Helen Roberts

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Helen Roberts is a scholar working on Accounting, Economics and Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Helen Roberts has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Accounting, 19 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 15 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Helen Roberts's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (31 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (10 papers) and Family Business Performance and Succession (8 papers). Helen Roberts is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (31 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (10 papers) and Family Business Performance and Succession (8 papers). Helen Roberts collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Australia and United Kingdom. Helen Roberts's co-authors include Rosalind H. Whiting, Pallab Kumar Biswas, Ivan Diaz‐Rainey, Sebastian A. Gehricke, Sarah H. Turbott, John Coverdale, Kevin Stainback, Muhammad Nadeem, Glenn Boyle and Andrew Coleman and has published in prestigious journals such as Free Radical Biology and Medicine, The British Journal of Psychiatry and Journal of Business Ethics.

In The Last Decade

Helen Roberts

59 papers receiving 942 citations

Hit Papers

Board gender diversity and firm performance: Empirical ev... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 50 100 150 200 250
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 threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Board gender diversity and firm performance: Empirical evidence from Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore
    2015 268 citations Helen Roberts, Rosalind H. Whiting et al. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Helen Roberts New Zealand 16 538 279 257 227 154 64 1.0k
Sarmistha Pal United Kingdom 16 517 1.0× 100 0.4× 251 1.0× 314 1.4× 123 0.8× 87 1.1k
Brian J. Surette United States 10 779 1.4× 216 0.8× 643 2.5× 68 0.3× 421 2.7× 14 1.2k
Tom Kirchmaier United Kingdom 14 407 0.8× 247 0.9× 124 0.5× 185 0.8× 75 0.5× 50 803
Donald Bruce United States 22 560 1.0× 138 0.5× 1.0k 4.0× 64 0.3× 39 0.3× 53 1.5k
Stephen G. Bronars United States 19 479 0.9× 190 0.7× 748 2.9× 276 1.2× 124 0.8× 26 1.5k
Naomi E. Feldman Israel 13 194 0.4× 144 0.5× 375 1.5× 44 0.2× 26 0.2× 39 710
Gail Pacheco New Zealand 14 222 0.4× 45 0.2× 172 0.7× 117 0.5× 71 0.5× 71 793
Steven G. Allen United States 18 302 0.6× 110 0.4× 625 2.4× 166 0.7× 61 0.4× 54 1.3k
Volker Grossmann Switzerland 18 160 0.3× 59 0.2× 692 2.7× 75 0.3× 73 0.5× 104 1.0k
Daniel Fernández‐Kranz Spain 14 130 0.2× 164 0.6× 393 1.5× 424 1.9× 42 0.3× 43 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Helen Roberts

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Fields of papers citing papers by Helen Roberts

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helen Roberts

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shahrabani, Shosh, et al.. (2025). Optimism, economic concern, trust in the government, and entrepreneurial intention during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. 54(2). 225–245.
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Stainback, Kevin, Helen Roberts, & Pallab Kumar Biswas. (2024). Women's representation in managerial hierarchies: An examination of trickle‐down and pipeline effects. Human Resource Management. 63(4). 619–637. 1 indexed citations
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Biswas, Pallab Kumar, et al.. (2024). Mandatory CSR regulations and social disclosure: the mediating role of the CSR committee. Meditari Accountancy Research. 32(4). 1159–1197. 6 indexed citations
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Biswas, Pallab Kumar, et al.. (2024). Financial reporting timeliness and its determinants in UK charities. Advances in Accounting. 65. 100733–100733. 3 indexed citations
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Nadeem, Muhammad, et al.. (2023). Corporate social responsibility decoupling: a systematic literature review and future research agenda. Journal of Applied Accounting Research. 25(4). 878–909. 50 indexed citations
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Roberts, Helen, et al.. (2023). Zero leverage and dividend policy. Finance research letters. 58. 104430–104430. 4 indexed citations
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Biswas, Pallab Kumar, et al.. (2023). Economic consequences of new accounting standards in UK charities. Accounting and Finance. 64(3). 2251–2278. 1 indexed citations
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Roberts, Helen, et al.. (2021). Microfinance institutions' risk and governance in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Social Economics. 49(3). 449–469. 6 indexed citations
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Fielding, David, et al.. (2021). Ethnicity, Banking and Local Economic Development: Evidence from Ethiopia. Journal of African Economies. 31(5). 409–440. 2 indexed citations
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Biswas, Pallab Kumar, et al.. (2021). Private firm performance: do women directors matter?. Meditari Accountancy Research. 31(3). 602–634. 17 indexed citations
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Diaz‐Rainey, Ivan, et al.. (2021). Loans from my neighbours: East Asian commercial banks, financial integration, and bank default risk. International Review of Financial Analysis. 74. 101659–101659. 10 indexed citations
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Brown, Kim, Sean Connelly, Brent Lovelock, et al.. (2019). Do we teach our students to share and to care?. Research in Post-Compulsory Education. 24(4). 462–481. 2 indexed citations
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Roberts, Helen, et al.. (2017). Microfinance institutions’ transparency in Sub-Saharan Africa. Applied Economics. 50(14). 1601–1616. 8 indexed citations
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Roberts, Helen, et al.. (2017). The Role of Media on CEO Power and Firm Performance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Roberts, Helen, et al.. (2017). Director and CEO pay reciprocity and CEO board membership. Journal of Economics and Business. 94. 54–65. 8 indexed citations
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Roberts, Helen, et al.. (2015). Board gender diversity and firm performance: Empirical evidence from Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. 35. 381–401. 268 indexed citations breakdown →
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Roberts, Helen, et al.. (2013). Board Diversity and Firm Performance: Empirical Evidence from Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Coverdale, John, Sarah H. Turbott, & Helen Roberts. (1997). Family planning needs and STD risk behaviours of female psychiatric out-patients. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 171(1). 69–72. 67 indexed citations
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Roberts, Helen, et al.. (1989). What Are People Doing When They Grade Women's Work?. British Journal of Sociology. 40(1). 130–130. 1 indexed citations
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Roberts, Helen, et al.. (1983). Women, Health and Reproduction.. Population Studies. 37(2). 330–330. 38 indexed citations

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