Explicit and Implicit Subject Bias in the ABS Journal Quality Guide

Accounting Education

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-15

  Hoepner, Andreas G F ^a,c   Unerman, Jeffrey ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^d Vice Chair of the British Accounting and Finance Association   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABS Guide; British Accounting and Finance Association; explicit bias; implicit bias; journal quality; Thomson ISI

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858323844     PISSN: 09639284     EISSN: 14684489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09639284.2011.651291     Document Type: Article

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