Journal metric profile

ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS RESEARCH

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 1.400 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.600 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q3 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 148/241 Recorded category rank

ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS RESEARCH JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS RESEARCH is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 1.400, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q3.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 148 out of 241 journals in its listed category. A Q3 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 2,199 total citations, 28 total articles, 28 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.600, which is 1.200 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 1.300. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.510.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 10.7 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 13.5 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS RESEARCH is identified in this record by print ISSN 0001-4788 and electronic ISSN 2159-4260. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS RESEARCH
Abbreviated journalACCOUNT BUS RES
PublisherROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank11,211
ISSN0001-4788
eISSN2159-4260
Total cites2,199
Total articles28
Citable items28
Cited half-life10.7 years
Citing half-life13.5 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.400
5-Year Impact Factor2.600
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.300
Journal Citation Indicator0.510
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ3
JCR category rank148/241
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS RESEARCH?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS RESEARCH is 1.400 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS RESEARCH?

ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS RESEARCH is listed in quartile Q3. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS RESEARCH?

ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS RESEARCH is listed as being published by ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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