British Accounting Review

Papers
(The median citation count of British Accounting Review is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Determinants and consequences of sales/production report issuance693
Bitcoin under the microscope144
The Academic Legacy of Professor Michael John Jones (1953–2023): Accounting narratives, financial graphs, medieval accounting history and accounting for biodiversity82
Languages and dividends63
Does the market value the green credit performance of banks? Evidence from bank loan announcements62
Carbon accounting for the translation of net-zero targets into business operations58
Actors constructing accountability in hybrid organisations: The case of a Swedish municipal corporation56
The bright side of common ownership: Evidence from bank transparency55
Understanding corporate governance in China54
Are key audit matter disclosures useful in assessing the financial distress level of a client firm?49
Does CEO extraversion pay off when in need? Evidence from the global financial crisis48
WITHDRAWN: The hidden cost of organisation capital: Evidence from trade credit47
How do investors perceive firms’ hiring of local CEOs? Evidence from the cost of equity capital45
When stimulus strikes: The predictive power of accruals after government stimulus packages44
Keep a watchful eye on both: The impact of the joint terms of ruling party and government leaders on family firm government subsidies43
Withdrawal notice to “Rank-and-file employee stock options and audit pricing: Evidence from S&P 1500 firms” [YBARE(56/6) (2024) / 101422]40
The role of science-based targets on carbon mitigation: Addressing the tension between net zero anxiety and economic growth40
Cross-border regulatory cooperation and cash holdings: Evidence from US-listed foreign firms39
Investor behavior around targeted liquidity announcements38
Vertical, horizontal, and self control in academia: Survey evidence on their diverging effects on perceived researcher autonomy and identity37
The impact of the UK's Modern Slavery Act (2015) on the disclosure of FTSE 100 companies36
The geography of environmental regulation: Plant-level emissions data34
The role of market devices in addressing labour exploitation: An analysis of the Australian cleaning industry33
NGOs’ performance, governance, and accountability in the era of digital transformation33
Do Government Subsidies Affect Analyst Forecast Accuracy?32
The power of ESG optimism: How Robinhood investors respond in real time32
Reprint of: The capital market consequence of sustained abnormal Audit fees: Evidence from stock price crash risk29
A real effect of climate-related shareholder proposals: Diversification29
Editorial: What have we learned about green and climate finance?29
Editorial Board28
Market reactions to a cross-border carbon policy: Evidence from listed Chinese companies27
Blockchain and earnings management: Evidence from the supply chain27
To datafication and beyond: Digital transformation and accounting technologies in the healthcare sector26
Does budget target setting lead managers to engage in unethical behavior for the organization?26
The price of corporate social irresponsibility in seasoned equity offerings: International evidence26
Do generalist CEOs reduce corporate default risk?26
Do managers care about analyst attention to ESG?25
The impact of hedge fund activism on audit pricing25
WITHDRAWN: Third-party auditor liability risk and trade credit policies24
WITHDRAWN: Key audit matters disclosures and informed traders23
Withdrawal notice to: “Key audit matters disclosures and informed Traders” [YBARE 56 (6) (2024) 101386]23
On professional destabilization and accounting self-regulation22
From debt breaches to employee safety: The hidden power of banking interventions21
Hallmarks of Integrated Thinking21
OK, let’s talk. Firms’ willingness to communicate with retail investors: Evidence from controlling shareholders’ equity pledging21
Editorial networks, geography, and social responsibility: Alternative finance and the limits of finance21
Disclosure of investor relationship activities and stock crash risk: Evidence from private in-house meetings21
From whales to waves: Social media sentiment, volatility, and whales in cryptocurrency markets21
Management accounting and artificial intelligence: A comprehensive literature review and recommendations for future research20
WITHDRAWN: The use of machine learning algorithms to predict financial statement fraud19
Examining the re-territorialisation of beneficiary accountability: Digitising nonprofit services in response to COVID-1919
On the dynamics of treasury bond yields: From term structure modelling to economic scenario generation19
Do students have satisfying educational experiences at sustainable universities? Evidence from Australian universities19
The impact of green regulation on cost stickiness19
Linkage between strategy and financial performance disclosure in annual reports: A new reporting path for organizational learning19
Textual dimensions of sustainability information, stock price informativeness, and proprietary costs: Evidence from integrated reports18
Information-processing gap and insider trading profitability: Evidence from the XBRL mandate18
Social media analysts, investor attention, and IPO underpricing18
Green wave goes up the stream: Green innovation among supply chain partners18
Climate risks and debt structure18
WITHDRAWN: On the role and effects of supervisor feedback sign in auditing: Evidence from a cohort of early career auditors17
