Xi Wei

Dr. PJ. Moore

EAP 506

April 10th, 2018

Research Project 2 (journal analysis)

Journal name Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Years of publication In 1982
Who is the publisher Elsevier
Number of issues per year 24 (semimonthly)
Number of articles per issue 8
Impact factor 1.333
Citation & Reference style APA

For this research project, I chose to analyze the Journal of Accounting and Public
Policy, because the professor I studied in the last research project published an article
in this journal. The Journal of Accounting and Public Policy was published in 1982;

the publisher is Elsevier; the editor was Lawrence A. Gordon (Robert H. Smith School

of Business, University of Maryland). By reading the history to this journal, I

summarize the original mission of the journal was to comply with the history of
American Accounting reform, the important events and important laws and regulations
of Accounting reform were spread out. Journal explored financial issues and analyzed
typical financial cases.
Now, the purpose of the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy is to innovate
financial management, disseminate new public property policies and new financial
regulations. Strive to stand at the academic frontier of Accounting, keep track of the
latest developments in accounting research, and collect the best results of Accounting
research.
The Journal of Accounting and Public Policy publishes research papers focusing
on the intersection between Accounting and public policy. It means when I further study
deeper knowledge of Accounting, I should pay more attention to public policy because
the progress of Accounting knowledge cannot be separated from social environment
and cannot be separated from public policy. There are many types of articles in the
journal, including the research paper, case analysis and summaries. By reading the
journal, I found that there are many ways to study Accounting. For example, in the
latest issue of the journal, there are several articles about Accounting case analysis. It
means that only theory is not enough and also insufficient. The most important thing is
to combine theory with reality, which not only makes the theory more profound, but
also makes it easier for the reader to understand. I think it has a great guiding role in
my current and future Accounting studies.
The catalog of each issue of this journal is basically the same. The catalog is
divided into nine parts: ABI/Inform, RePEc, Contents Pages in Management, PAIS
Bulletin, Accountants Index, Current Contents, Sage Public Administration Abstracts,
Scopus, Management Contents. The relevant articles in each section are centered
around these secondary topics, these articles discuss current mainstream Accounting
research and the latest Accounting changes. However, sometimes there are big changes
in Accounting, such as the enactment of new laws. As a result, the Journal of
Accounting and Public Policy has a special issue every year. From the first publication
to now, there are eight special issues. The most recent issue was published in 2017. The
professor I studied in the last research project published in the 2015 special issue of
Accounting and Risk management. The contents of these special issues are all about
the big changes in Accounting related fields. I think I should focus on these special
issues and look at the insights of the authors in it, which is very helpful to understand
the recent field dynamics.
The majority of people reading this professional journal and publishing articles in
it should be Accounting professionals and accountants in related fields, such as experts,
scholars, practitioners. Take myself for example, I need to read a lot of the core journals
of this kind of major, because only a lot of reading can help me to understand the latest
developments in my Accounting field. At the same time, I’m able to understand other
people's ideas about the same property policy. If someone wants to publish articles in
the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, there are some requirements. The content
of contribution should be mainly financial Accounting, involving auditing, finance,
taxation, finance, insurance, investment, securities, economic management and other
fields. I summarize that the specific manuscript requirement is that the topic is forward-
looking, novel, important and practical; the viewpoints are original, with the academic
reference value or practical guiding significance; the discussion is full and powerful,
and the research method is rigorous and innovative. I think it is necessary to understand
the submission requirements, because I also need to write many Accounting
professional papers in the future, understanding the requirements in advance is a good
way for me to choose the topic of a professional paper.
The impact factor of this article is 1.333. The impact factor was used to determine
the average number of citations received during the two preceding years. Finally, the
default citation format for Journal of Accounting and Public Policy is APA.
 Reference

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. Retrieved April 09, 2018, from

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-accounting-and-public-policy/