UNAIR NEWS 鈥聽Asian Journal of Accounting Research聽(AJAR) has succeeded in being indexed as a Scopus Q2 journal.聽It was conveyed by Iman Harymawan SE MBA PhD,聽editor-in-chief聽of the AJAR, in an interview on Sunday, June 26, 2022.
The lecturer in Department of Accounting at 东京热 said that AJAR, from the beginning, had aimed for international publications since it was first published in 2016. To realize this, AJAR collaborated with Emerald Group Publishing as a聽publisher聽for this journal.
鈥淎t that time, my team discussed and suggested we collaborate with international聽publisher.聽And the publisher we worked with was Emerald,” said Iman.
He said that from this collaboration with international聽publisher, AJAR gained international visibility.聽鈥淢any editors and educators from abroad have signed up to become editors at the AJAR.聽From there, finally, there are many choices for journal managers,” said Iman.
AJAR currently has 12聽associate editors, 2聽international editorial advisory boards,聽and 23聽consulting editors聽who are not only from Indonesia but also from Brunei Darussalam, England, United States, Bahrain, Turkey, Malaysia, etc.
Moreover, in 2019, AJAR also registered to the ABDC (Australian Business Deans Council), a council consisting of business schools in Australia.聽“From there, we gained acknowledgment.聽More and more people are聽submitting聽to our journals,” said Iman.
This AJAR journal does not only accept articles from the scope of Accounting, but also from Finance聽as it is the pattern of international journal publications.聽“The main topic is still聽Accounting聽and聽the sub-core聽is聽finance,” explained Iman.
AJAR is currently trying to maintain the quality of publication amid the increasing number of published articles. “That’s why we have a strategy. Now the conference that we hold is not being developed in Indonesia,鈥 explained Iman. This year, the AJAR conference will be held in Bahrain with Ahlia University as the host of the conference.
At the end of the interview, Iman hoped that AJAR Journal will become an accounting journal referred by world researchers for studies on Asia.聽“So, if you want to study accounting Asian countries or聽developing countries, one of the main reference journals is AJAR,” he concluded.
Author: Agnes Ikandani
Editor: Nuri Hermawan
