Anatomy of a journal: A reflection on the evolution of <i>Contemporary Accounting Research</i> , 1984–2010
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Abstract
Our study outlines the evolution of a highly rated accounting journal, Contemporary Accounting Research ( CAR). We examine two tensions (high quality, global journal versus Canadian authorship and homogeneous versus diverse research) that arose during CAR’s history, using Canadian Academic Accounting Association documents (CAAA) and evidence from the main articles published in CAR’s first 27 volumes. We address three research questions relevant to exploring the identified tensions: Where have CAR’s published authors been concentrated in terms of geographical location? What types of research have been published in CAR over the period? How well has CAR succeeded in meeting its original and later editorial objectives? With respect to published main articles, our findings indicate that being a high quality, global journal has won over promoting Canadian authors and that articles published in CAR tend to be more homogeneous than might be expected from the original objectives and later editorial statements. Our findings should be relevant to those interested in the history of accounting research and to those trying to publish in CAR.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.008 | 0.003 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.002 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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