Academic Journal Rankings
A single, searchable view of where a journal stands across the rating systems that matter in accounting, finance, management and economics — built for Master's dissertation students, PhD researchers and early-career academics deciding where to read, target and publish.
The Academic Journal Guide (AJG) — produced by the Chartered Association of Business Schools and widely known as the ABS list — is the reference most UK and European business schools use to judge journal quality. Drawing on peer review, expert judgement and citation analysis, it grades journals 4* (world-leading), 4 (top), 3 (highly regarded), 2 (well regarded) and 1 (recognised). The 2024 edition covers 1,822 journals across 22 fields. This page brings the AJG together with the ABDC Journal Quality List, the Financial Times 50 and SCImago (SJR) quartiles, so you can see at a glance how a journal is regarded across the systems that shape research assessment and publication strategy.
| Journal ▲ | Field | AJG 2024 | AJG 2021 | ABDC 2025 | FT50 | SJR |
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AJG ratings are from the Chartered ABS Academic Journal Guide (2024 and 2021 editions); ABDC from the Australian Business Deans Council Journal Quality List 2025 (A*, A, B, C); FT50 from the Financial Times' list of 50 research journals; and SJR quartiles from SCImago / Scopus (2025, "best quartile").
Titles are matched across the lists after normalising punctuation, "&"/"and", subtitles and accents, with manual review of borderline cases. Not every journal appears in every list — a dash (—) or "not available" simply means the journal is not on that particular list (for example, the ABDC does not cover all of the psychology, geography or operations-research journals the AJG includes).
Spotted an inaccuracy? This list was compiled manually, by me, from several genuine sources, so the occasional mismatch is possible. If you find an error, please email me at s.lodh@kingston.ac.uk and I will correct it. Support from the academic community is what keeps this tool accurate and useful for fellow researchers.