About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Applied Accounting and Management Review (AAMAR) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Department of Accounting, Politeknik Negeri Semarang, Indonesia. AAMAR publishes original research articles, case studies, and systematic literature reviews written in English that provide applied insights for practitioners, academics, regulators, and policymakers, particularly in emerging-economy settings.

The scope of AAMAR covers the following fields:

  1. Accounting: financial accounting and reporting, management accounting, public sector accounting, auditing and assurance, internal control, fraud prevention, sustainability and environmental accounting, and Islamic accounting.
  2. Management: strategic management, operations and supply chain management, human resource management, marketing, entrepreneurship, and MSME development.
  3. Finance: corporate finance, investment and capital markets, banking, financial technology, financial literacy, and personal finance.
  4. Taxation: tax compliance, tax policy and administration, tax planning, and digital taxation.
  5. Information Management and Accounting Systems: accounting information systems, digital transformation, data analytics, and information technology governance.

Manuscripts outside these fields, or those without an applied accounting or management perspective, will be returned to the authors without review.

Peer Review Process

All manuscripts submitted to AAMAR must fall within the journal’s Focus and Scope and follow the Author Guidelines and the AAMAR article template. The review process consists of the following stages:

  1. Initial screening. The editor checks scope, template compliance, and similarity using Turnitin. The maximum similarity index is 30% (excluding references), with no more than 4% from any single source. Manuscripts that do not meet these requirements are returned to the authors or declined.
  2. Double-blind peer review. Manuscripts that pass the screening are reviewed by at least two independent reviewers with relevant expertise. The identities of authors and reviewers are concealed from each other. Reviewers assess originality, contribution, methodological rigor, clarity of presentation, currency of references, and research ethics, and are asked to complete their review within 14 days.
  3. Editorial decision. Based on the reviewers’ recommendations, the editor decides to accept, request minor revision, request major revision, or reject the manuscript. Major revisions are sent back to the reviewers for a second round.
  4. Revision. Authors return the revised manuscript within 14 days, together with a table responding to each reviewer comment.
  5. Final decision and publication. The Editor-in-Chief makes the final decision. Accepted manuscripts receive a Letter of Acceptance and then proceed to copyediting, layout, and galley proof approval by the authors before publication.

The time from submission to the first decision is usually 4 to 8 weeks. The order of publication is determined by the Editor-in-Chief based on the date of acceptance, the thematic composition of the issue, and the geographical distribution of authors.

Publication Frequency

Applied Accounting and Management Review (AAMAR) is published twice a year, in April and October.

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 can be read, downloaded, and shared free of charge, without registration. Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).