Accounting Institution Citation-Based Research Rankings by Topical Area and Methodology

45 Pages Posted: 7 Dec 2014 Last revised: 9 Sep 2015

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Noah Myers

Utah Valley University

Neal M. Snow

Independent Researcher

Scott L. Summers

Brigham Young University - School of Accountancy

David A. Wood

Brigham Young University - School of Accountancy

Date Written: September 8, 2015

Abstract

This study creates citation-based rankings for accounting institutions by topical areas (AIS, audit, financial, managerial, tax, and other) and methodologies (archival, analytical, experimental, and other) extending prior count-based ranking studies that disaggregate rankings by topic and methodology. We report separate rankings for different year windows (previous 6 years, 12 years, and since 1990) and only give institutions credit for authors who currently work for the institution. We show that disaggregated citation-based rankings are important as the correlations for some topic areas and methodologies with an overall ranking are modest. We also show that the correlation for citation-based and count-based rankings can differ significantly in some situations suggesting the importance of considering both types of rankings in decision making.

Keywords: Accounting Research Rankings, Accounting Research Topical Areas, Accounting Research Methodologies, Citations

JEL Classification: M4, M40, M49

Suggested Citation

Myers, Noah and Snow, Neal M and Summers, Scott L. and Wood, David A., Accounting Institution Citation-Based Research Rankings by Topical Area and Methodology (September 8, 2015). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2534595 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2534595

Noah Myers

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Neal M Snow

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Scott L. Summers

Brigham Young University - School of Accountancy ( email )

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David A. Wood (Contact Author)

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