Research Journals

The “Quarterly Journal of Management” (QJM) aims to create a first-class academic journals in the fields of strategic and entrepreneurial innovation and organizational management. It has a professional and international team of editorial board, and follows a rigorous double anonymous review process. The field editors and reviewers review the manuscripts with a constructive and professional academic attitude and help the authors improve. And the review process is fast and efficient. The second co-editors are Zhang Yuli (Nankai University), Li Haiyang (Rice University, international editor) and Jiang Runtian (Shanghai Jiao Tong University).

The "Quarterly Journal of Management" was selected in the "Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index (CSSCI) Source Collected Papers (2017-2018) Directory", and was also included in China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), CQVIP, Wanfang Database, Airiti Library and other databases. So far, 12 issues of the quarterly journal have been published (the 1st and 2nd issues of 2016 were combined) and received support and recognition from academic committee experts and readers. The WeChat public account has also been widely followed by scholars in relevant fields, helping the authors to integrate into the relevant academic communities.

1.The Overview of the journal:

China Journal of Accounting Research(CJAR, Chinese: 中国会计学刊, ISSN: 1755-3091), founded by the Sun Yat-sen University of China and the City University of Hong Kong in 2008, published by Elsevier, is the first double-blind refereed journal of accounting in the English language in China, with a distinct focus on publishing theoretical and empirical research papers that employ contemporary research methodologies to investigate issues about accounting, finance, auditing and corporate governance in the Greater China region, countries related to the Belt and Road Initiative, and other emerging and developed markets. The editors-in-chief of the journal are professor Yangyang Chen of City University of Hong Kong and professor Junsheng Zhang of Sun Yat-sen University.

2.Aims and Scope:

The focus of the China Journal of Accounting Research is to publish theoretical and empirical research papers that use contemporary research methodologies to investigate issues about accounting, corporate finance, auditing and corporate governance in the Greater China region, countries related to the Belt and Road Initiative, and other emerging and developed markets. The Journal encourages the applications of economic and sociological theories to analyze and explain accounting issues within the legal and institutional framework, and to explore accounting issues under different capital markets accurately and succinctly. The published research articles of the Journal will enable scholars to extract relevant issues about accounting, corporate finance, auditing and corporate governance related to the capital markets and institutional environment.

3.Recognition:

CJAR has been indexed by Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Emerging Sources Citation Index( ESCI), Cabell’s Directory, Scopus, CNKI, Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) Journal Quality List, Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)Journal List , ABS Journal list (in 2018 Academic Journal Guide edition) and “FMS High Quality Journal List in Management Science” (中国《FMS管理科学高质量期刊推荐列表》).
CJAR was rated as 2 in the ABS Journal list and was a ‘B’ ranking in the 2019 Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) Journal list. 
The CiteScore is 4.7, ranking the 49th among 176 international journals in the Accounting category currently. The Journal Impact Factor(JIF) is 1.9. 

4.Conferences:

To provide an interactive platform for scholars interested in accounting issues to exchange interesting research ideas and to promote worldwide recognition of high-quality theoretical and empirical research, CJAR has been organizing the Summer Research Workshop in Hong Kong, China, and an annual symposium in China each year since 2007.
CJAR has organized 5 joint special issue conferences focusing on companies with block shareholders and family firms, respectively, with HEC Paris, Singapore Management University, National University of Singapore, University of Houston and CAPANA.

5.Contact us:

Email: cjar@mail.sysu.edu.cn

CJAR Ranking in Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/21100248934#tabs=1
Online Submission System: https://www.editorialmanager.com/CJARR
Homepage: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/cjar
http://www.cb.cityu.edu.hk/research/cjar/