Review of Accounting Studies

Accounting research
Research areas Accounting information systems Auditing Financial accounting Governance Management accounting Tax accounting
Methodologies Analytical Archival Experimental
Specific topics Convergence of accounting standards Earnings management Earnings quality Earnings surprise Positive accounting Post-earnings announcement drift Voluntary disclosure
Accounting journals The Accounting Review Contemporary Accounting Research Journal of Accounting and Economics Journal of Accounting Research Review of Accounting Studies
Related topics Academia Academic publishing Econometrics Economics Scientific method Social science
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The Review of Accounting Studies (RAST) is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering topics in the field of accounting that includes theoretical, empirical, and experimental research. RAST prioritizes processing submitted manuscripts and aims to provide authors with accept-reject decisions early in the review process. As a result, most accepted manuscripts receive a decision following the initial submission or first revision. RAST was established in 1994 by a group founding editors including Gerald Feltham, John S. Hughes, James Ohlson, Stefan Reichelstein, and Stephen Penman. It is published by Springer Science+Business Media.

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2011 impact factor of 2.022, ranking it 10th out of 86 journals in the category "Business, Finance".^[1]