World Number 1 at BYU Accounting Research Rankings

Singapore Management University’s School of Accountancy (SOA) has once again clinched World Number 1 for Archival Research (Financial Accounting) at the latest Brigham Young University (BYU) Accounting Research Rankings 2025 (released in February 2026). The School is also ranked third in the world for Archival Research (All Topics), and first in Asia for All Areas and All Discipline Research, as well as in Citation Rankings.

Acclaimed as an objective and key ranking to watch for in accounting research, the BYU Accounting Research Rankings are based on award winning research and on classifications of peer reviewed articles in 12 accounting journals since 1990, which in turn determines university ranking based on authors’ affiliation. Researchers at BYU measure the intellectual contribution of accounting faculty members at all institutions in the world. They go through publications in the top peer-reviewed accounting journals and rank departments or schools in the recent years based on the number of publications. A high ranking signals that SMU has the highest research productivity in the top peer-reviewed journals as compared to other peer schools worldwide, particularly in the fields that SMU’s SoA emphasises – archival accounting research.

SMU strongly encourages the research faculty to publish in the best academic journals to demonstrate the expertise and findings of our academics.

*Source: BYU Accounting Research Rankings: http://www.byuaccounting.net/rankings/univrank/rankings.php