Journal of Accounting Research (JAR)

The Journal of Accounting Research (JAR) is an internationally recognized, peer‑reviewed research journal that has shaped accounting scholarship since its inaugural issue in 1963. Affiliated with the Accounting Research Center at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, JAR is published five times annually by Wiley‑Blackwell, blending cutting‑edge theoretical and empirical work. The journal consistently attracts submissions that employ rigorous quantitative and qualitative methods to explore how accounting information and practices affect financial reporting, disclosure, auditing, governance, taxation, managerial decisions, and capital markets. Its scope encourages interdisciplinary approaches, drawing insights from economics, finance, psychology, and sociology to deepen understanding of accounting phenomena. A hallmark of the journal is its publication of research presented at the annual Ray Ball Journal of Accounting Research Conference, which appears as a dedicated issue each year. JAR’s impact is reflected in its frequent ranking among top accounting and business journals, including inclusion in the Financial Times list of leading research publications. With contributions from scholars worldwide, JAR provides a platform for influential findings that shape both academic debate and practical accounting standards and policies. Its readership includes academics, doctoral students, practitioners, and policymakers engaged in advancing accounting research and practice.

Journal of Accounting Research (JAR) is :-

• International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, Finance, Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, It publishes rigorous original research that uses analytical, empirical archival, experimental, and field study methods to address important questions in accounting and its interfaces with finance, economics, statistics, psychology, financial reporting and disclosure, corporate governance and audit quality, taxation and regulatory effects, managerial accounting and decision‑making, information economics and market responses, capital markets and contracting , Online or Print , Bi-Monthly Journal

• UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN P-ISSN: 0021-8456, E-ISSN: 1475-679X, Established: 1963, Impact Factor: 6.3
• Does Not Provide Crossref DOI

• Not indexed in Scopus, WoS, DOAJ, PubMed, UGC CARE