Calls for increased rigor in accounting education persist, but it is unclear if the field has progressed. Assessing peer-reviewed accounting instructional pedagogical resources (i.e., instructional resources and cases) is crucial to fostering more rigorous contributions. To understand how academics can make such contributions, we analyzed instructional resources and cases with thematic analysis and machine learning methods. Predominant technical competencies were auditing, information technology, and financial accounting, whereas the most prevalent themes were data analytics in managerial accounting, profit and cost analysis of organizations, financial statements, and analytics and the auditor’s role. Underrepresented areas include financial accounting and reporting subtopics (e.g., nonprofit, derivatives, hedging instruments), technology subtopics (e.g., privacy-enhancing computation, cloud-native platforms, decision intelligence, generative AI), and areas of societal importance (e.g., imperialism, queering, equity, indigeneity). Encouraging academics to publish instructional pedagogical resources on these subjects could lead to innovative articles and address the need for increased rigor in accounting education.

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JEL Classifications: G31; G32; G33; M21.

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