Schmidt - University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Vyacheslav Sokolov - ZAO 'PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit', Russia
Gary Schneider, California State University, Monterey Bay, USA
Carol Springer Sargent - Middle Georgia State College, USA
Lorna Stevenson - St Andrews University, Scotland
Gustavo Tanaka - Doshisha University, Japan
Claudia Teixeira - ISCAP/IPP, Portugal
Vangelis Tsiligkiris - Nottingham Trent University, England
David Tyrrall - Staffordshire University, England
Karen Van Peursem - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Mary A. Vera-Colina – Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Columbia
Anna Vysotskaya - NRU Higher School of Economics, Russia
Jenny (Jing) Wang - University of Wollongong, Australia
Jason Xiao – University of Macau, Macau
Helen Xu - University of North Georgia, USA
Sisi Zou - University of Glasgow, Scotland
Yanru Zou - University of Glasgow, Scotland

IAAER Editorial Consultant:
Keryn Chalmers - Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Abstracting and indexing

Accounting Education is currently abstracted and indexed in:

AB I/Inform; British Education Index; Contents Pages in Education; EBSCO (Business Source Corporate, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, Professional Development Collection, TOC Premier); Educational Research Index; Emerald Abstracts (Emerald Management Reviews); OCLC ArticleFirst Database and OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online;PsycINFO; Research into Higher Education Abstracts; SCOPUS;and Swets Information Services

Open access

Accounting Education is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.

Why choose open access?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

Article Publishing Charges (APC)

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News, offers and calls for papers

News and offers

  • Included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
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Society information

Members of the following groups can receive an individual print subscription to Accounting Education at a special society member rate. Please see the pricing or subscribe page for details.

  • Accounting and Finance Association of Australia & New Zealand (AFAAZ)
  • British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA)
  • International Association for Accounting Education and Research (IAAER).

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