Content Analysis of the Scientific Research Journal of “Empirical Research in Accounting” during 2011-2018

The purpose of this study is to identify the content characteristics of the articles in the 1 to 25 issues of the Journal of “Empirical Research in Accounting”, affiliated to Al-Zahra University. The research method is content analysis and the research population consists of 243 articles published in 26 booklets of this journal between 2011 and 2018. The research findings indicate that 607 people have taken part in writing the articles, 66 percent of the authors being male and 34 percent female. 236 works (97%) are the result of group work and 8 others (4%) of individual work. 27 percent of the authors are articles, assistant professors, 15 percent associate professors, 13 percent doctoral students, 5 percent professors, and the rest of the academic levels have been ranked lower. Investigation into the organizational affiliation of the authors shows that 38 works (16%) are the results of the efforts of the researchers at Al-Zahra University. Allameh Tabatabai, Shiraz, Tehran and Mazandaran universities are ranked the next stages of producing works, respectively. 58% of the articles belong to the field of financial accounting, 12% management accounting, 11% auditing, 8% corporate governance and 2% taxes.