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# Research ideas tagged “audit”

4 research idea notes tagged “audit”.

- [What key audit matters tell investors](https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/what-key-audit-matters-tell-investors.md) (2026-10-26, seed): Key and critical audit matters appear on only 9 recent papers, although auditors of thousands of listed firms now describe the riskiest parts of each audit in their reports. Do these paragraphs say anything firm-specific after a few years, and does anyone react to them? Tags: accounting, audit, financial reporting.
- [Process mining for audit and internal control](https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/process-mining-for-audit-and-controls.md) (2026-10-26, seed): Process mining and robotic process automation appear on only 25 recent papers, mostly in AI and operations research, with 3 in accounting. Event logs from enterprise systems record every step of purchasing, invoicing and payment. Can auditors test whole populations of transactions instead of samples, and what do they find? Tags: accounting, audit, ai.
- [Audit market concentration and the price of an audit](https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/audit-market-concentration.md) (2026-10-23, seed): The Big 4 auditors appear on 32 recent papers in the finance and accounting journals, but only 9 of 38 papers on the audit market carry a concentration, competition or fee keyword. Audit fees have risen sharply, and regulators worry about four firms auditing almost every large company. Does concentration raise fees, lower quality or both? Tags: accounting, audit, competition.
- [Who checks the sustainability reports?](https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/assurance-of-sustainability-reports.md) (2026-10-23, seed): Sustainability reporting appears on 57 recent papers, but assurance of those reports on far fewer: "ESG assurance" on 6, "external assurance" on 3, and the topic is rising. A global assurance standard took effect in 2026. Does assurance make reported emissions more accurate, and who should provide it? Tags: accounting, esg, audit.

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Scholar4AI. (2026). Research ideas tagged “audit”. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/tags/audit

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  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Research ideas tagged “audit”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/tags/audit}},
  urldate = {2026-10-26},
  note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).