The Challenges Facing Chinese Accounting Scholars Publishing in English (and Chinese) Language Journals

Steven Dellaportas*, Lina Xu, Sophia Ji, Dudu Luo, Xiaoming Song

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Abstract

Interviews with accounting scholars in China found that the pressure to publish in English language journals is high for reasons of tenure and promotion, but the expectation of acceptance is low. Publishing in Chinese language journals is equally as difficult because of socio-cultural factors that favour a limited group of scholars with reputational capital. Scholars in China either avoid submitting articles to English language journals, collaborate with western scholars to enhance the probability of success, or focus on quantitative methodologies because of a perception that it is less demanding on language capability compared with qualitative approaches to research.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1827-1848
Number of pages21
JournalAccounting and Finance
Volume64
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Nov 2023

Keywords

  • accounting journals
  • accounting scholars
  • China
  • language

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