25th anniversary of the European Accounting Review: A bibliometric analysis

Abstract

[eng] The European Accounting Review (EAR) is an international journal of the European Accounting Association. EAR publishes papers related to business, management and accounting. The first issue was published in May 1992; thus, the journal celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2017. Inspired by this event, this paper provides a lifetime overview of the journal using bibliometric indicators. The aim of this paper is to provide a complete overview of the academic structure of the journal. This analysis includes key factors, such as the most cited articles, leading authors, originating institutions, etc. The paper uses the Scopus database for all the journal information available in this database (1992-1995 and 2007- 2016). We collected non-available information for the remaining years (1996- 2006) using the ‘view secondary documents’ option in the Scopus database and the EAR Web page. Additionally, the paper uses VOS viewer software to create a graphic map of the bibliometric results. This graphical analysis uses bibliographic coupling and co-citations. The results indicate that EAR is a journal that must be considered in the areas of business, management and accounting by a wide range of authors, institutions and countries worldwide.