Below you will find a summary of the steps typically taken to review a submitted manuscript during RAR's operations.
Research in Accounting Regulation's required method of submission was through electronic PDF document delivery to the editor via email.
Upon receipt of the manuscript the editor performed a ‘desk review’ to determine if the manuscript should be sent out for a full review. This desk review was undertaken to facilitate processing, assess the fit of the paper with the scope and objectives of RAR and to assess whether the manuscript had the potential to be a main paper, a research report, a capsule commentary, or one of the other areas of classification.
Footnotes, citations, and text notes conformed to the style used in American Accounting Association journals. Upon acceptance, authors signed a copyright responsibility statement and copyright release, and were notified as to specific publication requirements of the publisher to meet on a timely response basis. Research in Accounting Regulation was initially published in a single hard bound annual volume. Later it was published in two softbound volumes per year. There was no specific guidance available as to how long a particular review will require. The pace of the review and its quality are a joint effort of the editor and assigned reviewers. Since there was no manuscript submission or publication fee, the process relied upon non-compensated reviewers, who volunteered their scheduled time. Manuscript acceptance decisions were the responsibility of the editor.
Compliance with the guidelines enabled the process of a review. (NOTE: “RAR” was an opening set of letters on the SUBJECT LINE in submitting an email for initial or subsequent communication. Because Research in Accounting Regulation uses extensive electronic publishing aides we asked our authors to make a few concessions to that process so that we are better able to meet our deadlines. To that end we developed the following guidance.