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D-Index & Metrics

Business and Management

D-Index
38
Citations
9114
World Ranking
1830
National Ranking
79

Economics and Finance

D-Index
38
Citations
9124
World Ranking
2505
National Ranking
64

Jeffrey Pittman 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 Jeffrey Pittman sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 144 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jeffrey Pittman 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 Jeffrey Pittman sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 156 scientists 31 D-Index: 159 scientists 32 D-Index: 171 scientists 33 D-Index: 161 scientists 34 D-Index: 135 scientists 35 D-Index: 124 scientists 36 D-Index: 114 scientists 37 D-Index: 111 scientists 38 D-Index: 103 scientists 39 D-Index: 89 scientists 40 D-Index: 81 scientists 41 D-Index: 97 scientists 42 D-Index: 80 scientists 43 D-Index: 69 scientists 44 D-Index: 68 scientists 45 D-Index: 63 scientists 46 D-Index: 54 scientists 47 D-Index: 69 scientists 48 D-Index: 50 scientists 49 D-Index: 58 scientists 50 D-Index: 54 scientists 51 D-Index: 62 scientists 52 D-Index: 54 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 49 scientists 55 D-Index: 35 scientists 56 D-Index: 40 scientists 57 D-Index: 44 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 29 scientists 60 D-Index: 48 scientists 61 D-Index: 32 scientists 62 D-Index: 30 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 22 scientists 65 D-Index: 19 scientists 66 D-Index: 20 scientists 67 D-Index: 18 scientists 68 D-Index: 17 scientists 69 D-Index: 21 scientists 70 D-Index: 20 scientists 71 D-Index: 19 scientists 72 D-Index: 14 scientists 73 D-Index: 10 scientists 74 D-Index: 16 scientists 75 D-Index: 24 scientists 76 D-Index: 13 scientists 77 D-Index: 19 scientists 78 D-Index: 8 scientists 79 D-Index: 6 scientists 80 D-Index: 4 scientists 81 D-Index: 12 scientists 82 D-Index: 7 scientists 83 D-Index: 7 scientists 84 D-Index: 6 scientists 85 D-Index: 10 scientists 86 D-Index: 4 scientists 87 D-Index: 11 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89+ D-Index: 96 scientists
30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jeffrey Pittman is affiliated with Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada and has a considerable body of work primarily focused on business, management, and accounting. Their research interests span multiple subfields including accounting, finance, economics and econometrics, strategy and management, as well as sociology and political science.

The primary topics covered in Pittman's research include auditing, earnings management, governance, corporate finance and governance, financial markets and investment strategies, corporate taxation and avoidance, financial reporting and valuation research, taxation and compliance studies, and accounting and organizational management.

Recent publications by Pittman demonstrate a focus on governance and audit quality with several papers appearing in notable journals. These include:

  • The Importance of IRS Enforcement to Stock Price Crash Risk: The Role of CEO Power and Incentives (2020, The Accounting Review)
  • The Importance of Director External Social Networks to Stock Price Crash Risk (2020, Contemporary Accounting Research)
  • The Importance of Partner Narcissism to Audit Quality: Evidence from Taiwan (2021, The Accounting Review)
  • To share or not to share: The importance of peer firm similarity to auditor choice (2020, Accounting Organizations and Society)
  • It's a Small World: The Importance of Social Connections with Auditors to Mutual Fund Managers' Portfolio Decisions (2021, Journal of Accounting Research)

Pittman frequently publishes in a range of academic venues, with the highest number of works appearing in the SSRN Electronic Journal. Other frequent publication venues include Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, The Accounting Review, and Accounting Organizations and Society.

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Contemporary Accounting Research
  • Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory
  • The Accounting Review
  • Accounting Organizations and Society

Collaboration is an important aspect of Pittman's work, with several frequent coauthors contributing to their research. Among these are Yangyang Chen, Yuping Zhao, Xiaohua Fang, Sarah E. Stein, and Omrane Guedhami, reflecting a network of scholarly relationships that span various aspects of accounting and finance.

