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Welcome to the Management Accounting Section
MAS strives to improve the teaching, researching and practice of accounting that assists in the effective and efficient management of entities.
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Issues in Accounting Education requests submissions for an issue to be published in 2021.
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See you in August!
The Journal of Management Accounting Research serves as the only American Accounting Association journal that is devoted exclusively to management accounting research. Its primary objective is to contribute to the expansion of knowledge related to the theory and practice of management accounting, by facilitating the production and dissemination of academic research throughout the world. The scope of the journal covers all areas of management accounting including, for example, budgeting, internal reporting, incentives, performance evaluation, and the interface between internal and external reporting. To encourage the growth of management accounting, it is open to all approaches to research, including but not limited to analytical, archival, case study, conceptual, experimental, and survey methods. The journal not only serves as a filter that assures that only the highest quality work is disseminated, but also provides timely and helpful feedback to authors so they may determine how to best develop their own work.
Review process:
- Editorial board includes diverse set of leading scholars
- Careful and constructive comments on papers
- Target turnaround time: two months
- Standard double-blind review by two reviewers
Journal of Management Accounting Research
A Journal of the Management Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association
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The mission of the Journal of Management Accounting Research (JMAR) is to advance the theory and practice of management accounting through publication of high-quality applied and theoretical research, using any well-executed research method. JMAR serves the global community of scholars and practitioners whose work impacts or is informed by the role that accounting information plays in decision-making and performance measurement within organizations. Settings may include profit and not-for profit organizations, service, retail and manufacturing organizations and domestic, foreign, and multinational firms. JMAR furthermore seeks to advance an understanding of management accounting in its broader context, such as issues related to the interface between internal and external reporting or taxation. New theories, topical areas, and research methods, as well as original research with novel implications to improve practice and disseminate the best managerial accounting practices are encouraged.
JMAR publishes 3 issues per year in Spring, Summer, and Fall, and is indexed in Scopus and ESCI.
For more information on the journal and the Management Accounting Section, please click here.
Click here to view the Journal of Management Accounting Research Editorial Board. For additional information on the journal, including its editor team and ranking information, see the Journal Information Packet.
Senior Editor
Michal Matejka
Journal of Management Accounting Research
Arizona State University
E: michal.matejka@asu.edu
Editorial Office
How to Submit a Manuscript
Step 1:
Pay submission fee online (VISA, MasterCard, American Express). If you are unable to pay by credit card or have any questions, please contact the AAA Member Services Team at 941.921.7747 or info@aaahq.org. You will need your payment number when submitting to the journal. See the image below to locate the payment number.
Step 2:
After you receive your Order Confirmation, read the Editorial Policy and Manuscript Prep Guide to ensure your manuscript is ready for submission.
Step 3:
Submit manuscript to the JMAR Peer Review System.
Additional Information
- Calls for Papers
- Special interest forum on sustainability and management accounting with guest editors Cheng, Perego and Soderstrom. Submissions due April 30, 2022
- Special interest forum on managerial accounting for decision-making and planning with guest editors Casas-Arce, Cheng, Grabner and Model, to be published in Spring 2022
- Special interest forum on the interface between managerial accounting and tax with guest editors Baldenius and Dyreng, published in Spring 2021
- Policies on Publication Ethics
- Requests for reprint permission should be directed to the Copyright Clearance Center at www.copyright.com
- News (12/6/2019): JMAR is upgraded to the highest A* ranking in the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) journal list!