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Elsevier are pleased to announce that from 2009, we will be publishing Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics originally published by Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The journal is dedicated to publishing high quality manuscripts that rigorously apply economics and legal theory to accounting/auditing with an emphasis on empirical research. While there is a special focus on issues relevant to the Asia-Pacific region, the journal also encourages submissions from outside the region in the following areas relating to accounting and auditing issues: financial contracts, corporate governance, capital markets, financial institutions and economics of organizations. More information will be available on www.elsevier.com soon.

New Journal - Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics

Editor-in-Chief: Judy Tsui, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Co-Editors: Ferdinand A. Gul, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

                  Dan A. Simunic, University of British Columbia, Canada

Consulting Editors: Katherine Schipper, Duke University, USA

                            Ross L. Watts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA

And a distinguished board of Associate Editors                                      

New Journal Format for Research in Accounting Regulation

 Editor: Gary John Previts, Case Western University, USA

From 2009, Research in Accounting Regulation, first published in 1987, will be published in one volume, two issues per year and adopt the periodical format. Further information is available at www.elsevier.com/locate/racreg

New Journal Format for   Advances in Accounting, incorporating Advances in International Accounting

Editors: P. Reckers, Arizona State University, USA

            J. T. Sale, University of Cincinnati, USA

Since 2008, Advances in Accounting and Advances in International Accounting have been combined into a one journal format.

The journal continues to provide an important international forum for discourse among and between academic and practicing accountants on significant issues in the field. Find out more at www.elsevier.com/locate/adiac

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy in Social Sciences Citation Index

Elsevier is delighted to announce that   Journal of Accounting and Public Policy has been formally accepted for inclusion on the Social Sciences Citation Index. We would like to congratulate and thank our editors, authors and reviewers for all of their hard work.

The journal will be added to the SSCI from Volume 71 No. 1. The journal will receive its first impact factor in the 2010 JCR published in 2011.

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Management Accounting Research in Social Sciences Citation Index

Elsevier is delighted to announce that Management Accounting Research has been formally accepted for inclusion on the Social Sciences Citation Index. We would like to congratulate and thank our editors, authors and reviewers for all of their hard work.

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New section Accounting Letters

The Journal of Accounting and Public Policy has initiated a new section entitled Accounting Letters.  This section contains short research articles that should not exceed approximately 3000 words.  

The objective of this section is to facilitate the rapid dissemination of important accounting research. Accordingly, articles submitted to this section will be reviewed within fours weeks of receipt, revisions will be limited to one, and publication will occur within four months of acceptance.

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New Editors for The British Accounting Review
We are delighted to announce that Michael Jones and Howard Mellett, both Professors at Cardiff Business School, University of Cardiff, will become the new Editors of The British Accounting Review from 2009.

Please visit the   homepage for more information about the journal.

New Editors for Critical Perspectives on Accounting

We are very pleased to welcome three new Co Editors-in-Chief to the journal Critical Perspectives on Accounting.

1. Marcia Annisette, Associate Professor of Accounting at Schulich School of Business, York University in Canada.
2. Christine Cooper, Professor of Accounting at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland.
3. Dean Neu, Future Fund Professor of Accounting and Director of the Centre for Public Interest Accounting at Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, Canada.

Find out more about the journal and submit an article www.elsevier.com/locate/cpa.