About the Journal

The objective of BAJ (Behavioral Accounting Journal) is to publish behavioral accounting research articles from various paradigms, both mainstream and non-mainstream. Specifically, BAJ accepts articles of behavioral research in the areas:

  • Financial Accounting
  • Taxation
  • Accounting Information System
  • Accounting for Public Sector or Non-Profit Organizations
  • Auditing
  • Managerial Accounting
  • Capital Market

BAJ's audience includes not only academics but also graduate students, practitioners, and others interested in business research. The journal accepts articles in both English and Indonesian and is published twice a year, in the June (January–June) and December (July–December).

The primary criterion for publication in BAJ is the significance of the article’s contribution to the literature in the behavioral accounting area. The acceptance decision is made based upon an independent review process that provides critically constructive and prompt evaluations of submitted manuscripts.

 

  1. HISTORY OF THE JOURNAL

This journal was established at December 2011 as Jurnal Akuntansi Perilaku Indonesia , and renamed into Behavioral Accounting Journal (BAJ) in November 2017.

 

  1. PEER REVIEW

All submitted manuscripts are read by the editorial staff. Those manuscripts evaluated by editors to be inappropriate to journal criteria are rejected promptly without external review. Manuscripts evaluated to be potential interest to our readership are sent to a blind reviewers. The editors then make a decision based on the reviewer’s recommendation from among several possibilities: rejected, require major revision, need minor revision, or accepted.

The Editor-in-Chief of Behavioral Accounting Journal has the right to decide which manuscripts submitted to the journal should be published

  • Review Guidelines

The Review Guidelines will provide reviewers with criteria for judging a submission's suitability for publication in the journal, and can include any special instructions for preparing an effective and helpful review. In conducting the review, reviewers are presented with two open text boxes, the first "for author and editor," and the second "for editor." Alternatively, the Journal Manager can create a peer review form under Review Forms. In all cases, editors will have the option of including the reviews in corresponding with the author.

  • Review Process

Standard Review Process

Editors will email selected Reviewers the title and abstract of the submission, as well as an invitation to log into the journal website to complete the review. Reviewers enter the journal website to agree to do the review, to download submissions, submit their comments, and select a recommendation. The process includes:

  1. Author submit manuscript
  2. Editor evaluation (some manuscripts are rejected or returned before the review process)
  3. Blind peer review process
  4. Editor decision
  5. Confirmation to the authors

Review Time

The typical period of time allowed is 8-12 weeks for reviews

Note: Can be modified during the editorial process.

Reviewer Access

Reviewers will have access to the submission file only after agreeing to review it.

 

  1. OPEN ACCESS POLICY

    This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

    All articles published Open Access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download.