An overview of the content flow of articles in the Journal of “Accounting Advances”

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to know the content characteristics of the articles in "Accounting Advances" magazine. This is a descriptive research and in it, the content analysis of 230 articles published in 26 issues of the aforementioned magazine between 2009 and 2022 was discussed. The findings of the research indicate that 593 people were involved in writing articles, 84% of them were men and 16% were women. 97% of the works are the result of group work and 3% are the result of individual work. 30% of the authors of the articles are assistant professors, 18% are associate professors, 17% are masters, 15% are Ph.D. students, and the rest of the scientific levels have obtained a lower position. In the study of the authors' organizational affiliation, Shiraz University is the most active university and Isfahan and Tehran Universities are in the next ranks of creating works, respectively. In terms of subject matter, 55% of the articles were in the field of financial accounting, 16% in management accounting, 14% in auditing, 6% in corporate governance, 2% in taxation, and 7% in other fields.

Keywords

• content analysis
• scientific journal
• accounting articles
• accounting advances