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Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance

Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance is a research topic within Accounting. Science Explorer counts 45k research works in it since 1950. 29.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on financial reporting, earnings management, audit committee characteristics, accounting quality, corporate governance, and the impact of information asymmetry. It also explores the implications of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adoption and the role of analyst forecasts and disclosure practices in the context of financial reporting.

  • Earnings Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • Audit Committee
  • Accounting Quality
  • Corporate Governance
  • Accruals Quality
  • Information Asymmetry
  • International Financial Reporting Standards
  • Analyst Forecasts
  • Disclosure Practices
Research works
45k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
13k
per year above
Top-10% rate
29.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+24%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.7k and 1.3k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.7k works
  2. 2 China 1.3k works
  3. 3 Indonesia 876 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 345 works
  5. 5 Australia 284 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 280 works
  7. 7 Nigeria 277 works
  8. 8 India 274 works
  9. 9 Brazil 204 works
  10. 10 Malaysia 196 works

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.

United States: 29.8%China: 22.0%Indonesia: 15.4%United Kingdom: 6.1%6 others listed: 26.7%30%largest
United States1,693 · 29.8%China1,250 · 22.0%Indonesia876 · 15.4%United Kingdom345 · 6.1%6 others listed1,515 · 26.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics publishes the most Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance research, followed by Universiti Teknologi MARA and Xiamen University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Southwestern University of Finance and Economics China 41 works
  2. 2 Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia 35 works
  3. 3 Xiamen University China 34 works
  4. 4 Central University of Finance and Economics China 33 works
  5. 5 University of Sfax Tunisia 32 works
  6. 6 Renmin University of China China 28 works
  7. 7 Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong 28 works
  8. 8 University of Brawijaya Indonesia 28 works
  9. 9 Zhongnan University of Economics and Law China 26 works
  10. 10 Universitas Trisakti Indonesia 24 works

Who are the leading researchers in Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance include René M. Stulz.

  1. 1 René M. Stulz 4.4k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance research done?

The largest centres of Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Jakarta (Indonesia), Shanghai (China) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kaduna.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 238 works
  2. 2 Jakarta Indonesia 159 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 113 works
  4. 4 Seoul South Korea 90 works
  5. 5 Chengdu China 88 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 80 works
  7. 7 Hong Kong China 79 works
  8. 8 London United Kingdom 79 works
  9. 9 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 71 works
  10. 10 Hanoi Vietnam 70 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KadunaNG · 24.6 works27×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance?

Among universities, judged by research, Ahlia University, University of Sfax and University of Portsmouth 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.

0%50%100%mean 52.02%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Ahlia University: 8, 88.3%University of Sfax: 32, 47.0%University of Portsmouth: 13, 68.6%University of International Business and Economics: 21, 39.8%National Economics University: 15, 53.4%Southwestern University of Finance and Economics: 41, 38.2%University of Business and Technology: 15, 46.1%Manouba University: 13, 42.9%Leuphana University of Lüneburg: 9, 59.3%Central University of Finance and Economics: 33, 36.6%Ahlia UniversityUniversity of Portsm…University of SfaxUniversity of Intern…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Ahlia University Bahrain 75.888.3%39.2×8 +646.2%
2University of Sfax Tunisia 73.447.0%14.3×32 +139.1%
3University of Portsmouth United Kingdom 71.468.6%9.4×13 +312.9%
4University of International Business and Economics China 67.839.8%24.8×21 +210.8%
5National Economics University Vietnam 66.953.4%29.5×15 +435.9%
6Southwestern University of Finance and Economics China 65.638.2%32.7×41 +36.7%
7University of Business and Technology Saudi Arabia 64.246.1%18.2×15 +74.2%
8Manouba University Tunisia 64.242.9%23.3×13 +199.0%
9Leuphana University of Lüneburg Germany 64.259.3%13.3×9 +669.9%
10Central University of Finance and Economics China 62.236.6%32.5×33 +45.1%

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 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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.