Accounting and Financial Management
Accounting and Financial Management is a research topic within Accounting. Science Explorer counts 7.5k research works in it since 1950. 4.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers encompasses a wide range of topics related to accounting, with a particular focus on sustainability, environmental accounting, international financial reporting standards, forensic audit, competitiveness, social responsibility, education in accounting, corporate social responsibility, financial information, and ethics in accounting. The papers explore the intersection of accounting practices with sustainable development, ethical considerations, and the evolving global financial landscape.
- Sustainability Accounting
- International Financial Reporting Standards
- Environmental Accounting
- Forensic Audit
- Competitiveness
- Social Responsibility
- Education in Accounting
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Financial Information
- Ethics in Accounting
- Research works
- 7.5k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 301 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 4.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -7% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Accounting and Financial Management research?
By volume, Ecuador and Colombia publish the most (249 and 231 works in 2022–2025).
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
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Which institutions lead Accounting and Financial Management research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad Católica de Cuenca publishes the most Accounting and Financial Management research, followed by Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes and Universidad de Panamá.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Universidad Católica de CuencaEcuador 49 works
- 2 Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador 29 works
- 3 Universidad de PanamáPanama 29 works
- 4 National University of San MarcosPeru 18 works
- 5 Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador?? 15 works
- 6 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 14 works
- 7 University of GuayaquilEcuador 13 works
- 8 Universidad de Santiago de ChileChile 13 works
- 9 Universidad Católica Luis AmigóColombia 12 works
- 10 Universidad de AntioquiaColombia 12 works
Who are the leading researchers in Accounting and Financial Management?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Accounting and Financial Management include Juan Ramón De La Fuente.
- 1 Juan Ramón De La Fuente Mexico 1.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Accounting and Financial Management research done?
The largest centres of Accounting and Financial Management research in 2022–2025 are Bogotá (Colombia), Lima (Peru), Medellín (Colombia) and Cuenca (Ecuador). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cuenca and Panama City.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Bogotá Colombia 89 works
- 2 Lima Peru 59 works
- 3 Medellín Colombia 53 works
- 4 Cuenca Ecuador 53 works
- 5 Madrid Spain 49 works
- 6 Ambato Ecuador 39 works
- 7 Mexico City Mexico 38 works
- 8 Guayaquil Ecuador 35 works
- 9 Panama City Panama 35 works
- 10 Santiago Chile 30 works
Where it is the local speciality
- CuencaEC · 52.7 works108×
- Panama CityPA · 34.9 works90×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Accounting and Financial Management than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Accounting and Financial Management?
Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí, University of Guayaquil and Universidad Nacional de Colombia score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de ManabíEcuador | 38.8 | 22.9% | 85.8× | 8 | — |
| 2 | University of GuayaquilEcuador | 34.4 | 12.6% | 64.3× | 13 | — |
| 3 | Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia | 34.2 | 14.9% | 27.1× | 12 | -1.5% |
| 4 | Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador | 33.6 | 15.0% | 83.1× | 12 | — |
| 5 | Universidad Católica de CuencaEcuador | 30.7 | 2.4% | 193.9× | 49 | — |
| 6 | Universidad Católica Luis AmigóColombia | 28.8 | 4.7% | 347.6× | 12 | +219.5% |
| 7 | Universidad Técnica de ManabíEcuador | 28.4 | 13.8% | 46.7× | 8 | — |
| 8 | Universidad de PanamáPanama | 26.6 | 2.3% | 210.8× | 29 | — |
| 9 | Universidad Técnica Estatal de QuevedoEcuador | 25.7 | 9.1% | 110.3× | 10 | — |
| 10 | Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador | 24.7 | 3.4% | 113.2× | 29 | — |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Accounting and Financial Management research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Accounting and Financial Management.
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Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.