Ranking Accounting Ph.D. Programs and Faculties Using Social Science Research Network Downloads

Brown, Lawrence D.; Laksmana, Indrarini

doi:10.2139/ssrn.382930

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Ranking Accounting Ph.D. Programs and Faculties Using Social Science Research Network Downloads

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Vol. 22, No. 3, 2004

19 Pages Posted: 8 Apr 2003 Last revised: 5 Mar 2008

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Lawrence D. Brown

Temple University - Department of Accounting

Indrarini Laksmana

Georgia State University - School of Accountancy

Abstract

We rank accounting Ph.D. programs and accounting faculties based on downloads individuals' working papers posted to the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) receive.We retain 185 individuals included in Accounting Faculty Directory 2002-2003 (Hasselback, 2002) whose work has been most heavily downloaded as of August 21, 2002. We rank Ph.D. programs (faculties) both adjusting and not adjusting for program (faculty) size. We provide rankings both without regards to when individuals graduated and for individuals graduating during three consecutive sub-periods: pre-1982, 1982-1991 and 1992-2001. We first provide rankings without regards to teaching or research area. After dichotomizing individuals into those whose teaching/research area is financial versus non-financial we provide additional rankings focusing on non-financial research areas.

Keywords: downloads, accounting Ph.D. program rankings, accounting faculty rankings, social science research network

JEL Classification: M40

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Brown, Lawrence D. and Laksmana, Indrarini, Ranking Accounting Ph.D. Programs and Faculties Using Social Science Research Network Downloads. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Vol. 22, No. 3, 2004, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=382930 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.382930