Regular ArticlesWHY DO UK ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE ACADEMICS NOT PUBLISH IN TOP US JOURNALS?☆
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2022, Journal of Banking and FinanceCitation Excerpt :These findings are in line with literature suggesting authors in the U.S. dominate publications in the top journals (Chan, Chen, & Steiner, 2002; Raffournier & Schatt, 2010; Chan, Chang, & Chen, 2011; Karolyi, 2011; Schwert, 2021). At first glance, these results support the perception of authors from outside of the U.S. that significant barriers to entry into U.S. finance journals exist (Brinn et al., 2001; Chan et al., 2004; Chan et al., 2014), and, in general, that it is easier to publish “at home” (Kalaitzidakis, et. al., 1999; Brinn et al., 2001; Chan et al., 2004; Chan et al., 2014); however, this finding may also be related to the fact that more top ranked finance programs, which require more publications in elite journals, are more geographically concentrated in North America, proportionally. To address this issue, we conduct a regression analysis controlling for quality.
‘Leveling the playing field’ when ranking accounting-education authors
2019, Journal of Accounting EducationCitation Excerpt :Since the Journal of Accounting Case Research ceased publication, the journals in A1 and A3 are the main outlets for case studies (Table 9). Brinn’s, Jones, and Pendlebury (2001, p. 228) finding that accounting academics from the United Kingdom perceived gatekeeping by journals based in the United States. Jackling, Natoli, Nuryanah, and Ekanayake (2013, p. 19) noted that Accounting Education was launched in 1992 due to the “limited opportunities for publication of accounting education research for non-USA academics.”
Reflections on some of the formative years of the British Accounting Review: Thoughts of ducklings and swans
2018, British Accounting ReviewCitation Excerpt :Whilst this may be normal, as they both also note, this emphasis is all too often accompanied by a tribalism (Bonner et al.’s term) that leads to fragmentation in the discipline and the increasing phenomenon of groups of scholars unable (and/or unwilling) to talk to one another. Sub-disciplines develop and “schools” wedded to particular methods, methodologies or theories become increasingly isolated from one another, (see, for example, Wakefield, 2008; Brinn, Jones, & Pendlebury, 2001). This is a matter to which we will return.
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2018, British Accounting ReviewCitation Excerpt :This situation is similar to, but arguably even worse than, that in accounting, where few UK-based academics publish in the top field journals, all of which are edited in the US (Brown et al., 2007). A survey of UK accounting and finance scholars conducted by Brinn, Jones, and Pendlebury (2001) confirmed the widespread belief that while the top US journals are considered to be the most prestigious of all, UK-based researchers are at a significant disadvantage due to their reduced ability to network, parochialism and a lack of interest in non-US research and gatekeeping by these journal editors. Our final piece of analysis concerns a comparison of the average impact factors for each ABS list quality level in finance compared with other sub-fields.
Drivers of citations: An analysis of publications in “top” accounting journals
2018, Critical Perspectives on AccountingCitation Excerpt :Van Campenhout and Van Caneghem (2010) investigated whether articles published in the European Accounting Review (EAR) were cited for their objective contribution or for the characteristics of their authors, with the results suggesting that an article’s contribution is more important than its authors’ characteristics. These results are inconsistent, however, with previous findings that accounting research has distinct characteristics, such as a stronger national orientation (Brinn, Jones, & Pendlebury, 2001; Jones & Roberts, 2005; Lukka & Kasanen, 1996), a greater hierarchical nature than other major business fields (Swanson, 2004), or control by an “elite“ circle of researchers (Lee, 1997; Lee, 1999). These characteristics of accounting cast doubt on the applicability of Van Campenhout and Van Caneghem’s (2010) results to a broader sample of journals, including U.S. accounting journals.
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The authors would like to acknowledge their grateful thanks to the 134 UK accounting academics who responded to our questionnaire.