Singapore Management University is now ranked fifth in the world for Financial Archival Research. SMU moved up two notches from last year in the world rankings, according to the Brigham Young University (BYU) Accounting Research Rankings for 2015 released in February 2016.
In the area of Archival Research (All Topics), it retains its #1 spot as the best university in Asia and sixth in the world.
Just five years ago, the School of Accountancy’s worldwide rankings in the area of archival financial accounting research was 62nd. SoA steadily rose to 20th spot in 2013, then sealed its top 10 position in the following year before attaining seventh place last year.
Lauded as an important ranking to watch for accounting research, the BYU Accounting Research Rankings are based "on the award winning research paper Rankings of Accounting Doctoral Programs by Topical Area and Methodology, published in Accounting Horizons. These rankings are derived from the research output of graduates of listed PhD programmes based on classifications of peer-reviewed articles in 11 accounting journals since 1990, which in turn determines university ranking based on authors' affiliation"*.
SMU is proud to emerge as one of the top five universities in the world in Financial Archival Research. This achievement is a strong testament to the commitment of our faculty towards developing high quality accounting research and the conducive environment in SMU which has facilitated their research productivity.
Professor Cheng Qiang, Dean of School of Accountancy who previously held the position of the School’s Associate Dean (Research) until his appointment as Dean in July 2015 says, "This achievement is a remarkable one given that the institution is only 16 years old. We have risen significantly within a very short time and I am very pleased and proud of this wonderful recognition of our work. I would like to congratulate faculty members of SoA who are thoroughly committed to conducting research of the highest quality and consistently strive to answer questions of academic significance and professional application.”
The area of archival financial accounting research is the largest area in accounting research and the main research area of SoA faculty. Researchers at Brigham Young University measure the intellectual contribution of accounting faculty members at all institutions in the world. They go through publications in the top peer-reviewed accounting journals and rank departments or schools in the recent years based on the number of publications.
*Source: BYU Accounting Research Rankings: http://www.byuaccounting.net/rankings/univrank/rankings.php
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