Having completed one year as The Accounting Review's (TAR) Senior Editor, I appreciate the opportunity to report to the AAA Publications Committee and Board of Directors, and to the readers, authors, reviewers, and fellow co-editors of TAR, as well as to share some of my thoughts on TAR processes. I believe that such communication concerning TAR and our editorial processes will give all constituents, including prospective authors, a better sense of what we seek to do and how we seek to do it.
My experience as one of 13 co-editors during Steve Kachelmeier's 2008–2011 regime has been very helpful to me during my first year in this position. Because I found Steve's editorial approach and specific policies to be effective, I have generally continued them. The biggest change during our first year was the conversion to the AllenTrack online submission and manuscript management system, which I...