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Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal
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Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

0951-3574

Published by: Emerald Publishing

https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/0951-3574

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Business and Management 77 45 94 28
Economics and Finance 195 15 37 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 61
Documents by Best Scientists*: 108
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 129
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.688
Impact Factor: 3.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal?

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Accounting, Public relations, Accountability, Originality and Value (ethics). The study on Accounting presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of Context (language use). The concepts on Public relations presented in Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal can also apply to other research fields, including Legitimacy, Sustainability and Process (engineering).

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal is focused mainly on Sustainability, particularly Sustainability reporting. The journal explores topics in Accountability which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Corporate governance, Public administration, Government, Public sector and Politics. Originality and Accounting research are closely related fields of research discussed in it.

The journal investigates Accounting research research which frequently intersects with Epistemology. It connects research in Positive accounting with the related topic of Social accounting.

  • Accounting (50.48%)
  • Public relations (25.17%)
  • Accountability (17.80%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Corporate social and environmental reporting (2371 citations)
  • Introduction: The legitimising effect of social and environmental disclosures – a theoretical foundation (2101 citations)
  • Some determinants of social and environmental disclosures in New Zealand companies (1629 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal:

The journal publications are organized to reinforce research efforts on Accounting, Public relations, Accountability, Positive accounting and Social accounting. While work presented in the most cited papers provide substantial information on Accounting, it also covers topics in Context (language use) and Corporate social responsibility. The journal papers explore issues in Public relations which can be linked to other research areas like Legitimacy, Corporate governance, Narrative and Value (ethics).

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

  • Law
  • World War II
  • China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Accountability, Accounting, Originality, Context (language use) and Value (ethics). Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal explores issues in Accountability which can be linked to other research areas like Sustainable development, Government, Public administration, Construct (philosophy) and Audit. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal addresses concerns in the field of Accounting by exploring it in line with topics in Corporate governance which intersect with Transparency (behavior) subjects.

The Context (language use) studies discussed in Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal incorporate research from disciplines like

  • Politics that intertwine with fields like Political economy,
  • Developing country and related Regional science and Environmental accounting.. The Value (ethics) works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Public value, Public relations, Management control system and Field (Bourdieu). The tackled Public relations research is interrelated with Sustainability which concerns subjects like Institutional theory.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Global supply chains after COVID-19: the end of the road for neoliberal globalisation? (15 citations)
  • Disaster governance and hybrid organizations: Accounting, performance challenges and evacuee housing (13 citations)
  • Accounting and accountability practices in times of crisis: a Foucauldian perspective on the UK government's response to COVID-19 for England (5 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.

The top authors publishing in Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Lee D. Parker (48 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • James Guthrie (37 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Kerry Jacobs (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Steve Evans (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Garry D. Carnegie (21 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Manchester (50 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Cardiff University (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Macquarie University (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of South Australia (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Royal Holloway, University of London (27 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, 78.40% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.52% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.11% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.52% of all publications and 51.85% 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.

Education in Accounting and Auditing

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Top Publications

  • The COVID-19 office in transition: cost, efficiency and the social responsibility business case

    Lee D. Parker

    (2020)
    166 Citations
  • Advancing research into accounting and the UN Sustainable Development Goals

    Jan Bebbington;Jeffrey Unerman

    (2020)
    160 Citations
  • Shifting the focus of sustainability accounting from impacts to risks and dependencies: researching the transformative potential of TCFD reporting

    Brendan O'Dwyer;Jeffrey Unerman

    (2020)
    126 Citations
  • Accountability and governance in pursuit of Sustainable Development Goals: conceptualising how governments create value

    Subhash Abhayawansa;Carol A. Adams;Cristina Neesham

    (2021)
    85 Citations

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