Top Tier Accounting Journals

In order to better understand the ‘rules of the game’ in accounting, I have read some established standards in the field.  For example, I checked the guidelines for authors submitting to the Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal. 

I have made a list of A* journals in accounting and I hope to explore the research published in these journals in the coming months in order to grasp what is ‘good research’ that gets published.  A* journals in accounting:

1.      Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

2.      Accounting Review

3.      Accounting, Organizations and Society

4.      Contemporary Accounting Research

5.      Journal of Accounting and Economics

6.      Journal of Accounting Research

7.      Journal of Management Accounting Research

Different journals will probably have different rules of the game, however my focus is on the rules of the game of the top tier (A*) accounting journals that publish qualitative research.