Representation on the Editorial Boards of Academic Accounting Journals: An Analysis of Accounting Faculties and Doctoral Programs.

This study examined the membership of the editorial boards of 13 academic accounting journals for the years 1979, 1983, 1981, and 1990. Schools were ranked according to the representation of both their faculty and doctoral graduates. Graduates and faculty of private, Big 10, and PAC 10 schools tended to dominate the editorial boards, though the types of schools represented depended on the type of journal. There was variability in the yearly rankings for many of the individual schools, but the type of schools represented was more stable over time. When adjustment was made for the size of faculties and doctoral programs, large schools generally dropped in the rankings while smaller schools rose or remained about the same. There was less diversity in the number of schools represented in two of the three most prestigious journals than in the other journals in the sample. Statistically significant correlations were noted between the rankings in this study and those from previous studies based on quantity of publications or citation analysis.