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]
References
edit- ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Business, Finance". 2011 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Socioal Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2012.
External links
edit- Official website
- Print: ISSN 1380-6653
- Electronic: ISSN 1573-7136