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How have journal quality rankings impacted on accounting education and history scholarship in the UK?

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This paper revisits the debate about the potential effect of poor journal quality rankings on accounting education and accounting history scholarship in the UK to see what can be learnt from approximately a decade of subsequent publishing experience. As anticipated in the debate, UK research in the specialist journals in these areas has declined with reductions in the numbers of papers in the journals with UK authors and considerable and highly significant drops in the proportion of papers by UK authors. However, there is evidence that more research in these subject areas has been published in other outlets that may be ranked more highly, perhaps indicating that some researchers are responding to the publication incentives they face. This effect seems more pronounced in accounting history than accounting education. Nonetheless, there is strong evidence that younger researchers are tending not to specialise in these areas which is likely to lead to their long-term decline.

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  • Robert Hudson, 2025. "How have journal quality rankings impacted on accounting education and history scholarship in the UK?," Accounting Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(6), pages 1097-1120, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:accted:v:34:y:2025:i:6:p:1097-1120
    DOI: 10.1080/09639284.2024.2399556
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    1. Su, Yang & Brooks, Chris & Lucey, Brian & Urquhart, Andrew, 2026. "Journal ratings changes: Implications for author diversity and research characteristics," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 55(2).

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