Publishing In The Accounting Journals: Is There A Gender Bias?

Abstract

To publish or not to publish?… that is the question (adapted from William Shakespeare).  In the world of academe, the answer is short and sweet… publish or get out.  This rule holds true for both male and female faculty members, yet it is sometimes postulated that there may be some inconsistencies on how this rule applies across the genders.  This study focuses on whether male and female accounting academics have distinctive patterns of representation as authors in top ranked accounting journals. Archival data, consisting of author information and article information was collected for two journals, The Accounting Review and Journal Accounting Research.  Consistent with previous research findings, preliminary results suggest that females represent a disproportionately small minority of authors in both of these two top accounting journals.