Submission guidelines

Submission Guidelines

All manuscripts are subject to a double-blind peer review and editorial process in accordance with Emerald Publishing policies. Previous volumes can be found here.

Authors should submit their manuscripts directly to the Editor, Olayinka Moses ([email protected]), or the listed special issue editor(s) (if applicable).

Preparing your manuscript for submission

FormatArticle files should be provided in Microsoft Word format.
Title page

A separate title page file should be submitted. This title page should contain the following: 

Author details 

List the full name of all contributing authors in publication order, including their respective: 

  • Email address (institutional preferred).
  • Author affiliation This should be where they were based when the research for the paper was conducted. 

Biographies 

AEAM requires a brief professional biography of not more than 150 words supplied for each named author. 

Research funding and acknowledgements 

Your article must reference all sources of external research funding and relevant acknowledgements.

Article length / word count

Articles should be between 6,000 and 9,000 words in length. This includes all text, for example, the structured abstract, references, all text in tables, and figures and appendices.

 Please allow 250 words for structured abstract.

Structured abstract

All submissions must include a structured abstract, following the format outlined below. 

These four sub-headings and their accompanying explanations must always be included: 

  • Purpose
  • Design/methodology/approach
  • Findings
  • Originality 

The following three sub-headings are optional and can be included, if applicable: 

  • Research limitations/implications
  • Practical implications
  • Social implications

The maximum length of your abstract should be 250 words in total.

KeywordsYour submission should include up to five appropriate and short keywords that capture the principal topics of the paper.
Tables and figuresInclude clearly labelled tables, figures, and appendices where applicable.
ReferencesAll references in your manuscript must be formatted using the Harvard style Emerald has adopted. You can find more details about this here: https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/how-to/authoring-editing-reviewing/use-harvard-reference-system
Third party permissionWhere third-party materials are used, authors must obtain all necessary permissions prior to publication and ensure that appropriate acknowledgements and copyright requirements are fully complied with.

Originality and Ethical

Standards

Submitted manuscripts must adhere to Emerald’s Publishing ethics. You can find more details about this here: https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/publish-with-us/ethics-integrity/research-publishing-ethics#summary
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy for Authors

AEAM recognises that artificial intelligence (AI) tools may support aspects of the research and writing process. However, authors remain fully accountable for the originality, accuracy, integrity, and scholarly quality of all submitted work. 

All use of AI in your manuscript must be in line with the Emerald’s policy. You can find more details about this here: https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/publish-with-us/ethics-integrity/research-publishing-ethics#ai

Submitting Special Issue Proposal

AEAM is open to accepting proposals for special issues in areas aligned with the scope of the series. To submit your special issues proposal or discuss your idea further, please contact the Editor, Olayinka Moses ([email protected]).

 

Editorial team

Editorial Team

Editor

Olayinka Moses, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand


Editorial Board

Kemi C. Yekini, Aston University, United Kingdom

Umesh Sharma, University of Waikato, New Zealand

Anywhere Sikochi, Syracuse University, United States of America

Laura A. Orobia, Makerere University Business School, Uganda

Dimu Ehalaiye, Massey University, New Zealand

Ellie Norris, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Matthew Sorola, TBS Education, France

Ramona Zharfpeykan, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Rebecca Kennedy, CPA Australia, Melbourne, Australia

Calls for submissions & news

Calls for submissions

Closes:
30 Nov 2026

Call for Chapters – Advances in Environmental Accounting and Management

Advances in Environmental Accounting and Management

Background and IssuesAdvances in Environmental Accounting & Management (AEAM) invites submissions for Volume 14, focusing on contemporary issues in environmental accountability and technologies.In recent years, the field of environmental accounti...

Guest editor(s):
Olayinka Moses
Call for Chapters – Advances in Environmental Accounting and Management

Advances in Environmental Accounting & Management (AEAM) advances interdisciplinary scholarship at the intersection of environmental accounting, accountability, and management. AEAM is dedicated to publishing innovative research examining how accounting, organisational practices, and institutional arrangements [re]shape responses to sustainability challenges linked to environmental outcomes.

Aims and scope

Advances in Environmental Accounting & Management (AEAM) publishes interdisciplinary research on the accounting, accountability, and management of environmental issues and their implications for organisations, institutions, and society. The series welcomes rigorous theoretical, empirical, critical, and practice-oriented scholarship that examines how accounting, governance, reporting, assurance, management systems, and broader institutional arrangements [re]shape responses to environmental challenges and associated sustainability outcomes.

AEAM covers a broad range of topics at the intersection of environmental reporting and assurance, climate-related accountability, corporate environmental governance, environmental management systems, sustainable supply chains, environmental risk management, and public sector environmental accountability. The series also encourages research on the implications of emerging technologies, data systems, and institutional transformations for environmental governance and accountability. AEAM gives particular attention to scholarship addressing global environmental priorities reflected in the environmentally related United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including Climate Action (SDG 13), Clean Water and Sanitation (SDG 6), Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG 7), Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG 12), Life Below Water (SDG 14), and Life on Land (SDG 15). Contributions are encouraged to critically examine how accounting and management practices support, shape, or constrain environmental stewardship and ecological sustainability outcomes.

Recognising the inherently interdisciplinary nature of environmental challenges, AEAM welcomes diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives from accounting, management, governance, public policy, economics, environmental studies, and related disciplines. The series particularly encourages research situated in emerging and underexplored contexts, including Majority World settings, where environmental and accountability challenges often intersect with broader social, economic, and institutional dynamics.

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Our core area of focus is interdisciplinary research aligned with the SDGs, with these key goals in mind – Fairer society, Healthier lives, Responsible management, Quality education for all, and Sustainable structures and infrastructures – all of which are about creating real-world impact, at a time when it's needed most.

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