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Researcher · University of Antwerp · Belgium

Walter Aerts

Walter Aerts publishes mostly in Accounting, Strategy and Management and Management Information Systems, on topics such as Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, Corporate Finance and Governance and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies.

ORCID 0000-0002-0384-6269 OpenAlex
World rank
#303,275
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#2,399
of 67,186
Works
112
Citations
4k
Citations per work
35.7
h-index
25
i10-index 36Top 3.8% in Accounting
Walter Aerts

What does Walter Aerts research?

Walter Aerts's work is mostly in Business, Management and Accounting (60%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (15%), Decision Sciences (2%).

Social Sciences: 86 works · 77.0% of their workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 67 works · 60.0% of their workAccounting: 41 works · 36.4% of their workStrategy and Management: 16 works · 14.0% of their workManagement Information Systems: 11 works · 9.6% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 17 works · 14.8% of their workFinance: 10 works · 8.5% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 works · 6.3% of their workDecision Sciences: 2 works · 2.2% of their workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 works · 2.2% of their workEverything else: 26 works · 23.0% of their workTHEIR WORKWalter Aerts112works
Social Sciences77%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting6760.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1714.8%
    3. Decision Sciences22.2%
  2. Everything else2623.0%
  1. 1Accounting36% of their works
  2. 2Strategy and Management14% of their works
  3. 3Management Information Systems10% of their works
  4. 4Finance8% of their works
  5. 5Economics and Econometrics6% of their works
  6. 6Management Science and Operations Research2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Walter Aerts's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Corporate Governance, Earnings Management, Financial Reporting, Investor Protection, Ownership Structure, Financial Performance, Performance Measurement and Shareholder Value.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Corporate Governance862 topics
  2. Earnings Management531 topic
  3. Financial Reporting531 topic
  4. Investor Protection331 topic
  5. Ownership Structure331 topic
  6. Financial Performance293 topics
  7. Performance Measurement292 topics
  8. Shareholder Value232 topics
  9. Asset Pricing221 topic
  10. Stock Returns221 topic
  11. Management Control Systems151 topic
  12. Strategic Management151 topic
  13. Cash Flow Valuation141 topic
  14. Economic Value Added141 topic
  15. Corporate Social Responsibility91 topic
  16. Stakeholder Theory91 topic
  17. Corporate Reputation61 topic
  18. Organizational Identity61 topic
  19. Accounting Education41 topic
  20. Skills Development41 topic

Where does Walter Aerts work?

Walter Aerts's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Antwerp, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Walter Aerts have?

OpenAlex counts 112 works and 3,997 citations for Walter Aerts, an h-index of 25, ranking #303,275 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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