BUS 5435 - Tax and Financial Accounting Research

Top  Accounting and Finance Journals

Every accounting school considers these journals as "A" hits. These are the consensus top journals in the discipline.

• The Accounting Review (TAR)
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  • The broadest of the top three journals. TAR publishes financial, managerial, audit, and tax research using archival, behavioral, and analytical research designs. Unlike JAR and JAE, editors at TAR use two referees to evaluate each submission.
• Journal of Accounting Research (JAR)
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  • Articles, research reports, capsules and comments, and thematic issues, on all aspects of accounting and the proceedings of the annual Conference on Accounting Research aimed at students, academics, libraries and practitioners.
  • Published by the Institute for Professional Accounting at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
• Journal of Accounting and Economics (JAE)
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  • Articles which employ economic analyses of accounting problems and the application of economic theory to the explanation of accounting phenomena.
• Journal of Finance
  • Original articles, shorter articles and book reviews on all aspects of finance.
• Journal of Financial Economics
  • Research in the area of financial economics and the theory of the firm, with emphasis on capital markets, financial institutions, corporate finance, corporate governance and the economics of organizations.
• Review of Financial Studies
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  • a major forum for the promotion and wide dissemination of significant new research in financial economics.

Next Best Journals

Some schools consider these journals as "A" hits and some consider them as "A-" hits. They are generally favorably viewed by all schools.

• Contemporary Accounting Research (CAR)
  • Used by academic accountants and selectors of textbooks and reference materials in in Canada.
• Review of Accounting Studies (RAST)
  • Provides an outlet for significant academic research in accounting including theoretical, empirical, & experimental work.
• Accounting, Organizations and Society (AOS)
  • Original theoretical and empirical articles, review articles, short critical assessments and book reviews devoted to the behavioral, organizational and social aspects of accounting.
• Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA)
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  • publishes theoretical and empirical research in financial economics. Topics include corporate finance, investments, capital and security markets, and quantitative methods of particular relevance to financial researchers.

Other High Ranking Accounting Journals in Alphabetical Order

• Akron Tax Journal - University of Akron

A student edited law review focusing on taxation.

• ATA Journal of Legal Tax Research

2013 to present access is abstract only.

• eJournal of Tax Research

• Fiscal Studies (Open Access)
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• Florida Tax Review

Faculty edited law review.

• International Tax and Public Finance

"Examines theoretical and empirical aspects of tax policy, including expenditure and financial policies" Policy Watch section discusses current issues.

• Journal of Public Economics
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• Journal of Taxation
  • resource for new tax law developments, including court decisions, Treasury/IRS rulings, legislation - and other issues that may impact you and your clients.

• Journal of the American Taxation Association

"The Journal is dedicated to disseminating a wide variety of tax knowledge and to fulfill this responsibility, the Journal considers research that employs quantitative, analytical, experimental, and descriptive methods to address tax topics"
2013 to present access is abstract only.

• National Tax Association Proceedings

• National Tax Journal - National Tax Association

Published by the National Tax Association, the "focus of the NTJ is economic, theoretical, and empirical analysis of tax and expenditure issues, with an emphasis on policy implications."

• Tax Law Review - NYU School of Law

A faculty-edited law school journal for tax policy scholarship from the New York University School of Law.

• Tax Lawyer - American Bar Assn & Georgetown University Law Center

• Tax Policy and the Economy - NBER

• Virginia Tax Review - University of Virginia Law School

Student edited law review.

• William and Mary Tax Conference - Marshall-Wythe School of Law

Annual conference proceedings.