The ''Journal of Accounting and Economics'' is a
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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focusing on the fields of
accounting
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and
economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...
. The
editors-in-chief
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are J. Core (
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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), E. deHaan (
Stanford University
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), and W. R. Guay (
University of Pennsylvania
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).
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2021
impact factor
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The Impact Factor of a journa ...
of 7.239.
Reception
In a study by Kalaitzidakis et al. (2003), the Journal of Accounting and Economics ranked 88th out of 159 publications evaluated, but in an updated study by Kalaitzidakis et al. (2011) to 77th place out of 209 publications compared. In the economics publication ranking of the Tinbergen Institute at the University of Amsterdam, the Journal of Accounting and Economics is listed in category A (“very good general economics journals and top journals in the respective field”).
[ Tinbergen-Institut (englisch)]
See also
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Accounting research
Accounting research examines how accounting is used by individuals, organizations and government as well as the consequences that these practices have. Starting from the assumption that accounting both measures and makes visible certain economic ...
References
External links
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Elsevier academic journals
Accounting journals
Bimonthly journals
Academic journals established in 1979
English-language journals
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