The demise of the ARC journal ranking scheme: An ex post analysis of the accounting and finance journals

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 809-836

  Moosa, Imad ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ARC; Citations; Excellence in Research for Australia; G0; H index; Journal ranking; M41

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960939529     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2011.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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