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Business and Management

D-Index
63
Citations
34588
World Ranking
432
National Ranking
14

Economics and Finance

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63
Citations
34523
World Ranking
669
National Ranking
20

Jere R. Francis 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 Jere R. Francis sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 136 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jere R. Francis 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 Jere R. Francis sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 63 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jere R. Francis is affiliated with Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on Business, Management, and Accounting, with a significant body of work in related subfields such as Accounting, Finance, Management Information Systems, Strategy and Management, and Sociology and Political Science.

The main topics covered in Francis's research include:

  • Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Accounting and Organizational Management
  • Financial Reporting and Valuation Research
  • Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
  • Financial Distress and Bankruptcy Prediction
  • Credit Risk and Financial Regulations

Francis has published extensively, with frequent appearances in several academic venues. The most common publication platforms include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Contemporary Accounting Research
  • Journal of Accounting Auditing & Finance
  • The British Accounting Review
  • The Accounting Review

Notable papers authored or coauthored by Francis are:

  • "The Relative Importance of Auditor Characteristics Versus Client Factors in Explaining Audit Quality," 2020, Journal of Accounting Auditing & Finance
  • "Common Auditors and Private Bank Loans," 2020, Contemporary Accounting Research
  • "Going big, going small: A perspective on strategies for researching audit quality," 2022, The British Accounting Review
  • "Do High-Quality Auditors Improve Non-GAAP Reporting?," 2022, The Accounting Review
  • "Going Big, Going Small: A Perspective on Strategies for Researching Audit Quality," 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent collaborators in Francis's research include Wei Wang, Zhuoan Feng, Yaowen Shan, Stephen L. Taylor, and Nargess Golshan, each of whom has coauthored multiple publications alongside Francis.

Best Publications

  • Auditor brand name reputations and industry specializations

    Allen T Craswell;Jere R Francis;Stephen L Taylor

  • The Role of Big 6 Auditors in the Credible Reporting of Accruals

    Jere R. Francis;Edward L. Maydew;H. Charles Sparks

  • Does size matter? The influence of large clients on office-level auditor reporting decisions

    J.Kenneth Reynolds;Jere R Francis

  • Big 4 Office Size and Audit Quality

    Jere R. Francis;Michael D. Yu

  • Selection models in accounting research

    Clive S. Lennox;Jere R. Francis;Zitian Wang

  • Accounting Accruals and Auditor Reporting Conservatism

    Jere R. Francis;Jagan Krishnan

  • What do we know about audit quality

    Jere R. Francis

  • The Joint Effect of Investor Protection and Big 4 Audits on Earnings Quality around the World

    Jere R. Francis;Dechun Wang

  • Auditor Changes: A Joint Test of Theories Relating to Agency Costs and Auditor Differentiation

    Jere R. Francis;Earl R. Wilson

  • The effect of audit firm size on audit prices: A study of the Australian Market

    Jere R. Francis

  • A Framework for Understanding and Researching Audit Quality

    Jere R. Francis

  • Disclosure Incentives and Effects on Cost of Capital around the World

    Jere R. Francis;Inder K. Khurana;Raynolde Pereira

  • The Effects of Firm‐Wide and Office‐Level Industry Expertise on Audit Pricing

    Andrew Ferguson;Jere R Francis;Donald James Stokes

  • Audit Research after Sarbanes‐Oxley

    Mark L. DeFond;Jere R. Francis

  • The Pricing of National and City‐Specific Reputations for Industry Expertise in the U.S. Audit Market

    Jere R. Francis;Kenneth Reichelt;Dechun Wang

  • Auditor Industry Specialization and Market Segmentation: Evidence from Hong Kong

    Mark L. DeFond;Jere R. Francis;T. J. Wong

  • Acquisition profitability and timely loss recognition

    Jere R. Francis;Xiumin Martin

  • Auditor Industry Specialization, Client Bargaining Power, and Audit Pricing

    Jeffrey R. Casterella;Jere R. Francis;Barry L. Lewis;Paul L. Walker

  • Audit Prices, Product Differentiation, and Scale Economies: Further Evidence from the Australian Market

    Jere R. Francis;Donald J. Stokes

  • The role of accounting and auditing in corporate governance and the development of financial markets around the world

    Jere R. Francis;Inder K. Khurana;Raynolde Pereira

Frequent Co-Authors

Inder K. Khurana
Inder K. Khurana University of Missouri
Mark L. DeFond
Mark L. DeFond University of Southern California
Xiumin Martin
Xiumin Martin Washington University in St. Louis
Clive S. Lennox
Clive S. Lennox University of Southern California
Stephen L. Taylor
Stephen L. Taylor University of Technology Sydney
Edward L. Maydew
Edward L. Maydew University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bin Ke
Bin Ke National University of Singapore
T.J. Wong
T.J. Wong University of Southern California
Joseph V. Carcello
Joseph V. Carcello University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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