ACCOUNTING AUDITING AND ACCOUNTABILITY JOURNAL (ISSN: 0951-3574)

Description

he Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal is dedicated to the advancement of accounting knowledge and provides a forum for the publication of high quality manuscripts concerning the interaction between accounting/auditing and their socio-economic and political environments. It therefore encourages critical analysis of policy and practice in these areas. Analysis could explore policy alternatives and provide new perspectives for the accounting discipline.

The problems of concern are international (in varying degree) and may have differing cultural, social and institutional structures. Analysis can be international, national or organization specific. It can be from a single, multi- or inter-disciplinary perspective.

Editorial criteria

Major criteria used to evaluate papers are:

Subject matter: must be of importance to the accounting discipline
Research question: must fall within the journal's scope
Research: well designed and executed
Presentation: well written and conforming to the journal's style
Coverage

Alternative explanations for observed practice
Critical and historical perspectives on current issues and problems
Field study based theory development
Limitations in present accounting measurement
Political influences on policy making
Social and political aspects of accounting standards
The broadening scope of the reporting constituency
Topicality

By encouraging debate about the philosophies and traditions which underpin the profession, the journal offers detailed analysis and critical assessment of current practice, discusses the implications of new policy alternatives and explores the impact of accountancy on the socio-economic and political environment.

Key benefits

The broad scope of the journal and its serious treatment of contemporary issues in the light of historical, philosophical and traditional constraints creates a broad relevance within the profession. Already internationally regarded as a leading journal in its field, AAAJ challenges conventional wisdom, explores alternatives and offers new perspectives for the accounting discipline

Key journal audiences

Accounting and management researchers
Accountants, administrators and management in public and private sector organizations
Accounting and auditing policy makers
Undergraduate and postgraduate students
Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal is indexed and abstracted in:

Emerald Management Reviews
Contents Pages in Management
Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Accounting, Economics and Finance
European Index of Management Periodicals
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences - Economics
OCLC - Electronic Collections Online
The Author's Guide to Accounting and Financial Reporting Publications
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Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal welcomes submissions of both research papers and creative writing. Creative writing in the form of poetry and short prose pieces are edited for the Literature and Insights Section only and do not undergo the refereeing procedures required for all research papers published in the main body of AAAJ.

For more information on the 2010 Emerald/EFMD Oustanding Doctoral Research Awards, please visit: http://info.emeraldinsight.com/research/awards/odr...