Information For Librarians

Petaling Jaya Journal of Accounting and Financial Studies is an international open-access scholarly journal that supports librarians in providing reliable, high-quality academic resources to their users. The journal encourages librarians to include this journal in their electronic journal collections, institutional repositories, and library discovery systems.

All articles published in the Petaling Jaya Journal of Accounting and Financial Studies are freely accessible without subscription or access fees, ensuring long-term availability and broad dissemination of scholarly content. The journal publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research in accounting and financial studies, including financial accounting, management accounting, auditing, finance, banking, taxation, capital markets, corporate governance, risk management, and sustainability reporting, making it a valuable resource for students, researchers, educators, and policymakers.

The journal supports library services by offering stable access to published content, clear publication metadata, and open licensing under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) License, which allows libraries to archive, share, and distribute journal content with proper attribution.

Why Recommend PJJ-AFS to Your Library Users?

  • Fully open-access content with no subscription costs

  • High-quality, peer-reviewed international research

  • Relevant coverage of accounting and financial studies

  • Suitable for inclusion in institutional repositories and library databases

  • Supports teaching, research, and evidence-based financial and policy decision-making

We encourage research librarians to list this journal among their library’s electronic journal holdings. In addition, the journal’s open-source publishing system is suitable for libraries to host and support faculty members involved in journal editing and scholarly publishing activities (using Open Journal Systems).