From bytes to bucks: The influence of social media commentary on private placements in Chinese listed companies17
The spillover effect of natural disaster on analyst forecast inaccuracy: Evidence from shared analyst coverage17
Auditor distraction: An unintended consequence of M&As17
Climate risk disclosures and auditor expertise16
Hybridity, institutional logics and value creation mechanisms in the corporatisation of social care16
Digitalization and management accountants’ role conflict and ambiguity: A double-edged sword for the profession16
Editorial Board16
Management controls and modern slavery risks in the building and construction industry: Lessons from an Australian social housing provider16
Information leakage prior to market switches and the importance of Nominated Advisers16
Does the legal enforcement environment constrain earnings management in social enterprises? Evidence from microfinance institutions15
Corrigendum to “Does audit Partner–Client relationship affect managerial tone? Evidence from earnings conference calls question and answer Sessions” [The British Accounting Review 101781]15
The economic and cultural motives of green price premium15
Language diversity, social trust, and corporate environmental performance15
ESG controversies and external assurance: Examining their impact on firm value and image15
When a financially oriented performance measurement system supports hybrid collective sensemaking: The case of a cooperative bank15
Editorial: Special Issue New challenges in governance, sustainability and accountability of universities15
Deposit insurance and credit union earnings opacity15
Technical talk in bitcoin and equity15
Environmental externalities of corporate culture: Evidence from firm pollution15
Uncovering the intensity of climate risk and opportunity: Awareness and effectiveness15
Hospital Management Accounting Systems: Evolving roles, actors, and interactions14
Dynamics of carbon risk, cost of debt and leverage adjustments14
Long live the walking dead? Corporate tax avoidance and zombie firms in China14
Exploring the acquisition behavior of penny stock firms14
Predicting financial distress using textual risk disclosures in annual reports: How and what risks are disclosed?13
Regulator as a minority shareholder and corporate fraud: Quasi-natural experiment evidence from the pilot project of China Securities Investor Services Center13
Changes in bank profitability Post-CEO succession: Does prior CEO experience improve bank performance?13
The impact of integrated thinking on firm value: An international perspective13
Mandatory ESG reporting and cross-Listing activities: Worldwide evidence13
The impact of diversification on industry effects in firm profitability forecasting12
The effect of big data-driven tax enforcement on audit pricing: Evidence from China12
Why do banks acquire FinTech? The role of board cultural diversity12
Mobile banking transaction volume and perceived service quality: A text analytics approach12
Social networks and venture capital investments around the world12
Writing method sections in qualitative accounting research: Engaging with landmark citations through ‘instructively selective elaboration’12
Accounting as capital and field of struggle: Symbolic power and labour relations in municipal government12
Editorial Board12
Asymmetric reactions of abnormal audit fees jump to credit rating changes12
Bridging accounting and finance with entrepreneurship: Business and social perspectives11
Withdrawal notice to: <’ Heterogeneity in the Integration of ESG Measures in Executive Compensation: Determinants, Contracting Details and Outcomes ‘><[YBARE(56/6) (2024) / 101440]>11
From traditional to digital: Unravelling performance measurement systems and accounting methods in drug treatment through a systematic review and content analysis11
Editorial Board11
WITHDRAWN: Nineteenth century audit reports: Evolution from free-form to standardised wording11
Withdrawal notice to: <’ Does mandating corporate social and environmental disclosure improve social and environmental performance?: Broad-based evidence regarding the effectiveness of Directive 2011
Narcissistic audit committee chairs and the quality of non-IFRS disclosures11
Institutional mechanisms, ownership and bank risk-taking during crises11
Withdrawal notice to: <’ Ex-ante Expected Changes in ESG and Future Stock Returns Based on Machine Learning ‘><[YBARE(56/6) (2024) / 101457]>11
Short-selling activities in the time of COVID-1911
The costs of being stuck in traffic: Evidence from debt contracting11
Isn't it ironic? The unintended consequences of audit firm efforts to increase auditor awareness of blockchain10
Common auditors and relationship-specific investment in supplier-customer relationships10
Private equity buyout pricing, returns, and portfolio firm performance across UK regions10
The impact of terrorist attacks and mass shootings on earnings management10
FinTech adoption in banks and their liquidity creation10
The role of political elites in income tax system design and tax fairness10
Accounting scholarship and the Majority World: A case of epistemic injustice10
Mandatory corporate social responsibility spending, family control, and the cost of debt10
Reprint of: The hidden cost of organisation capital: Evidence from trade credit9
Editorial Board9
When employee incentives bias cost information: On the tension between decision-making and control9
