British Accounting Review

Papers
(The median citation count of British Accounting Review is 2. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Determinants and consequences of sales/production report issuance518
Bitcoin under the microscope264
Does CEO extraversion pay off when in need? Evidence from the global financial crisis108
The bright side of common ownership: Evidence from bank transparency61
The Academic Legacy of Professor Michael John Jones (1953–2023): Accounting narratives, financial graphs, medieval accounting history and accounting for biodiversity50
Understanding corporate governance in China49
Does the market value the green credit performance of banks? Evidence from bank loan announcements47
Languages and dividends47
Carbon accounting for the translation of net-zero targets into business operations45
Actors constructing accountability in hybrid organisations: The case of a Swedish municipal corporation44
Are key audit matter disclosures useful in assessing the financial distress level of a client firm?43
Withdrawal notice to “Rank-and-file employee stock options and audit pricing: Evidence from S&P 1500 firms” [YBARE(56/6) (2024) / 101422]42
Cross-border regulatory cooperation and cash holdings: Evidence from US-listed foreign firms41
The impact of the UK's Modern Slavery Act (2015) on the disclosure of FTSE 100 companies36
When stimulus strikes: The predictive power of accruals after government stimulus packages33
The role of market devices in addressing labour exploitation: An analysis of the Australian cleaning industry32
Keep a watchful eye on both: The impact of the joint terms of ruling party and government leaders on family firm government subsidies32
The geography of environmental regulation: Plant-level emissions data29
How do investors perceive firms’ hiring of local CEOs? Evidence from the cost of equity capital29
Is bank diversification a linking channel between regulatory capital and bank value?28
Investor behavior around targeted liquidity announcements28
WITHDRAWN: The hidden cost of organisation capital: Evidence from trade credit27
Vertical, horizontal, and self control in academia: Survey evidence on their diverging effects on perceived researcher autonomy and identity27
NGOs’ performance, governance, and accountability in the era of digital transformation27
The role of science-based targets on carbon mitigation: Addressing the tension between net zero anxiety and economic growth26
To datafication and beyond: Digital transformation and accounting technologies in the healthcare sector25
Do generalist CEOs reduce corporate default risk?25
Does budget target setting lead managers to engage in unethical behavior for the organization?25
Corporate social responsibility culture and international M&As25
A real effect of climate-related shareholder proposals: Diversification24
Editorial: What have we learned about green and climate finance?23
The price of corporate social irresponsibility in seasoned equity offerings: International evidence23
Reprint of: The capital market consequence of sustained abnormal Audit fees: Evidence from stock price crash risk22
Blockchain and earnings management: Evidence from the supply chain22
Withdrawal notice to: “Key audit matters disclosures and informed Traders” [YBARE 56 (6) (2024) 101386]22
Market reactions to a cross-border carbon policy: Evidence from listed Chinese companies22
WITHDRAWN: Third-party auditor liability risk and trade credit policies22
Firm size and cost system sophistication: The role of firm age22
WITHDRAWN: Key audit matters disclosures and informed traders21
From debt breaches to employee safety: The hidden power of banking interventions21
OK, let’s talk. Firms’ willingness to communicate with retail investors: Evidence from controlling shareholders’ equity pledging21
The impact of hedge fund activism on audit pricing21
Hallmarks of Integrated Thinking19
Disclosure of investor relationship activities and stock crash risk: Evidence from private in-house meetings19
On professional destabilization and accounting self-regulation18
Social media analysts, investor attention, and IPO underpricing18
From whales to waves: Social media sentiment, volatility, and whales in cryptocurrency markets18
Management accounting and artificial intelligence: A comprehensive literature review and recommendations for future research18
The impact of green regulation on cost stickiness17
Green wave goes up the stream: Green innovation among supply chain partners17
Climate risks and debt structure17
On the dynamics of treasury bond yields: From term structure modelling to economic scenario generation17
Textual dimensions of sustainability information, stock price informativeness, and proprietary costs: Evidence from integrated reports16
Linkage between strategy and financial performance disclosure in annual reports: A new reporting path for organizational learning16
Do students have satisfying educational experiences at sustainable universities? Evidence from Australian universities16
WITHDRAWN: The use of machine learning algorithms to predict financial statement fraud15
Auditor distraction: An unintended consequence of M&As15
Examining the re-territorialisation of beneficiary accountability: Digitising nonprofit services in response to COVID-1915
Information leakage prior to market switches and the importance of Nominated Advisers15
WITHDRAWN: On the role and effects of supervisor feedback sign in auditing: Evidence from a cohort of early career auditors14
