Issue Information ‐ Request for Papers

• Date: 01 June 2020
• Published date: 01 June 2020
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/1475-679X.12277

REQUEST FOR PAPERS

56th Annual (2021) JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING

RESEARCH CONFERENCE

Current Topics in Accounting Research and Recent Advances in Technology

The 2021 Journal of Accounting Research conference will be held at the University of

Chicago Booth School of Business on May 7–8, 2021. Funding for the conference is

generously provided by the KPMG Foundation, in conjunction with the Accounting

Research Center at Chicago Booth. To encourage a broad set of submissions, the

2021 conference is open to submissions of theoretical, empirical, and experimental

studies that advance our understanding of any area or topic of accounting research.

In addition, we are particularly interested in accounting studies related to recent

advances in technology, including:

rArtificial intelligence and big data

rBlockchain technology and applications in accounting

rMachine learning by companies or its use in accounting research

rDigital transformation and the adoption of digital technologies by companies

rApplications to auditing in accounting research

rFacial recognition, social media, satellite video, and investment processes

rRise of fintechs

As is traditionally the case with the Journal of Accounting Research conference,

papers selected for inclusion in the conference are published in the annual con-

ference issue in the spring of the year following the conference (the inclusion of

conference papers in the conference issue is, as always, subject to satisfactory reso-

lution of the editorial review process).

Papers should be submitted electronically through the links provided on the

Journal of Accounting Research web site. The submission fee is $500.00. The deadline

for submission of papers is December 1, 2020.