Journal metric profile

Accounting Research Journal

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 2.100 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.500 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 105/241 Recorded category rank

Accounting Research Journal JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Accounting Research Journal is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 2.100, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 105 out of 241 journals in its listed category. A Q2 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 848 total citations, 33 total articles, 36 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.500, which is 0.400 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 2.000. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.600.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 5.2 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 7 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Accounting Research Journal is identified in this record by print ISSN 1030-9616 and electronic ISSN 1839-5465. 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 Research Journal
Abbreviated journalACCOUNT RES J
PublisherEMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank7,872
ISSN1030-9616
eISSN1839-5465
Total cites848
Total articles33
Citable items36
Cited half-life5.2 years
Citing half-life7 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.100
5-Year Impact Factor2.500
Impact Factor without journal self-cites2.000
Journal Citation Indicator0.600
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank105/241
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Accounting Research Journal?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Accounting Research Journal is 2.100 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Accounting Research Journal?

Accounting Research Journal is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Accounting Research Journal?

Accounting Research Journal is listed as being published by EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING 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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