Digitalization and management accountants’ role conflict and ambiguity: A double-edged sword for the profession14
The spillover effect of natural disaster on analyst forecast inaccuracy: Evidence from shared analyst coverage14
Hybridity, institutional logics and value creation mechanisms in the corporatisation of social care14
ESG controversies and external assurance: Examining their impact on firm value and image14
From bytes to bucks: The influence of social media commentary on private placements in Chinese listed companies14
Technical talk in bitcoin and equity13
The economic and cultural motives of green price premium13
Does the legal enforcement environment constrain earnings management in social enterprises? Evidence from microfinance institutions13
Deposit insurance and credit union earnings opacity13
Climate risk disclosures and auditor expertise13
The British Accounting Review: Special Issue New challenges in governance, sustainability and accountability of universities13
Management controls and modern slavery risks in the building and construction industry: Lessons from an Australian social housing provider13
Accounting practices and professional power dynamics during a crisis12
Corrigendum to “Does audit Partner–Client relationship affect managerial tone? Evidence from earnings conference calls question and answer Sessions” [The British Accounting Review 101781]12
Environmental externalities of corporate culture: Evidence from firm pollution12
The effect of big data-driven tax enforcement on audit pricing: Evidence from China12
When a financially oriented performance measurement system supports hybrid collective sensemaking: The case of a cooperative bank12
Language diversity, social trust, and corporate environmental performance12
Writing method sections in qualitative accounting research: Engaging with landmark citations through ‘instructively selective elaboration’12
Uncovering the intensity of climate risk and opportunity: Awareness and effectiveness12
Long live the walking dead? Corporate tax avoidance and zombie firms in China12
Hospital Management Accounting Systems: Evolving roles, actors, and interactions12
Why do banks acquire FinTech? The role of board cultural diversity12
Withdrawal notice to: <’ Ex-ante Expected Changes in ESG and Future Stock Returns Based on Machine Learning ‘><[YBARE(56/6) (2024) / 101457]>11
Asymmetric reactions of abnormal audit fees jump to credit rating changes11
Mobile banking transaction volume and perceived service quality: A text analytics approach11
Withdrawal notice to: <’ Heterogeneity in the Integration of ESG Measures in Executive Compensation: Determinants, Contracting Details and Outcomes ‘><[YBARE(56/6) (2024) / 101440]>11
WITHDRAWN: Nineteenth century audit reports: Evolution from free-form to standardised wording11
Mandatory ESG reporting and cross-Listing activities: Worldwide evidence11
Dynamics of carbon risk, cost of debt and leverage adjustments11
Withdrawal notice to: <’ Does mandating corporate social and environmental disclosure improve social and environmental performance?: Broad-based evidence regarding the effectiveness of Directive 2011
Exploring the acquisition behavior of penny stock firms11
Regulator as a minority shareholder and corporate fraud: Quasi-natural experiment evidence from the pilot project of China Securities Investor Services Center11
Changes in bank profitability Post-CEO succession: Does prior CEO experience improve bank performance?11
Social networks and venture capital investments around the world10
Narcissistic audit committee chairs and the quality of non-IFRS disclosures10
Mandatory corporate social responsibility spending, family control, and the cost of debt10
Private equity buyout pricing, returns, and portfolio firm performance across UK regions10
The impact of terrorist attacks and mass shootings on earnings management10
Bridging accounting and finance with entrepreneurship: Business and social perspectives10
Editorial Board10
Common auditors and relationship-specific investment in supplier-customer relationships10
Accounting scholarship and the Majority World: A case of epistemic injustice10
Short-selling activities in the time of COVID-199
Fintech and home bias: The power of new social capital in innovative entrepreneurial financing9
Institutional mechanisms, ownership and bank risk-taking during crises9
The role of political elites in income tax system design and tax fairness9
FinTech adoption in banks and their liquidity creation9
From traditional to digital: Unravelling performance measurement systems and accounting methods in drug treatment through a systematic review and content analysis9
Editorial Board9
Smart defaults: Determining the number of default funds in a pension scheme8
Corporate environmental reporting in the China context: The interplay of stakeholder salience, socialist ideology and state power8
Does board co-option affect corporate tax avoidance?8
Textual and AI-based analysis of climate disclosures: Evidence from the European energy sector8
Reprint of: The hidden cost of organisation capital: Evidence from trade credit7
Does more effective director monitoring make management guidance more credible?7
Institutional ownership and investment by private companies7
Local creative culture and audit fees7
Does online interaction between firms and investors reduce stock price crash risk?7
Political affiliation, cash flow volatility, and debt maturity in China7