Does board co-option affect corporate tax avoidance?9
How do women accounting and finance professors develop and leverage their capitals for career advancement?9
Fintech and home bias: The power of new social capital in innovative entrepreneurial financing9
Stock exchange oversight and investor quotes: Evidence from initial public offering comment letters in China8
Does online interaction between firms and investors reduce stock price crash risk?8
Third-party auditor liability and financial restatements8
The role of sustainability awards in institutionalising sustainability: Case study evidence8
Local creative culture and audit fees8
Corporate environmental reporting in the China context: The interplay of stakeholder salience, socialist ideology and state power8
Institutional ownership and investment by private companies8
Political affiliation, cash flow volatility, and debt maturity in China8
Strategy and business model disclosures in annual reports: The role of legal regime8
Textual and AI-based analysis of climate disclosures: Evidence from the European energy sector8
Withdrawal notice“Audit committee member busyness and risk factor disclosure” [YBARE(56/6) (2024) / 101442]8
Capitalism and the return on capital employed. Some further evidence8
WITHDRAWN: Mimicking crypto portfolios in sustainable investment7
Bureaucratic discretion and auditor choice: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment7
Strategic reaction and tax avoidance: Evidence from the effect of large IPOs on peers7
What drives individual investors in the bear market?7
Rhetorical big baths following CEO turnovers7
A networked perspective on NGO accountability in the digital realm7
Editorial Board7
The information content of rating action reports: A topic modeling approach7
Discretionary tone in reward-based crowdfunding: Do project owners talk their way to success?7
Asset revaluations and credit conditions7
Does analyst ESG experience matter?7
COVID-19 pandemic and audit quality7
Stuck in traffic: Do auditors price traffic congestion?7
Riding the storm: How natural disasters shape financial advisor misconduct?7
Does more effective director monitoring make management guidance more credible?7
Green is the new gold: The role of professional managers in enhancing ESG performance in Chinese state-owned enterprises7
Does non-financial information disclosure promote firm's exports? Evidence from China's mandatory CSR reporting regulation7
Shareholders' political hierarchy and regulatory enforcement: Evidence from corporate risk management7
Algorithmic trading and block ownership initiation: An information perspective7
The schizophrenic board secretary: An embedded agent between multiple stakeholders and financial misconduct6
Climate theory & managerial decisions on cross-border mergers6
Planning for business cycle fluctuations in budgeting: The application of innovative data sources and techniques6
Withdrawal notice to“ On the role and effects of supervisor feedback sign in auditing: Evidence from a cohort of early career auditors” [YBARE(56/6) (2024) / 101371]6
Digitalization as a form of marketization: The performativity of calculative practices in framing and overflowing NGO performance and accountability6
“Fly alone, die alone”? The clan and the production of tax expertise6
Tax avoidance and disclosure strategies6
Key audit matters disclosures from a legitimacy perspective: A European analysis6
Curbing myopic R&D behavior: How private meetings serve as a channel6
The dual impact of on-chain and off-chain factors on Bitcoin market efficiency6
Strategic opportunism or risk response? Customer real earnings management following supplier litigation6
WITHDRAWN: Ex-ante expected changes in ESG and future stock returns based on machine learning6
The genre of banking financial product information: The characters, the setting, the plot and the story6
Market uncertainty and workplace safety: Evidence from China6
Use of proceeds in private equity-backed initial public offerings6
Family business origin and investment preference: An empirical study of imprinting theory6
Do geographically nearby major customers mitigate suppliers’ stock price crash risk?6
Management control systems, business financial literacy and financial leverage in business-incubated start-ups6
The effect of CSR assurance on subsequent corporate greenwashing: Suggestion acquisition or opinion shopping?5
Going big, going small: A perspective on strategies for researching audit quality5
Employee power and audit Fees: Worldwide evidence5
Editorial Board5
Institutionalisation of sustainability performance measurement and reporting: Insights from Victoria (Australia) and New Zealand universities5
Exporting corporate social responsibility: Evidence from foreign bank entry5
WITHDRAWN: The capital market consequence of sustained abnormal Audit fees: Evidence from stock price crash risk5
Long-run IPO performance and the role of venture capital5
Unsung guardians? Communal fraud susceptibility and complaints following mass financial adviser attrition5
Political sentiment and corporate social responsibility5
Towards fluid role identity of management accountants: A case study of a Finnish bank5
Withdrawal notice to: <’ The Use of Machine Learning Algorithms to Predict Financial Statement Fraud ‘><[YBARE(56/6) (2024) / 101441]>5
China's infrastructure investments in Africa: An imperative for attaining sustainable development goals or a debt-trap?5
Does commitment to operational sustainability pay off? International evidence5
