한국 회계학 연구의 40년 회고와 전망

The purpose of this paper is to trace the development of research trends in Korean Accounting Review and Korean Accounting Journals published by Korean Accounting Association over the last 40 years and to provide possible directions of accounting research areas, topics, and methodologies for future research.
In this paper, we review the literatures in terms of the following four main aspects: (1) research areas and topics, (2) analysis of authors, (3) length of review process, and (4) citation analysis. As a results, this paper found that financial accounting articles appear in high numbers for Korean Accounting Review and Korean Accounting Journals, whereas management accounting, tax, and auditing related articles appear in second high numbers for Korean Accounting Review and Korean Accounting Journals. However, both Korean Accounting Review and Korean Accounting Journals published papers regarding various different topics, such as earnings management, IFRS, internal control, audit, BSC, ABS, BTD, and tax avoidance using various different methodologies including empirical study, survey, case review, and analytical methods.
It also found that authors published in Korean Accounting Review work with two or three other co-authors whereas single-author publications appear in relatively high numbers for Korean Accounting Journal. The average length of review process is approximately 227 days for Korean Accounting Review and 140 days for Korean Accounting Journal.
Finally, in this article we summarize the academic accounting journals that Korean Accounting Review and Korean Accounting Journals have cited, as well as journals that have cited Korean Accounting Review and Korean Accounting Journals. Results indicate that Korean Accounting Review and Korean Accounting Journal rank consistently as the top journals in the Accounting research filed.
This study will be helpful to provide interesting and important issues in accounting research areas by reviewing general accounting research trends and also contributes to provide a possible directions for future research.