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Business and Management

D-Index
51
Citations
18691
World Ranking
910
National Ranking
133

Economics and Finance

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46
Citations
17945
World Ranking
1620
National Ranking
180

Carol A. Adams publication distribution in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Business and Management in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carol A. Adams sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 114 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more.

Carol A. Adams D-index placement in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carol A. Adams sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more.

Overview

Carol A. Adams is affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom and specializes in research within Business, Management, and Accounting. Their work spans multiple subfields including Strategy and Management, Finance, Marketing, Economics and Econometrics, and Media Technology.

The core themes in their research focus on Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Sustainable Finance and Green Bonds, Environmental Sustainability in Business, impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Public Policy and Administration Research, Regulation and Compliance Studies, and Management and Organizational Studies.

They have contributed to several academic publications, frequently appearing in journals such as:

  • Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal
  • Critical Perspectives on Accounting
  • Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal
  • Meditari Accountancy Research
  • Social and Environmental Accountability Journal

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Carol A. Adams include:

  • Connecting the COVID-19 pandemic, environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing and calls for 'harmonisation' of sustainability reporting, 2021, Critical Perspectives on Accounting
  • The Sustainable Development Goals, integrated thinking and the integrated report, 2024, Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology)
  • Academics and policymakers at odds: the case of the IFRS Foundation Trustees' consultation paper on sustainability reporting, 2022, Sustainability Accounting Management and Policy Journal

Frequent collaborators in Carol A. Adams's research include Subhash Abhayawansa, Cristina Neesham, Frank Mueller, Abdullah M. Alhamood, and Xinwu He.

Their contributions reflect a detailed engagement with conceptual and policy-oriented frameworks surrounding sustainability reporting, integrated thinking related to the Sustainable Development Goals, and critical perspectives on governance and accountability in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) contexts.

Best Publications

  • Accounting and accountability : changes and challenges in corporate social and environmental reporting

    Rob Gray;Dave Owen;Carol A. Adams

  • CORPORATE SOCIAL REPORTING PRACTICES IN WESTERN EUROPE: LEGITIMATING CORPORATE BEHAVIOUR?☆☆☆

    Carol A. Adams;Wan-Ying Hill;Clare B. Roberts

  • Internal organisational factors influencing corporate social and ethical reporting: Beyond current theorising

    Carol Alison. Adams

  • The ethical, social and environmental reporting‐performance portrayal gap

    Carol A. Adams

  • Making a difference : sustainability reporting, accountability and organisational change.

    Carol Alison Adams;Patricia Anne McNicholas

  • Integrating sustainability reporting into management practices

    Carol Alison. Adams;Geoffrey R. Frost

  • The International Integrated Reporting Council: A call to action

    Carol A. Adams

  • Engaging with organisations in pursuit of improved sustainability accounting and performance

    Carol Alison Adams;Carlos Larrinaga-Gonzalez

  • Corporate Social Responsibility: Why Business Should Act Responsibly and Be Accountable

    Carol Adams;Ambika Zutshi

  • Accountability, completeness, credibility and the audit expectations gap.

    Carol Alison. Adams;Richard. Evans

  • The changing portrayal of the employment of women in British banks' and retail companies' corporate annual reports

    Carol A. Adams;George Harte

  • A comparative analysis of corporate reporting on ethical issues by UK and German chemical and pharmaceutical companies

    Carol A. Adams;Nongnooch Kuasirikun

  • Accountability, Social Responsibility and Sustainability: Accounting for Society and the Environment

    Rob Gray;Carol A. Adams;Dave Owen

  • Some theories for social accounting?: A review essay and a tentative pedagogic categorisation of theorisations around social accounting

    Rob Gray;Dave Owen;Carol Alison Adams

  • Measurement of sustainability performance in the public sector

    Carol Alison Adams;Stephen Muir;Zahirul Hoque

  • Conceptualising future change in corporate sustainability reporting

    Carol Adams;Glen Robert Whelan

  • Exploring the implications of integrated reporting for social investment (disclosures).

    Carol A. Adams;Brad Potter;Prakash J. Singh;Jodi York

  • CORPORATE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES (NON-) DISCLOSURE☆

    Carol A. Adams;Andrew Coutts;George Harte

  • Accessibility and functionality of the corporate web site: implications for sustainability reporting

    Carol A. Adams;Geoffrey R. Frost

  • Conceptualising the contemporary corporate value creation process

    Carol A. Adams

  • Connecting the COVID-19 pandemic, environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing and calls for ‘harmonisation’ of sustainability reporting

    Carol A. Adams;Carol A. Adams;Subhash Abhayawansa

Frequent Co-Authors

Sidney J. Gray
Sidney J. Gray University of Sydney
Rob Gray
Rob Gray University of East Anglia
Zahirul Hoque
Zahirul Hoque RMIT University
Pauline Weetman
Pauline Weetman University of Edinburgh
Paul Jansen
Paul Jansen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
James Guthrie
James Guthrie University of Kansas
Jeremy Moon
Jeremy Moon Copenhagen Business School
Amrik S. Sohal
Amrik S. Sohal Monash University
David Owen
David Owen Swansea University

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