Bill B. Francis

264 total papers · 7.3k total citations
192 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Bill B. Francis is a scholar working on Accounting, Finance and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bill B. Francis has authored 192 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 155 papers in Accounting, 96 papers in Finance and 49 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Bill B. Francis's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (133 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (59 papers) and Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (53 papers). Bill B. Francis is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (133 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (59 papers) and Banking stability, regulation, efficiency (53 papers). Bill B. Francis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and Australia. Bill B. Francis's co-authors include Iftekhar Hasan, Qiang Wu, Xian Sun, Jong Chool Park, Lori L. Leachman, Yun Zhu, Ninon Kohers, James C. Brau, Maya Waisman and Kose John and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Financial Economics and Strategic Management Journal.

In The Last Decade

Bill B. Francis

185 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

Gender Differences in Fin... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2014 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Gender Differences in Financial Reporting Decision Making: Evidence from Accounting Conservatism
    2014 367 citations Bill B. Francis, Iftekhar Hasan et al. Contemporary Accounting Research profile →
  2. Political uncertainty and bank loan contracting
    2014 272 citations Bill B. Francis, Iftekhar Hasan et al. Journal of Empirical Finance profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Bill B. Francis 3.9k 1.6k 1.6k 1.4k 402 192 5.0k
Mariassunta Giannetti 3.8k 1.0× 2.6k 1.7× 2.2k 1.4× 1.0k 0.7× 457 1.1× 129 5.7k
Kevin Keasey 3.5k 0.9× 1.8k 1.2× 1.6k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 197 0.5× 170 5.2k
H. Kent Baker 4.1k 1.1× 2.1k 1.3× 1.5k 0.9× 1.6k 1.1× 135 0.3× 222 6.1k
Joshua Yindenaba Abor 3.3k 0.8× 811 0.5× 2.0k 1.2× 1.5k 1.1× 333 0.8× 159 5.5k
Augustin Landier 2.5k 0.6× 1.9k 1.2× 2.2k 1.4× 753 0.5× 349 0.9× 72 4.5k
Martin J. Conyon 5.2k 1.3× 1.1k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 2.3k 1.7× 247 0.6× 107 6.2k
John O. S. Wilson 3.2k 0.8× 3.0k 1.9× 2.6k 1.6× 703 0.5× 348 0.9× 150 5.4k
Vikram K. Nanda 5.4k 1.4× 3.7k 2.3× 2.0k 1.3× 1.4k 1.0× 167 0.4× 164 6.5k
Gary Gang Tian 3.2k 0.8× 832 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 1.5k 1.1× 190 0.5× 147 4.3k
Jeffry M. Netter 6.4k 1.6× 2.6k 1.7× 1.7k 1.1× 2.2k 1.6× 207 0.5× 70 7.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bill B. Francis

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bill B. Francis

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