What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to summarize the key authors and institutions contributing to The Accounting Review over its first 60 years.

March 18, 2026

Six Decades of The Accounting Review: A Summary of Author and Institutional Contributors.

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The aim is to summarize the key authors and institutions contributing to The Accounting Review over its first 60 years.
Analyzed publications in The Accounting Review from 1985 to 1985.
Identified contributing authors and their academic affiliations.
Categorized data by doctoral degree-granting institutions across three 20-year periods.
Identified the most frequently published authors and their academic affiliations.
Highlighted trends over three distinct 20-year periods.
Documented the institutions granting doctoral degrees to leading authors.

Abstract

Abstract ABSTRACT: Publication of 'the October 1985 issue of The Accounting Review marked the culmination of the journal's first 60 years of contributions to the profession. This study identifies and summarizes the contributing authors, their academic affiliation, and where they earned their doctoral degrees. The authors, academic employers, and doctoral degree-granting institutions appearing most frequently in the journal are ordered for the entire 60-year period and for three 20-year subperiods.

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Authors

J. Louis Heck

Wayne G. Bremser

Journals

The Accounting Review

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Institutions

Villanova University

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Six Decades of The Accounting Review: A Summary of Author and Institutional Contributors.

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