The Accounting Finance & Governance Review (E-ISSN 2737-7482), formerly the Irish Accounting Review, is the official journal of the Irish Accounting and Finance Association (the premier association of Accounting and Finance academics at higher education establishments in Ireland) has been published since 1994. In addition to its unique Irish emphasis, it has always had a significant international focus, in both its editorial board and in the source of papers it has published. This is reflected in the name change, and change in editorial policy, in 2013, which sought to signal its focus more clearly. The journal is dedicated to publishing high-quality original scholarly work in accounting, finance and governance (which reflects the focus of the scholarly interest and research activity of its readers). The vast majority of papers published reflect the use of international data and focus on issues of wide significance, and the authors (and editorial board members) are drawn from a broad intercontinental academic community.
The journal uses rigorous standards of peer review, utilising well-established academics as reviewers and as members of its editorial board. The Journal aims to publish at least two regular issues per calendar year, with a minimum of three research articles in each issue.
The Journal is currently funded by the Chartered Accountants Ireland Educational Trust and is run on a not-for-profit basis. The Journal does not have an editorial office but any queries can be addressed directly to the Journal Editors through the email addresses outlined below.
In 2021 the Journal moved to a fully-online, open-access model. Prior to this, the Journal was available in print only, with copyright held by the Irish Accounting & Finance Association. As part of the Journal’s move to a fully-online open-access platform, all back issues of the Journal have been made available online and open-access.
In the unlikely event of the Journal ceasing publication, a full archive of all previous journal articles would become freely accessible on a dedicated section of the Irish Accounting & Finance Association’s main website, located at www.iafa.ie.
Editors:
Breda Sweeney
Discipline of Accountancy & Finance,
J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics,
NUI Galway,
Ireland.
Email: breda.sweeney@nuigalway.ie
Philip O’Regan
Department of Accounting,
University of Limerick,
Ireland.
Email: philip.oregan@ul.ie
Sheila O’Donohoe
Business - Accounting and Economics
Waterford Institute of Technology,
Ireland.
Email: sodonohoe@wit.ie
Assistant Editor
Mike Farrell
Accounting & Finance Department,
Cork University Business School,
University College Cork,
Ireland.
Email: mike.farrell@ucc.ie