About the Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal
Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal is an interdisciplinary accounting research journal publishing investigations of accounting, auditing and accountability issues and their impacts on policy, practice and society.
Submission information
Accepted manuscript types and word counts
- Research Paper — up to 15000 words
- Poetry, Prose, Literature and Insights — up to 3000 words
- Commentary — up to 3000 words
Please see the article types and word counts section on the about this journal page for more information. The word count includes all text, figures and tables. When estimating your total, please allow 280 words for each figure or table. Read more about the article types for this journal.
Reference style
Use the Harvard reference style. Read more about the reference types for this journal.
Keywords
Please include up to 6 short, relevant keywords that describe the main topics of your paper.
Peer review type
Double anonymous peer review. All submissions are sent to at least 2 independent and anonymous reviewers.
Open access options
This is a hybrid journal. Hybrid journals are subscription journals but offer all authors the option to publish their work open access. If you choose to publish open access you will be required to pay an article processing charge (APC). Alternatively you can opt for the green open access route and self-archive your article (at no cost to the author). Read more about our open access options.
Accepted languages
This journal only accepts manuscripts written in UK or US English.
Accepted submission files
Article files should be provided in Microsoft Word format.
Closes: 31st July 2026
The Special Issue welcomes contributions on all aspects connected to accountability and participation in the context of the provision of public services (either by the public sector or via nonprofit organisations). Different and innovative methodological approaches are encouraged, as are international comparative studies.
Guest editor(s): Laurence Ferry, Noel Hyndman, Mariannunziata Liguori, Henry Midgley
Closes: 31st August 2026
This AAAJ special issue aims to contribute to the academic debate on the role of accounting in fostering resilience ('accounting for resilience') and understanding and evaluating resilience ('accounting of resilience').
Guest editor(s): Laura Mazzola, Leonardo Rinaldi, Ileana Steccolini, Martina Linnenluecke
Closes: 1st December 2026
Re-imaging the audit society by exploring how sustainability assurance reshapes auditor identities, and transforms organizational and institutional processes and structures.
Guest editor(s): Othmar M. Lehner, Hendrik Vollmer, Lies Bouten
Closes: 30th January 2027
This AAAJ special issue aims to encourage thinking differently about processes of evaluation and valuation - moving beyond conventional accounting and accountability frameworks and classical research objects.
Guest editor(s): Amalie Ringgaard, Maude Plante, Michelle Carr, Per Nikolaj Bukh
Open access articles
Metrics snapshot
- 2025 Journal Impact Factor (Clarivate)
- 3.4
- Downloaded articles in the last 12 months
- 573204
Publication timeline
- Time to first decision
- 38.3 days
- Acceptance to publication
- 44 days
- Acceptance rate
- 7.9%
