Alistair Preston

2.4k total citations
23 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Alistair Preston is a scholar working on Management Information Systems, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alistair Preston has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Management Information Systems, 6 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Alistair Preston's work include Accounting and Organizational Management (14 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (4 papers) and Public Policy and Administration Research (3 papers). Alistair Preston is often cited by papers focused on Accounting and Organizational Management (14 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (4 papers) and Public Policy and Administration Research (3 papers). Alistair Preston collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Alistair Preston's co-authors include D. James Cooper, Rod Coombs, Joni J. Young, Wai Fong Chua, Christopher Wright, Shimon Awerbuch, Dean Neu, D. Paul Scarbrough, David J. Cooper and Leslie S. Oakes and has published in prestigious journals such as Energy Policy, Accounting Organizations and Society and Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal.

In The Last Decade

Alistair Preston

23 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alistair Preston United States 19 1.0k 529 494 345 309 23 1.8k
Sten Jönsson Sweden 16 665 0.7× 349 0.7× 477 1.0× 487 1.4× 157 0.5× 58 1.5k
Monica Franco‐Santos United Kingdom 16 1.2k 1.2× 311 0.6× 497 1.0× 577 1.7× 177 0.6× 23 2.0k
Joan Ballantine United Kingdom 25 738 0.7× 451 0.9× 160 0.3× 377 1.1× 92 0.3× 55 1.9k
Martin Messner Austria 16 832 0.8× 415 0.8× 499 1.0× 446 1.3× 138 0.4× 44 1.5k
Caroline Turner 4 526 0.5× 325 0.6× 809 1.6× 972 2.8× 201 0.7× 6 2.4k
David Naranjo‐Gil Spain 16 576 0.6× 366 0.7× 279 0.6× 406 1.2× 63 0.2× 54 1.2k
Falconer Mitchell United Kingdom 26 1.6k 1.6× 887 1.7× 274 0.6× 709 2.1× 148 0.5× 79 2.3k
Roland F. Speklé Netherlands 17 835 0.8× 624 1.2× 370 0.7× 530 1.5× 269 0.9× 38 1.7k
Eli Berniker United States 5 356 0.4× 92 0.2× 408 0.8× 511 1.5× 154 0.5× 9 1.7k
Edward J. Conlon United States 18 272 0.3× 190 0.4× 555 1.1× 395 1.1× 137 0.4× 35 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alistair Preston

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alistair Preston

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Preston, Alistair, et al.. (2007). The construction of US utility accounting: 1882–1944. Accounting Organizations and Society. 33(4-5). 415–435. 5 indexed citations
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Alverson, Dale C., et al.. (2004). Telehealth in the Trenches: Reporting Back from the Frontlines in Rural America. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health. 10(1). 95–109. 23 indexed citations
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Alverson, Dale C., et al.. (2004). Telehealth in the Trenches: Reporting Back from the Frontlines in Rural America. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health. 10(supplement 2). S–95. 29 indexed citations
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Carayannis, Elias G., Alistair Preston, & Shimon Awerbuch. (2002). Technological learning, architectural innovations, and the virtual utility concept. 2 indexed citations
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Preston, Alistair & Joni J. Young. (2000). Constructing the global corporation and corporate constructions of the global: a picture essay. Accounting Organizations and Society. 25(4-5). 427–449. 71 indexed citations
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Preston, Alistair, Wai Fong Chua, & Dean Neu. (1997). The Diagnosis-Related Group-Prospective Payment System and the problem of the government of rationing health care to the elderly. Accounting Organizations and Society. 22(2). 147–164. 114 indexed citations
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Awerbuch, Shimon & Alistair Preston. (1997). The virtual utility : accounting, technology & competitive aspects of the emerging industry. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 37 indexed citations
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Awerbuch, Shimon & Alistair Preston. (1997). The Virtual Utility. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 49 indexed citations
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Awerbuch, Shimon, Jesse Dillard, Tom Mouck, & Alistair Preston. (1996). Capital budgeting, technological innovation and the emerging competitive environment of the electric power industry. Energy Policy. 24(2). 195–202. 28 indexed citations
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Preston, Alistair, Christopher Wright, & Joni J. Young. (1996). IMag[in]ing annual reports. Accounting Organizations and Society. 21(1). 113–137. 236 indexed citations
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Young, Joni J. & Alistair Preston. (1996). Commentaries: Are accounting researchers under the tyranny of single theory perspectives?. Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal. 9(4). 107–111. 14 indexed citations
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Preston, Alistair, et al.. (1995). Changes in the code of ethics of the U.S. accounting profession, 1917 and 1988: The continual quest for legitimation. Accounting Organizations and Society. 20(6). 507–546. 152 indexed citations
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Preston, Alistair, et al.. (1994). Changes in the Code of Ethics of the U.S. Accounting Profession, 1917 and 1988: The Continual Quest for Legitimation. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Chua, Wai Fong & Alistair Preston. (1994). Worrying about Accounting in Health Care. Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal. 7(3). 4–17. 92 indexed citations
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Preston, Alistair. (1992). The birth of clinical accounting: A study of the emergence and transformations of discourses on costs and practices of accounting in U.S. hospitals. Accounting Organizations and Society. 17(1). 63–100. 108 indexed citations
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Preston, Alistair, D. James Cooper, & Rod Coombs. (1992). Fabricating budgets: A study of the production of management budgeting in the national health service. Accounting Organizations and Society. 17(6). 561–593. 304 indexed citations
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Hammond, Theresa & Alistair Preston. (1992). Culture, gender and corporate control: Japan as “other”. Accounting Organizations and Society. 17(8). 795–808. 22 indexed citations
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Preston, Alistair, D. James Cooper, & Rod Coombs. (1991). Fabricating Budgets: A Study of the Production of Management Budgeting in the National Health Service. SSRN Electronic Journal. 269 indexed citations
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Preston, Alistair. (1991). The “problem” in and of management information systems. 1(1). 43–69. 38 indexed citations
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Preston, Alistair. (1986). Interactions and arrangements in the process of informing. Accounting Organizations and Society. 11(6). 521–540. 113 indexed citations

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