Accounting Research: A Bibliometric Analysis

Australian Accounting Review

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 71-100

  Merigó, José M ^a   Yang, Jian Bo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84983045185     PISSN: 10356908     EISSN: 18352561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/auar.12109     Document Type: Article

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