Academic journals are peer-reviewed periodicals that publish research papers.
[1] A variety of academic journals publish accounting and auditing research.
Empirical studies suggest that publishing in leading accounting journals tends to be more difficult than in other business disciplines.
[3] In some universities, the number of articles a faculty member publishes in top journals is the key measure of his or her research performance.
[4] In the 1960s, Eugene Garfield invented the impact factor, a tool for ranking and evaluating journals.