A
new study on prolific authors in accounting literature cites
Lawrence A. Gordon, Member, Editorial Board,
FINANCE INDIA and Ernst & Young Alumni Professor of Managerial
Accounting and Information Assurance and Director of the Ph.D.
Program, Robert H. Smith School of Business, UNIVERSITY OF
MARYLAND at College Park, USA as the world's 35th most prolific
author in the field of accounting, placing him among the top
one percent out of 4,890 accounting researchers over the 35-year
period of 1967-2001.
The study,
published in the 2003 edition of Advances in Accounting, examined
the publication records in the top 40 accounting journals
(in terms of quality).
Commenting
on the findings of the study, Gordon, an internationally known
scholar in the area of managerial accounting said, "it
is flattering and gratifying to be recognized as standing
out among my peers for my research in managerial accounting."
Up until recently, Gordon's research has focused on issues
related to accounting/economic performance measures, capital
investments, and designing management accounting systems.
In a citations
analysis study by the Accounting Organizations and Society
in 1996, Gordon was ranked as being one of the world’s
most influential accounting researchers. He is also co-editor
of the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy.
Press
Secretary
Indian Institute of Finamce
