Publication Rates of Governmental and Nonprofit Manuscripts Among Twenty-Five Leading Academic Accounting Journals

Publication outlets for healthcare financial research: A study of journal quality perceptions

“…() list only healthcare management journals, and there are no accounting or economics journals listed. Elite business journals, including accounting journals, rarely publish healthcare‐related topics (Copley et al., ; Lowensohn & Samelson, ). For instance, Copley et al.…”

“…For instance, Copley et al. () find that only 3% of publications in top‐25 accounting journals during the past decade relate to governmental and not‐for‐profit organization topics. Among the top‐25 accounting journals, Research in Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting (currently inactive) published 26% of all government/not‐for‐profit manuscripts.…”

“…This becomes more important for researchers in a cross-disciplinary area like HFM. Only a few top-rated accounting or business journals publish healthcare-related topics (Copley et al, 2009;Lowensohn & Samelson, 2006). The most recent published ranking of journals concerning healthcare management research is Williams et al (2002), who surveyed 1,254 academics involved in healthcare management and ranked a list of 54 research outlets.…”

“…Journal rankings in McCracken and Coffey (1996) and Williams et al (2002) list only healthcare management journals, and there are no accounting or economics journals listed. Elite business journals, including accounting journals, rarely publish healthcare-related topics (Copley et al, 2009;Lowensohn & Samelson, 2006). For instance, Copley et al In sum, it is important to provide a recent and dedicated journal ranking list in the area of HFM for academic managers, such as provosts, college deans, and department chairs, as well as for research granting agencies, to facilitate their evaluation and reward decision making processes.…”

“…However, if one researches a sub‐topic or, even more difficult, a cross‐disciplinary topic, it becomes significantly more challenging to evaluate the research quality, and far fewer dedicated ranking studies are available for guidance (e.g., Lowensohn & Samelson, ). For example, governmental accounting and accounting for nonprofit organizations are sub‐disciplines of accounting; yet, as of the most recent study available, only 3% of publications in the top‐rated accounting journals have been from these areas (Copley, Roof, & Shifflett, ). This may also be partly attributable to the predominant US focus on the for‐profit sector and quantitative, market‐based research, with less emphasis on the public sector and qualitative research in general.…”