The impact of loosening regulatory requirements on firm innovation: Evidence from SEC rule 12h-65
Public value disclosure by Brazilian federal universities5
Picturing success: The informational role of visual cues in initial coin offerings5
Auditing decentralized finance5
WITHDRAWN: Does mandating corporate social and environmental disclosure improve social and environmental performance?: Broad-based evidence regarding the effectiveness of directive 2014/95/EU5
Data breach notification laws and the cost of private debt5
The influence of a globalized supply chain on corporate carbon management and disclosure5
Do tax incentives make firms greener? Evidence from the accelerated depreciation policy in China4
Controlling shareholder share pledging and the cost of equity capital: Evidence from China4
Commercial reform and corporate investment efficiency: The roles of governmental administrative efficiency, information transparency, and regulatory oversight4
Accounting and reporting for facing multiple values in meso-level hybrid organisations4
CEO Narcissism and Repetitive Language in MD&A Disclosures: Informative Reinforcement or Opportunistic Obfuscation?4
Is greater connectivity of financial and non-financial information in annual reports valued by market participants?4
Does lowball guidance work? An analysis of firms that consistently beat their guidance by large margins4
Innovation in capital funding by public hospitals during austerity: Evidence from the English National Health Service4
Hybridisation, purification, and re-hybridisation: A study of shifting registers of value4
Financial statement comparability and analysts’ optimism for accruals4
Editorial Board4
Exploring effectiveness of entity actions to eliminate modern slavery risk – Early Australian evidence4
Bilateral political relations and analyst herding4
Board gender composition and waste management: Cross-country evidence4
Nurturing diversity in accounting through “Queering” accounting pedagogy4
Auditors’ inter-organizational upward mobility and audit quality4
Political sentiment and credit ratings4
Do acquirers care about credit rating consequences? Evidence from credit rating watches4
Withdrawal notice to‟Nineteenth century audit reports: Evolution from free-form to standardised wording” [YBARE(56/6) (2024) / 101428]4
Perceived enabling budget designs and motivational channels for learning in R&D projects4
Bookkeeping, but not for profit: A special form of double entry in a 16th century Venetian charity4
WITHDRAWN: Corporate culture and carbon emission performance4
The decentralization enigma in DeFi: Impact of U.S. federal funds rate changes4
Cross-border enforcement of securities laws and dividend payouts4
Implementing problematic tax regulation: Hysteresis and bureaucratic revolutionaries within tax administrations4
Female lead auditors, audit fees, and audit quality4
Megaprojects and hybridity. Accounting and performance challenges for multiple diverse actors and values4
Devolution, counter-conduct and territoriality: The case of Tax Business Rates in the United Kingdom4
Cybersecurity and cost management3
Does practice make perfect? The effect of online formative assessments on students’ self-efficacy and test anxiety3
Audit quality in the face of a crisis: Evidence from the audit inspection scandal3
Choice of financial audit firm and ESG assurance firm: The role of board of director characteristics3
The benefits of small business FinTech lending: Evidence from entrepreneurs’ consumption structure3
Withdrawal notice to: “Third-party auditor liability risk and trade credit policies” [YBARE 56 (6) (2024) 101454]3
The collapse of the FTX exchange: The end of cryptocurrency's age of innocence3
Withdrawal notice to: < Mimicking Crypto Portfolios in Sustainable Investment ‘><[YBARE(56/6) (2024) / 101463]>3
Director networks, accounting conservatism and director reputation: Evidence after financial reporting failure3
High-speed railways, audit partner changes across audit offices and audit quality: Evidence from China3
Signals from CSR competition: The influence of relative CSR performance on analysts’ recommendations3
WITHDRAWN: Audit committee member busyness and risk factor disclosure3
Analyst coverage overlaps and similarity in corporate social activities3
Beware of false prophets: Cybersecurity risk and strategic voluntary disclosure3
Reprint of: The use of machine learning algorithms to predict financial statement fraud3
Economic policy uncertainty, carbon emissions and firm valuation: International evidence3
Managerial risk-reducing incentives and social and exchange capital3
Online judicial auction, loan availability, and corporate investment in China3
Carbon emissions and bank risk around the world3
Let's have a relook at accountability3
Do conformity and bailouts affect misreporting? The case of public health-care organisations3
Should underwriters be trusted? Reducing agency costs through primary market supervision3
We are under attack: Terrorist attacks and director turnover3
Learning to be green: Accounting comparability and environmental violations3
Lesson from stock price crash: Changes in managerial confidence and incentives3
Strategic forward-looking nonearnings disclosure and overinvestment3
Exploring accounting academics’ views on sustainability: A Freirean dialogical pedagogic perspective3
How do borrower ESG performance and risks matter to banks?3
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