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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Autores: Argilés-Bosch, J.M., Kasperskaya, Yuliya, Garcia-Blandon, Josep, Ravenda, Diego
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:20.500.14342/5244
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/5244
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-025-05259-5
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gender editor
Gender author
Acceptance delay
Publication delay
Accounting
Business
Revistes--Edició
Diferències entre sexes
Autoria
Comptabilitat
Negocis
Articles de revistes
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Sumario: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.