Accounting journals and the ABS quality ratings

British Accounting Review

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Hussain, Simon ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABS ratings; Accounting journals; Heterogeneous perceptions; Journal quality; Research paradigms

Indexed keywords

EID: 76749128889     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: 10958347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bar.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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