About the Journal

Accounting and Finance Review (AFR) is dedicated to advance academic research by publishing original scholarly manuscripts concerning issues relevant to the practice of accounting in a wide variety of contexts. The journal provides worldwide forum for the dissemination of original scholarly research which will elaborate the contemporary issues in the disciple and contribute to address these challenges that will be practiced in institutions and corporates globally. It embraces a range of methodological approaches such as analytical, archival, experimental, survey and qualitative case methods that is applied in solving emergent problems and accounting issues.

AFR is a quarterly (March, June, September and December) periodical that considers for publication original articles as per its scope. The journal publishes in English and it is open to authors around the world regardless of the nationality.

The Journal is available globally.

The AFR aims to provide platform for high quality research related to accounting. The subject areas that is relevant to journal scope include:

  • Accounting - Financial accounting, Management accounting, Corporate Governance, Board composition, Financial reporting quality, Intellectual capital accounting, Islamic accounting, Corporate Social Responsibility in governance, Financial reporting and accounting standards, taxation policy and outcomes, Accounting and e-business, Alternative reporting formats, Integrated reporting, Forensic accounting, Accounting education, Earning management, Non-financial performance measurement and reporting, Behavioural financial and accounting research, Education, training, and the role of professional accounting bodies, Accounting and accountability issues in the public sector, NGOs, multinational corporations, The impact of culture, ethnicity, and history on accounting, The role of accounting in socio-economic development and poverty reduction, Theoretical approaches to accounting;
  • Finance - Financial innovations, Financial literacy, International finance, Behavioral corporate finance, Stock market, Risk management, Portfolio analysis, Corporate finance, Trading strategies in financial/derivative markets, Anomalies in financial markets, Mutual and hedge funds, Financial management, Financial decision making, Time value of money, Pricing financial services, Segmenting financial services customers, Wealth management, Regulations affecting financial services marketing, Segmenting financial services customers, Risk measurement and asset pricing.