Determinants of Coauthorship for the Most Productive Authors of Accounting Literature

Khondkar E. Karim, Rochester Institute of Technology
Robert W. Rutledge, Texas State University
Alan Reinstein, Wayne State University

ABSTRACT. The circumstances under which the most productive authors of accounting literature publish their work should be of interest to all accounting faculty because success in publishing is tied closely to universities’ decisions on tenure and promotion, as well as to opportunities for merit-based pay increases and alternative employment.

The purpose of this study is to examine the characteristics of publications of the most “productive” authors of accounting literature with particular attention to levels of collaboration. The results indicate that authors of accounting literature have a greater number of coauthors on their published articles when: (1) the article is longer, (2) the journal containing the article is less cited, (3) the journal containing the article has a non-blind review process, and (4) the productive author on the article has a greater number of other publications. We derive implications for accounting faculty from these findings and provide concluding comments.

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