The Journal of Information Systems (JIS) reaches an important milestone with this issue—30 years of continuous publication of important research on Accounting Information Systems (AIS). In this year of celebration, Volume 30, we will publish three invited papers on various aspects of AIS research. In this issue, we welcome a contribution by Dr. Ron Weber (Weber 2016). An early and important scholar in AIS, Ron has spent the last many years researching in Management Information Systems. His analysis of the publication history of JIS provides important insights into the past and future development of our field. It provides a deeply personal perspective on the role of AIS and the research methods and techniques employed by AIS researchers. In the second, Summer, issue, Dr. Uday Murthy—a former editor of JIS—will assess the current state of research in AIS. Dr. Murthy also takes a historical view with...
