| Journal of Accounting Research | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviated title (ISO) | J. Account. Res. |
| Discipline | Accounting, auditing, taxation, finance, business |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Philip G. Berger, Merle Erickson, Richard Leftwich, Haresh Sapra, Douglas J. Skinner, Abbie Smith |
| Publication details | |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Publication history | 1963-present |
| Frequency | 5/year |
| Impact factor (2010) |
3.346 |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0021-8456 (print) 1475-679X (web) |
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The Journal of Accounting Research is a peer-reviewed academic journal associated with the University of Chicago. It was established in 1963 and is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Accounting Research Center (Formerly the Institute of Professional Accounting) at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Its current editors are Ray J. Ball, Philip G. Berger, Merle Erickson, Richard Leftwich, Douglas J. Skinner, and Abbie Smith (all at the University of Chicago).
The journal covers research using analytical, empirical, experimental, and field study methods in all areas of accounting research. Each year, the journal publishes four regular issues and one conference issue, which contains papers and discussions from the annual accounting research conference held at the University of Chicago.
It is listed as one of the 45 journals used by the Financial Times to compile its business-school research ranks[1] and Bloomberg Businessweek's Top 20 Journals.[2] According to the Journal Citation Reports, it has a 2010 impact factor of 3.346, ranking it fourth out of 74 journals in the category "Business, Finance".[3]