''Contemporary Accounting Research'' is a

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covering research on all aspects of accounting's role within organizations, markets, or society. The journal publishes articles in all areas of accounting, (including

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, financial,

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, and tax), using relevant methods (including analytical, archival, case study, empirical, experimental, or field); based on

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, or any cognate disciplines. ''Contemporary Accounting Research'' is published by Wiley on behalf of the Canadian Academic Accounting Association. The

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is Alan Webb (

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). The journal is listed as one of the 45 journals used by the ''

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'' to compile its business-school research ranks. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2019

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of 2.026.

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