According to the latest Brigham Young University Accounting Research Rankings 2021, the SMU School of Accountancy (SOA) is ranked first in in the world for Citation Rankings, Archival Research (All Topics) and Archival Research (Financial Accounting). In addition, it is also first in Asia for All Areas and All Discipline Research, climbing to seventh in the world in the overall main rankings. SOA's Associate Dean Professor Zhang Liandong shared that accounting research is connecting educators, industry practitioners and regulators, and plays an important role in shaping the future of the accounting profession.