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China Journal of Accounting Research Template

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About the China Journal of Accounting Research format

China Journal of Accounting Research is a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier, covering Corporate Finance and Governance, Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies.

PublisherElsevier
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', China Journal of Accounting Research, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inCorporate Finance and Governance Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Corporate Taxation and Avoidance Financial Reporting and Valuation Research
ISSN1755-3091
Citation impact (2-yr)2.68
h-index49
i10-index212
Total citations9,117
Article processing charge$1,800
Open accessYes
Top institutions publishing hereSun Yat-sen University
Journal websitewww.journals.elsevier.com
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Papers published in China Journal of Accounting Research per year

18
2014
17
2015
20
2016
14
2017
20
2018
23
2019
24
2020
30
2021
39
2022
30
2023
42
2024
33
2025

Citation impact of China Journal of Accounting Research by publication year

558
2014
523
2015
736
2016
842
2017
688
2018
474
2019
1.2K
2020
300
2021
542
2022
563
2023
239
2024
52
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in China Journal of Accounting Research

State-owned enterprises in China: A review of 40 years of research and practice

Karen Jingrong Lin, LU Xiao-yan, Junsheng Zhang et al. · 15 Feb 2020

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) are important components of the Chinese economy. Although SOEs are generally considered inefficient in operations, China’s economy, which relies heavily on SOEs, has been highly successful over the last four decades. This indicates the importance of SOEs in China’s past and future economic success. Therefore, in this study, we review the literature…

ESG in China: A review of practice and research, and future research avenues

Hongtao Shen, Honghui Lin, Wenqi Han et al. · 11 Sep 2023

This paper reviews the practice and research on environmental, social and governance (ESG) in China. It finds that (1) under China’s top-down framework, ESG practices have grown substantially in ESG disclosure, ESG rating and ESG investing; and (2) ESG research has focused on corporate ESG disclosure and performance as well as ESG investing. Although the…

Economic policy uncertainty, credit risks and banks’ lending decisions: Evidence from Chinese commercial banks

Qinwei Chi, Wenjing Li · 18 Jan 2017

Using data for Chinese commercial banks from 2000 to 2014, this paper examines the effects of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on banks’ credit risks and lending decisions. The results reveal significantly positive connections among EPU and non-performing loan ratios, loan concentrations and the normal loan migration rate. This indicates that EPU increases banks’ credit risks…

State ownership and firm performance: Empirical evidence from Chinese listed companies

Mei Yu · 25 Apr 2013

While the relationship between state ownership and firm performance has been widely researched, the empirical evidence has provided mixed results. This study applies panel data regression techniques to 10,639 firm-year observations of non-financial Chinese listed firms during 2003–2010 to examine the relationship between state ownership and firm performance. The results show that state ownership has…

Annual report readability and corporate agency costs

Jin‐hui Luo, Xue Li, Huayang Chen · 18 Jun 2018

Annual reports are the main sources of information for outside investors’ investment decisions and enable shareholders to supervise the management. Difficulties with the readability of these reports may therefore have serious consequences. Using 19,221 firm-year observations of Chinese A-share listed firms from 2001 to 2015, we investigate the association between annual report readability and corporate…

China Journal of Accounting Research template — frequently asked questions

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What reference style does China Journal of Accounting Research use?
China Journal of Accounting Research uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', China Journal of Accounting Research, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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