Steven M. Glover (BYU, Marriott School of Management), Douglas F. Prawitt (BYU, Marriott School of Management) & David A. Wood (Indiana University Bloomington – Kelley School of Business) have posted Publication Records of Faculty Promoted at the Top 75 Accounting Research Programs on SSRN.  Here is the abstract:

This paper presents a descriptive analysis of the publication records of faculty promoted at the top 75 accounting research programs (as ranked by Trieschmann, et al. 2000) from 1995 to 2003. The presentation and analyses of these data are intended to be useful to faculty and evaluation committees from a benchmarking and decision-making perspective. From a benchmarking perspective, the results will be useful in helping schools as they develop or refine relevant policies and research expectations. The results may be particularly useful in view of the fact that average accounting faculty publication records differ in comparison to the average publication records of faculty in other disciplines. We present results in four unique ways to help faculty and evaluation committees understand faculty publication records at the time accounting faculty are promoted to associate and full professor at various sets, or pools, of universities. Not surprisingly, the results indicate significant differences in publication records across the accounting programs included in the study. While differences are expected given the varied missions and emphases of different schools, we believe the data will be useful to policy makers, evaluation committees, and faculty as they set standards, evaluate performance, and plan scholarship activities in conjunction with other expected activities, such as teaching and service.