  • Yangyang Chen
  • Yuping Zhao
  • Xiaohua Fang
  • Sarah E. Stein
  • Omrane Guedhami

Best Publications

  • Auditor choice and the cost of debt capital for newly public firms

    Jeffrey A. Pittman;Steve Fortin

  • Do IRS Audits Deter Corporate Tax Avoidance

    Jeffrey L. Hoopes;Devan Mescall;Jeffrey A. Pittman

  • Big Five Audits and Accounting Fraud

    Clive Lennox;Jeffrey A. Pittman

  • Voluntary Audits versus Mandatory Audits

    Clive S. Lennox;Jeffrey A. Pittman

  • Tax Aggressiveness and Accounting Fraud

    Clive S. Lennox;Petro Lisowsky;Jeffrey Pittman

  • Auditing the auditors:Evidence on the recent reforms to the external monitoring of audit firms

    Clive Lennox;Jeffrey Pittman

  • Auditor Choice in Politically Connected Firms

    Omrane Guedhami;Omrane Guedhami;Jeffrey A. Pittman;Walid Saffar

  • Auditor choice in privatized firms: Empirical evidence on the role of state and foreign owners

    Omrane Guedhami;Omrane Guedhami;Jeffrey A. Pittman;Walid Saffar

  • Do Social Ties between External Auditors and Audit Committee Members Affect Audit Quality

    Xianjie He;Jeffrey A. Pittman;Oliver M. Rui;Donghui Wu

  • The Role of Auditor Choice in Debt Pricing in Private Firms

    Steve Fortin;Jeffrey A. Pittman

  • Does Religion Matter to Equity Pricing

    Sadok El Ghoul;Omrane Guedhami;Omrane Guedhami;Yang Ni;Jeffrey Pittman

  • Ownership concentration in privatized firms: The role of disclosure standards, auditor choice, and auditing infrastructure

    Omrane Guedhami;Jeffrey A. Pittman

  • Does Information Asymmetry Matter to Equity Pricing? Evidence from Firms’ Geographic Location*

    Sadok El Ghoul;Omrane Guedhami;Yang Ni;Jeffrey Pittman

  • The importance of IRS monitoring to debt pricing in private firms

    Omrane Guedhami;Omrane Guedhami;Jeffrey Pittman

  • A Cross-national Comparison of R&D Expenditure Decisions: Tax Incentives and Financial Constraints*

    Kenneth J. Klassen;Jeffrey A. Pittman;Margaret P. Reed;Steve Fortin

  • Reputational Implications for Partners After a Major Audit Failure: Evidence from China

    Xianjie He;Jeffrey Pittman;Oliver Rui

  • Political Uncertainty and Cost Stickiness: Evidence from National Elections around the World

    Woo Jong Lee;Jeffrey Pittman;Walid Saffar

  • The Role of IRS Monitoring in Equity Pricing in Public Firms

    Sadok El Ghoul;Omrane Guedhami;Jeffrey Pittman

  • Cross-country evidence on the importance of Big Four auditors to equity pricing: The mediating role of legal institutions☆

    Sadok El Ghoul;Omrane Guedhami;Jeffrey Pittman

  • Cross-country evidence on the importance of auditor choice to corporate debt maturity

    Sadok El Ghoul;Omrane Guedhami;Jeffrey A. Pittman;Sorin Rizeanu

  • Auditor Choice in Politically Connected Firms

    Omrane Guedhami;Jeffrey Pittman;Broken Account

Frequent Co-Authors

Omrane Guedhami
Omrane Guedhami University of South Carolina
Sadok El Ghoul
Sadok El Ghoul University of Alberta
Clive S. Lennox
Clive S. Lennox University of Southern California
Walid Saffar
Walid Saffar Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Oliver M. Rui
Oliver M. Rui China Europe International Business School
Bing Li
Bing Li Jiangsu University
Chuck C.Y. Kwok
Chuck C.Y. Kwok University of South Carolina
Ferdinand A. Gul
Ferdinand A. Gul University of the Sunshine Coast
Thomas J. Chemmanur
Thomas J. Chemmanur Boston College

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