Accounting and Finance

Top Research Topics at Accounting and Finance?

The discussions in Accounting and Finance mainly cover the fields of Accounting, Finance, Monetary economics, Financial economics and Accounting information system. Accounting research discussed connects with the study of Corporate governance. The work on Finance tackled in Accounting and Finance brings together disciplines like Accounting management and Investment (macroeconomics).

The study on Financial economics presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Econometrics. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Accounting information system, apply to Cost accounting as well. Studies on Cost accounting discussed in the journal link to the field of Throughput accounting.

The Audit study tackling the subject of Joint audit is the focus of it. In it, researchers investigate the Joint audit study as part of research in the field of Internal audit.

• Accounting (37.16%)
• Finance (19.21%)
• Monetary economics (8.76%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Internal governance structures and earnings management (531 citations)
• Capital structure and financing of SMEs: Australian evidence (403 citations)
• What skills and attributes does an accounting graduate need? Evidence from student perceptions and employer expectations (387 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Accounting and Finance:

The journal publications focus on Accounting, Audit, Finance, Actuarial science and Corporate governance. While the published articles focused on Audit, they were also able to explore topics like Quality (business), Public relations and Shareholder. The published articles facilitate discussions on Finance that incorporate concepts from other fields like Sample (statistics), Accounting management and Monetary economics.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

• Law
• Statistics
• Finance

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal facilitates discussions on Accounting, Monetary economics, Finance, China and Corporate governance. The Accounting works featured in Accounting and Finance incorporate elements from Quality (business), Corporate social responsibility and Process (engineering).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Environmental, social and governance (ESG) activity and firm performance: a review and consolidation (11 citations)
• Triple‐entry accounting with blockchain: How far have we come? (11 citations)
• Mandatory CSR disclosure, monitoring and investment efficiency: evidence from China (10 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Accounting and Finance (based on the number of publications) are:

• Robert W. Faff (29 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• David R. Gallagher (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Nataliya Trusova (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Michael E. Bradbury (15 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Stephen Gray (13 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Accounting and Finance (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Queensland (155 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• University of New South Wales (128 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Macquarie University (103 papers) published 33 papers at the last edition, 12 more than at the previous edition,
• Monash University (90 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Central South University (73 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 19.70% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 40.28% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 17.13% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.98% of all publications and 23.61% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

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