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• An Analysis of the Evolution of Research Contributions by the Accounting Review, 1926-2005

In her presidential message to the American Accounting Association (AAA) in August 2005, Judy Rayburn discussed the issue of the relatively low citation rate for accounting research compared to finance, management, and marketing. Rayburn concluded that accountings low citation rate was due to a lack of diversity in topics and research methods. A study provides a review of the AAA's flagship journal, The Accounting Review (TAR), following its 80 years of publication, and describes why some recent AAA leaders believe that significant changes should be made to the journal's publication and editorial policies. At issue is whether scholarly accounting research is overly focused on mathematical analysis and empirical research, or "accountics" as it has sometimes been called, at the expense of...

... to practitioners and many accounting educators [Flesher, 1991, p. 169]. While professions like me... by mainstream accounting journals or professional organizations. Instead management consultants at H...Purdue, Georgia, and Kansas made brief appearances in the 1966-198...

• Accounting Historians Journal, The
• Vol. 34 Nbr. 2, December 2007