Conducting Research for

Publication in International
Journals

UPI YAI

Johnny Jermias,
PhD CPA, CMA
Professor
STIE YAI

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Outline
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Introduction

Publication in good quality journal

Scientific research

Conclusion

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1. Introduction

Personal experience (Australian Business

Dean Council journal list):

4 A-star journals

8 A Journals

Accounting, Organizations and Society

European Accounting Review
Management Accounting Research (2)
The International Journal of Accounting (4)
British Accounting Review (2)
Journal of International Accounting Research
Accounting and Finance

Other international journals/Practitioner journals

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1. Introduction: Background

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1. Introduction
Path to publication:
1. Idea generation
2. Formalization of research ideas
3. Data collection and analyses
4. Writing the manuscript
5. Presentation at workshop/seminars
to solicit feedback
6. Journal submissions with lengthy
review process (average 3 years)
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Publishing in Scopus journals

Characteristics of topics that have a
good chance to be accepted:

Address real world/societal problem

Fills significant gap/advances theory
Produced novel/new/unexpected results
Address hard to solve research
issues/introduces new procedures
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Important factors to be
considered by reviewers

Theoretical significance
Value for future research
Quality of presentation
Substantive interest
Methodological interest
Practical significance
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Quality of presentation

Problems statements are clearly stated and well

organized
Manuscript is well written, well structured, and
well organized
Hypotheses are clearly stated and tested
The writing is succinct and internally consistent
Has a logical flow of ideas
Starts and ends strongly to attract and maintain
interest
Results are presented clearly and discussed
carefully with logical reasoning
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Other aspects

Avoid plagiarism (including self-plagiarism):

Deadly sin
Know the target journal (Journals have
different styles)
Expose your work to your peers (present in
good conferences)
Dont be defeated by reviewers comments
Length from idea generation to first draft: 12 years
Length of review process: 1-4 years
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2. Publishing in Scopus
Journals
Effective ways to learn how to publish in
Scopus Journals:

Follow the process of your PhD thesis

Find experienced and successful coauthors
Ask for guidance from experts in your field
No access or difficult to find
Experts are extremely busy
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2. Publishing in Scopus
journals
Two factors to generate significant/
meaningful topics:

Process to generate research ideas

Following and critically looking at the literature

Keeping up to date of real world issues
Working with colleagues

Ability to differentiate significant/meaningful

topics

Awareness of existing literature

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Role of thesis supervisor/

experienced co-author

Thesis supervisor/co-author should be able to:

Minimize the risk of undertaken research topics

that have little chance of successful completion
Help students/junior researchers obtain correct
data on the first attempt
Eliminate outcome dependence research
Reduce the temptation to abandon the main
research topic as the research progress
Set the time schedule for each milestones
(literature review, hypotheses, research design,
data collection, data analyses, first draft, final draft)
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3. Conducting research

Purpose:
to understand, predict, or control some
aspects of the environment by testing/refuting
existing theories or by developing and testing
new theories
to help policy makers

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3. Conducting Research
Fundamental questions:
1. What are the problem statements
(research questions)?
2. Why are they important? Do we really
care? Why? (relate to your
contributions)?
3. How do you address the research
questions?
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Framework for Scientific

Research
Add Your Text
1. Initial
Inquiry
(Research
question)
7. Further
Inquiry
(Extension)

6.Drawing
Conclusions

2. Hypothesis

Scientific
Inquiry

3. Designing
Tests

4. Data
Collection
5.Data
Interpretation

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How do we find the research

questions/problem statements?
Identify the knowledge gap in your
discipline

Review existing literature

Insights emerging from ongoing contacts between

researchers and organizations
Personal contemplations

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Framework for Scientific Research

Example:
1. Initial inquiry:
Observation: companies are reluctant to
invest in CSR activities (e.g. treat
industrial waste)
Research question: Do disclosure
regimes affect managers willingness to
invest in CSR projects?
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Framework for Scientific Research

Example:
2. Prediction (hypothesis):
Managers are more willing to invest in
CSR project if they have the opportunity
to disclose extensively their CSR
activities in a stand-alone CSR report
(not merely in the footnotes of annual
financial statement)
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Framework for Scientific Research

Example:
3. Research design:
Compare willingness to invest between
CSR disclosure regimes
4. Data collection:
Collect data relevant to the variables
of interest (willingness to invest,
different CSR disclosure regimes)
Empirical or experiment
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Framework for Scientific Research

Example:
5. Data interpretation:
Describe actual results
Compare with prediction
6. Drawing conclusion:
Explain why the actual results are
consistent/inconsistent with
predictions relate to theory
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Framework for Scientific Research

Example:
7. Further inquiry: Future research
Reasons for consistent/inconsist
results
Limitations and opportunities for future
research

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Role of theory

A theory explains what has been observed, test

empirically the hypotheses derived from the
theory, and then predict what is yet to be
observed.
Knowledge accumulates through the systematic
testing of hypotheses suggested by theories.
Theory allows the systematic ordering of facts

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Role of theory

Researchers often underestimate the

importance of rigorous theory in designing
their studies. Weak theory development is
probably the most recurring reason for the
accounting journals to reject empirical
papers.
A papers motivation and contribution
critically depend on theory.
Theory structures the study and suggest
alternative hypotheses.
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Conclusion

Useful for preparing a paper/thesis/dissertation:

Are the theory and hypotheses reasonable?

Are there any other variables that might have
significant effects on the dependent variables?
Is the magnitude of the hypothesized effect
plausible?
Are all important competing explanations
adequately addressed in the plan?
Are the proposed test appropriate?
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Conclusion

Useful to evaluate others paper

What are the dependent, independent, control

variables?
Are they appropriately addressed in the paper?
What are other variables that might have important
effects on the dependent variable?
Are there better ways

to measure those variables?

To analyze data?

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Main Takeaways

Read the literature in your area

Find interesting topic, significant contribution to
the existing literature
Find good co-author(s)/thesis supervisos
Be persistence
Good luck on your research endeavor

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Thank You !

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