Accounting in Europe occupies a position between the pure research journal and the practitioner journal. It publishes descriptive, practice- and policy-oriented papers on current issues in all areas of accounting. It provides a meeting place for accounting scholars and professionals, who form its target readership as well as author potential.

The journal consists of two main sections: Issues in European Accounting contains articles actively solicited by the editorial team, while the second section contains unsolicited papers, which have been subject to peer review.