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Accounting History
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Accounting History

1032-3732

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ach

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Economics and Finance 591 5 5 3
Business and Management 666 6 6 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 9
Documents by Best Scientists*: 8
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 35
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.549
Impact Factor: 0.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Accounting History?

The aim of the journal is to expand the discussion of research in Accounting, Accounting history, Law, Accounting information system and Accountability. Issues in Accounting were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Government and Politics. Accounting History connects research in Government with the related topic of State (polity).

Accounting history research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Social science, Economic history and Accounting research. Accounting information system, which encompasses Financial accounting and Mark-to-market accounting, is the main subject of Accounting History. The Financial accounting research dealing mostly with Accounting standard is the focus of the journal.

The Accountability study featured in it draws connections with the study of Public administration.

  • Accounting (48.89%)
  • Accounting history (25.47%)
  • Law (11.39%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Accounting history research and its diffusion in an international context (113 citations)
  • Historiography for the new millennium: adventures in accounting and management (104 citations)
  • A theoretical primer for evaluating and conducting historical research in accounting (83 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Accounting History:

The most cited publications primarily focus on research topics in Accounting, Accounting history, Social science, Positive accounting and Law. While Accounting is the focus of the most cited publications, it also provides insights into the studies of Government and Comparative historical research. In addition to Accounting history research, the most cited articles aim to explore topics under Oral history, Accounting practices, Accounting research, Accountability and Barter.

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 foci of Accounting History are Accounting, Accounting history, Entertainment, Perspective (graphical) and Media studies. The work on Accounting tackled in it brings together disciplines like Corporate governance and Power (social and political). The journal deals with Accounting history in conjunction with Accounting research and similar fields in Archival research, Colonialism and Episteme.

The research on Entertainment tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Government, Advertising and Public relations. Some problems in Public relations that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Social media and State (polity). The concepts on Media studies presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Nazism, German, Comics, Narrative inquiry and Digging.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Shades of theory: A topic modelling of ways of theorizing in accounting history research: (3 citations)
  • From preservation to entertainment: Accounting for the transformation of participation in Italian state museums (3 citations)
  • Negative accounting stereotype: Enron cartoons: (2 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 History (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Peter Foreman (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Garry D. Carnegie (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Thomas N. Tyson (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Paul J. Miranti (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Brian West (11 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.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

  • University of Wollongong (24 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • RMIT University (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Minho (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Victoria University of Wellington (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Melbourne (15 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, 5.71% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 9.09% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 15.15% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 30.30% of all publications and 45.45% 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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Top Publications

  • Negative accounting stereotype: Enron cartoons:

    Michael Jones;Patricia Stanton

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Calculative practices and socio-political tensions: A historical analysis of entertainment, arts and accounting in a government agency:

    Ruth Rentschler;Boram Lee;Nava Subramaniam

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • The centrality of ethical utterances within professional narratives

    Dean Neu;Gregory D. Saxton;Jeffery Everett;Abu Rahaman

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Performance management in the Australian higher education system – A historically informed critique

    (2024)
    3 Citations

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