This article undertakes a content analysis of publications in the first 10 years of
the new series of the journal Accounting History. In so doing, it adds to the prior
literature examining publishing patterns in the accounting history discipline. The
article commences by providing an historical background to the introduction of the
new series and the journal's editorial team. This is followed by a content
analysis of the journal's research publications. This analysis examines
patterns of authorship, the journal's most published authors, institutional
and geographical affiliations of authors, author gender and article classifications.
Anderson, M.
(2002),
“An Analysis of the First Ten Volumes of Research in Accounting,
Business and Financial History”
, Accounting, Business and Financial History, vol
12, No.1, March, pp.
1–24
.
2.
Bryer, R.A.
(1998),
“The Laws of Accounting in Late Nineteenth Century Britain”
, Accounting History, NS vol 3, No.1,
May, pp.
55–94
.
3.
Carmona, S.
(2004),
“Accounting History Research and its Diffusion in an
International Context”
, Accounting History, vol 9, No.3,
November, pp.
7–23
.
4.
Carnegie, G.D.
(1994),
“Thank You Robert William Gibson”
, Accounting History,vol 6, No.2, pp.
v–vi
.
5.
Carnegie, G.D.
(1996),
“Editorial”
, Accounting History, NS vol 1, No.1,
May, pp.
5–7
.
6.
Carnegie, G.D.
,
McWatters, C.S.
and
Potter, B.N.
(2003),
“The Development of the Specialist Accounting History Literature
in the English Language: An Analysis by Gender”
, Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, vol
16, No.2, pp.
186–207
.
7.
Carnegie,G.D.
and
Napier,C.J.
(1996),
“Critical and Interpretive Histories: Insights into
Accounting's Present and Future through its Past”
, Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, vol
9, No.3, pp.
7–39
.
8.
Carnegie, G.D.
and
Potter, B.N.
(2000a),
“Accounting History in Australia: A Survey of Published Works, 1975–1999”
, Australian Economic History Review, vol 40,
No.3, November, pp.
287–313
.
9.
Carnegie, G.D.
and
Potter, B.N.
(2000b),
“Publishing Patterns in Specialist Accounting History Journals in
the English Language, 1996–99”
, Accounting Historians Journal, vol 27, No.2,
December, pp.
177–198
.
10.
Carnegie, G.D.
and
Wolnizer, P.W.
(eds.), (1996), “Introduction”, in
Accounting History Newsletter, 1980–1989 and Accounting History,
1989–1994: A Tribute to Robert William Gibson,
New York and London: Garland Publishing
, pp.ix–xiii.
11.
Chandler, R.A.
(1997),
“Judicial Views on Auditing from the Nineteenth Century”
, Accounting History, NS vol 2, No.1,
May, pp.
61–80
.
12.
Fleischman, R.K.
,
Mills, P.A.
and
Tyson, T.N.
(1996),
“A Theoretical Primer for Evaluating and Conducting Historical
Research in Accounting”
, Accounting History,NS vol 1, No.1, May, pp.
55–75
.
13.
Gibson, R.W.
(1990),
“Documenting Australian Accounting History: The Contribution of
Accounting History Newsletter”
, Accounting History, vol 2, No.1.
14.
Goldberg, L.
(1987), Dynamics of an Entity: The History of the Accounting
Association of Australia and New Zealand,
Melbourne: Accounting Association of Australia
and New Zealand
.
15.
Goodman, R.S.
and
Kruger, E.J.
(1988),
“Data Dredging or Legitimate Research?: Historiography and Its
Potential for Management Research”
, Academy of Management Review, vol 13,
No.2, pp.
315–325
.
16.
Lloréns, M.B.
(2000),
“The Crisis of 1847–1848 and the Regulation of Company
Accounting in Spain”
, Accounting History, NS vol 5, No.2,
November, pp.
13–30
.
17.
Napier, C.J.
(2001),
“Accounting History and Accounting Progress”
, Accounting History, NS vol 6, No.2,
November, pp.
7–31
.
18.
Parker, L.D.
(1999),
“Historiography for the New Millennium: Adventures in Accounting
and Management”
, Accounting History, NS vol 4, No.2,
November, pp.
11–42
.
19.
Previts, G.J.
,
Parker, L.D.
and
Coffman, E.N.
(1990),
“An Accounting Historiography: Subject Matter and Methodology”
, Abacus, vol 26, No.2, September, pp.
136–158
.