Stock exchange oversight and investor quotes: Evidence from initial public offering comment letters in China7
Strategy and business model disclosures in annual reports: The role of legal regime7
Withdrawal notice“Audit committee member busyness and risk factor disclosure” [YBARE(56/6) (2024) / 101442]7
Earnings management of target firms and deal premiums: The role of industry relatedness7
How do women accounting and finance professors develop and leverage their capitals for career advancement?7
Capitalism and the return on capital employed. Some further evidence7
WITHDRAWN: Mimicking crypto portfolios in sustainable investment6
Strategic reaction and tax avoidance: Evidence from the effect of large IPOs on peers6
The role of sustainability awards in institutionalising sustainability: Case study evidence6
Does non-financial information disclosure promote firm's exports? Evidence from China's mandatory CSR reporting regulation6
COVID-19 pandemic and audit quality6
WITHDRAWN: Ex-ante expected changes in ESG and future stock returns based on machine learning6
Algorithmic trading and block ownership initiation: An information perspective6
Bureaucratic discretion and auditor choice: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment6
Third-party auditor liability and financial restatements6
Stuck in traffic: Do auditors price traffic congestion?6
What drives individual investors in the bear market?6
Editorial Board6
Shareholders' political hierarchy and regulatory enforcement: Evidence from corporate risk management6
Riding the storm: How natural disasters shape financial advisor misconduct?6
Discretionary tone in reward-based crowdfunding: Do project owners talk their way to success?6
The information content of rating action reports: A topic modeling approach6
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
Green is the new gold: The role of professional managers in enhancing ESG performance in Chinese state-owned enterprises6
Does analyst ESG experience matter?6
The impacts of inventory in transfer pricing and net income: Differences between traditional accounting and throughput accounting5
Planning for business cycle fluctuations in budgeting: The application of innovative data sources and techniques5
Use of proceeds in private equity-backed initial public offerings5
Tax avoidance and disclosure strategies5
The genre of banking financial product information: The characters, the setting, the plot and the story5
A networked perspective on NGO accountability in the digital realm5
Digitalization as a form of marketization: The performativity of calculative practices in framing and overflowing NGO performance and accountability5
Management control systems, business financial literacy and financial leverage in business-incubated start-ups5
“Fly alone, die alone”? The clan and the production of tax expertise5
Closing the cultural intelligence skills gap in accounting students: An action research approach to cross-cultural teamwork5
The schizophrenic board secretary: An embedded agent between multiple stakeholders and financial misconduct5
The dual impact of on-chain and off-chain factors on Bitcoin market efficiency5
Do geographically nearby major customers mitigate suppliers’ stock price crash risk?5
Curbing myopic R&D behavior: How private meetings serve as a channel5
The impact of loosening regulatory requirements on firm innovation: Evidence from SEC rule 12h-65
WITHDRAWN: The capital market consequence of sustained abnormal Audit fees: Evidence from stock price crash risk5
Family business origin and investment preference: An empirical study of imprinting theory5
Political sentiment and corporate social responsibility4
Going big, going small: A perspective on strategies for researching audit quality4
Unsung guardians? Communal fraud susceptibility and complaints following mass financial adviser attrition4
Institutionalisation of sustainability performance measurement and reporting: Insights from Victoria (Australia) and New Zealand universities4
Exporting corporate social responsibility: Evidence from foreign bank entry4
Long-run IPO performance and the role of venture capital4
Does commitment to operational sustainability pay off? International evidence4
Stock market reactions to adverse ESG disclosure via media channels4
The influence of a globalized supply chain on corporate carbon management and disclosure4
Employee power and audit Fees: Worldwide evidence4
Climate theory & managerial decisions on cross-border mergers4
Are boards' risk management committees associated with firms’ environmental performance?4
The effect of CSR assurance on subsequent corporate greenwashing: Suggestion acquisition or opinion shopping?4
WITHDRAWN: Does mandating corporate social and environmental disclosure improve social and environmental performance?: Broad-based evidence regarding the effectiveness of directive 2014/95/EU4
Picturing success: The informational role of visual cues in initial coin offerings4
Towards fluid role identity of management accountants: A case study of a Finnish bank4
Key audit matters disclosures from a legitimacy perspective: A European analysis4
Editorial Board3
Political sentiment and credit ratings3
Analyst coverage overlaps and similarity in corporate social activities3
Do acquirers care about credit rating consequences? Evidence from credit rating watches3
Board gender composition and waste management: Cross-country evidence3
