The Interplay of Author and Editor Gender in Acceptance Delays: Evidence from Accounting Journals

The objective of this study is to examine the impact of the gender of editors and authors, as well as their interaction, on acceptance delays (ACCDEL) of articles. We focus on genders of the corresponding author and the editor overseeing the manuscript. Using data from three top accounting journals...

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Authors: Argilés Bosch, Josep M., Kasperskaya, Yulia, García Blandón, Josep, Ravenda, Diego
Format: article
Status:Versión aceptada para publicación
Publication Date:2025
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/224121
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/224121
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Bibliometria
Estudis de gènere
Comptabilitat
Bibliometrics
Gender studies
Accounting
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Summary:The objective of this study is to examine the impact of the gender of editors and authors, as well as their interaction, on acceptance delays (ACCDEL) of articles. We focus on genders of the corresponding author and the editor overseeing the manuscript. Using data from three top accounting journals from 2015 to 2020, we conduct a regression analysis to test the hypotheses regarding longer ACCDEL for articles under female editorship or authors, those with gender-opposite editor-author pairs, and those with coincident genders editor-author pairs. We find that when the genders of editors and corresponding authors differ, there is a significant increase in ACCDEL compared to submissions where the genders of editors and corresponding authors match. Our results suggest the existence of a prevalent gender homophily effect.