---
title: "Accounting education research: papers and trends"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “accounting education” appeared in 260 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in accounting (176), management (61) and higher education and research (14)."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/accounting-education
markdown_url: https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/accounting-education.md
license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “accounting education” appeared in 260 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in accounting (176), management (61) and higher education and research (14). (as of 2026-11-05)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-05T06:02:37+09:00
window: 2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05
source: OpenAlex (CC0)
---

# Papers on “accounting education”

[Browse research topics](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/directory.md)

Research on “accounting education” in the 480 tracked journals: papers per year and category, the journals, institutions and countries publishing it, the keywords studied with it and its most-cited papers. It is not among the most frequent keywords of the last 30 days, so this page has no list of its latest papers.

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/keywords.md

## Key findings

- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “accounting education” appeared in 260 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in accounting (176), management (61) and higher education and research (14).
- 36 of them were published in 2025, against 20 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Silpakorn University (7), Monash University (6) and Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University (6).
- The journals publishing most of them were Journal of Accounting Education (66), The International Journal of Management Education (29) and The British Accounting Review (6).
- The most-cited of them is “Toward integration of Big Data, technology and information systems competencies into the accounting curriculum” (Journal of Accounting Education, 2017), with 249 citations.

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 22 | 18 | 30 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 8 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 20 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 32 | 36 | 39 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Journal of Accounting Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-accounting-education.md) | 66 |
| 2 | [The International Journal of Management Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-international-journal-of-management-education.md) | 29 |
| 3 | [The British Accounting Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-british-accounting-review.md) | 6 |
| 4 | [Critical Perspectives on Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/critical-perspectives-on-accounting.md) | 5 |
| 5 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2 |
| 6 | [Journal of Business Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-ethics.md) | 2 |
| 7 | [Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-open-innovation-technology-market-and-complexity.md) | 2 |
| 8 | [Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-and-education-artificial-intelligence.md) | 2 |
| 9 | [International Journal of Information Management Data Insights](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management-data-insights.md) | 2 |
| 10 | [Quality & Quantity](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/quality-quantity.md) | 1 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Silpakorn University | 7 |
| 2 | [Monash University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/monash-university.md) | 6 |
| 3 | Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University | 6 |
| 4 | Northern Illinois University | 6 |
| 5 | Stellenbosch University | 6 |
| 6 | University of Scranton | 5 |
| 7 | Walailak University | 5 |
| 8 | North-West University | 4 |
| 9 | University of Bengkulu | 4 |
| 10 | University of Tasmania | 4 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United States | 45 |
| 2 | Australia | 13 |
| 3 | South Africa | 13 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 12 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 10 |
| 6 | Thailand | 8 |
| 7 | Canada | 4 |
| 8 | Spain | 4 |
| 9 | France | 4 |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 4 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | accounting students | 22 |
| 2 | accounting curriculum | 11 |
| 3 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 10 |
| 4 | [ChatGPT](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/chatgpt.md) | 10 |
| 5 | curriculum development | 9 |
| 6 | [student perceptions](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/student-perceptions.md) | 9 |
| 7 | Generation Z | 8 |
| 8 | [generative AI](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/generative-ai.md) | 8 |
| 9 | accounting faculty | 7 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 249 | 2.1 | [Toward integration of Big Data, technology and information systems competencies into the accounting curriculum](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccedu.2016.12.008) | [Journal of Accounting Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-accounting-education.md) | 2017-01-10 | Deb Sledgianowski, Mohamed I. Gomaa, Christine E.L. Tan |
| 2 | 204 | 2.3 | [A commentary on learning objectives for accounting education programs: The importance of soft skills and technical knowledge](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccedu.2019.07.002) | [Journal of Accounting Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-accounting-education.md) | 2019-07-13 | James E. Rebele, E. Kent St. Pierre |
| 3 | 200 | 3.1 | [The Impacts of Emerging Technologies on Accountants’ Role and Skills: Connecting to Open Innovation—A Systematic Literature Review](https://doi.org/10.3390/joitmc7030163) | [Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-open-innovation-technology-market-and-complexity.md) | 2021-06-23 | Nanja Kroon, Maria do Céu Gaspar Alves, Isabel Martins |
| 4 | 193 | 1.7 | [Forces for change in higher education and implications for the accounting academy](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccedu.2017.06.001) | [Journal of Accounting Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-accounting-education.md) | 2017-06-22 | Karen V. Pincus, David E. Stout, James E. Sorensen et al. |
| 5 | 173 | 1.7 | [Infusing data analytics into the accounting curriculum: A framework and insights from faculty](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccedu.2018.03.004) | [Journal of Accounting Education](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-accounting-education.md) | 2018-04-17 | Ann C. Dzuranin, Janet R. Jones, Renee M. Olvera |

## Research ideas that follow this keyword

- [Generative AI as a tutor in accounting courses](https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/generative-ai-tutors-in-accounting-education.md)

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “accounting education”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/accounting-education

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-keywords-accounting-education,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Papers on “accounting education”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/accounting-education}},
  urldate = {2026-11-05},
  note = {Journal and Conference 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/).