Accounting and the Public Interest is a refereed academic journal of accounting research, published by the Public Interest Section of the American Accounting Association.

[1] The journal focuses on public interest accounting topics, including the public interest consequences of accounting practices.

The journal was founded in 2001 and is published annually.

[2] The journal is ranked and its article citation history tracked by SCImago Journal.

[3] Research published in the journal situates accounting in an "historical, social and political context", as linked to public interest considerations.