KU School of Business accounting faculty again earn top spot in BYU rankings

LAWRENCE — For the fifth year in a row, accounting faculty at the University of Kansas School of Business earned a No. 1 global ranking for their audit archival research contributions over the past six and 12 years, according to Brigham Young University’s 2023 rankings.

Each year Brigham Young University (BYU) publishes a database of research-productivity rankings from the accounting departments of universities worldwide. The rankings are based on publications in 12 leading accounting journals for the most recent six years, the most recent 12 years and all years since 1990, when the rankings first began.

BYU categorizes research contributions by accounting topic and research method. Audit archival research, according to BYU’s ranking methodology, includes studies about various audit topics in which findings are based on objective data gathered from repositories.

The BYU rankings are considered the gold standard within the accounting discipline. Since 2019, the KU School of Business has earned the No. 1 spot in the rankings for its audit archival research contributions of the past six and 12 years.

BYU’s 2023 rankings also place KU accounting researchers at No. 2 over the past six and 12 years for their contributions in all audit research.

Other highlights from BYU’s rankings:

• KU ranks No. 11 for all archival research over the past six years and No. 12 over the past 12 years.
• KU accounting faculty rank No. 11 across all topics and research methods over the past six years and No. 13 across all topics and research methods over the past 12 years.

Find a full list of KU’s accounting rankings and associated researchers on the BYU accounting rankings website.