Devolution, counter-conduct and territoriality: The case of Tax Business Rates in the United Kingdom3
Exploring effectiveness of entity actions to eliminate modern slavery risk – Early Australian evidence3
The decentralization enigma in DeFi: Impact of U.S. federal funds rate changes3
Accounting and reporting for facing multiple values in meso-level hybrid organisations3
China's infrastructure investments in Africa: An imperative for attaining sustainable development goals or a debt-trap?3
Controlling shareholder share pledging and the cost of equity capital: Evidence from China3
Cross-border enforcement of securities laws and dividend payouts3
Female lead auditors, audit fees, and audit quality3
COVID-19 profit warnings: Delivering bad news in a time of crisis3
Withdrawal notice to‟Nineteenth century audit reports: Evolution from free-form to standardised wording” [YBARE(56/6) (2024) / 101428]3
Hybridisation, purification, and re-hybridisation: A study of shifting registers of value3
Nurturing diversity in accounting through “Queering” accounting pedagogy3
Withdrawal notice to: <’ The Use of Machine Learning Algorithms to Predict Financial Statement Fraud ‘><[YBARE(56/6) (2024) / 101441]>3
Auditing decentralized finance3
Data breach notification laws and the cost of private debt3
Editorial Board3
Perceived enabling budget designs and motivational channels for learning in R&D projects3
Bookkeeping, but not for profit: A special form of double entry in a 16th century Venetian charity3
Does lowball guidance work? An analysis of firms that consistently beat their guidance by large margins3
Is greater connectivity of financial and non-financial information in annual reports valued by market participants?3
WITHDRAWN: Corporate culture and carbon emission performance3
Do tax incentives make firms greener? Evidence from the accelerated depreciation policy in China3
Financial statement comparability and analysts’ optimism for accruals3
Do auditors’ early-life socioeconomic opportunities improve audit quality? Evidence from China3
Public value disclosure by Brazilian federal universities3
Can green finance policy reduce corporate carbon emissions? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China2
Impression management, forward-looking strategy-related disclosure, and excess executive compensation: Evidence from China2
Lesson from stock price crash: Changes in managerial confidence and incentives2
Developing critical reflection: An integrated approach2
High-speed railways, audit partner changes across audit offices and audit quality: Evidence from China2
CEO succession origin and annual reports readability2
Talking across purposes [sic] in social investing: Standardising boundary objects in times of crisis2
Withdrawal notice to: < Mimicking Crypto Portfolios in Sustainable Investment ‘><[YBARE(56/6) (2024) / 101463]>2
Does practice make perfect? The effect of online formative assessments on students’ self-efficacy and test anxiety2
Signals from CSR competition: The influence of relative CSR performance on analysts’ recommendations2
Megaprojects and hybridity. Accounting and performance challenges for multiple diverse actors and values2
We are under attack: Terrorist attacks and director turnover2
Should underwriters be trusted? Reducing agency costs through primary market supervision2
The collapse of the FTX exchange: The end of cryptocurrency's age of innocence2
Economic policy uncertainty, carbon emissions and firm valuation: International evidence2
Exploring accounting academics’ views on sustainability: A Freirean dialogical pedagogic perspective2
Managing the shift from voluntary to mandatory climate disclosure: The role of carbon accounting2
Do investor reactions to merger announcements shape the writing of SEC filings?2
Cybersecurity and cost management2
Withdrawal notice to: “Third-party auditor liability risk and trade credit policies” [YBARE 56 (6) (2024) 101454]2
Online judicial auction, loan availability, and corporate investment in China2
The benefits of small business FinTech lending: Evidence from entrepreneurs’ consumption structure2
Audit quality in the face of a crisis: Evidence from the audit inspection scandal2
Choice of financial audit firm and ESG assurance firm: The role of board of director characteristics2
Do conformity and bailouts affect misreporting? The case of public health-care organisations2
Director networks, accounting conservatism and director reputation: Evidence after financial reporting failure2
Civil liberties and social and environmental information transparency: A global investigation of financial institutions2
Discretionary reporting and analyst forecasts of operating income under IFRS2
Strategic forward-looking nonearnings disclosure and overinvestment2
Let's have a relook at accountability2
Managerial risk-reducing incentives and social and exchange capital2
How do borrower ESG performance and risks matter to banks?2
Reprint of: The use of machine learning algorithms to predict financial statement fraud2
Learning to be green: Accounting comparability and environmental violations2
Beware of false prophets: Cybersecurity risk and strategic voluntary disclosure2
WITHDRAWN: Audit committee member busyness and risk factor disclosure2
Auditor choice in reverse mergers: Evidence from China2
Implementing problematic tax regulation: Hysteresis and bureaucratic revolutionaries within tax administrations2
Carbon emissions and bank risk around the world2
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