John Burns

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

John Burns is a scholar working on Management Information Systems, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, John Burns has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Management Information Systems, 11 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 10 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in John Burns's work include Accounting and Organizational Management (25 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (11 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (8 papers). John Burns is often cited by papers focused on Accounting and Organizational Management (25 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (11 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (8 papers). John Burns collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. John Burns's co-authors include Robert W. Scapens, Gudrun Baldvinsdottir, Juhani Vaivio, Bill Nixon, Mahmoud Ezzamel, Massimo Contrafatto, Jonas Gerdin, Hans Englund, Hanne Nørreklit and Klaus Nielsen and has published in prestigious journals such as Energy Policy, Accounting Organizations and Society and Organization Studies.

In The Last Decade

John Burns

41 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Conceptualizing management accounting change: an institutional framework

2000 1.0k citations John Burns, Robert W. Scapens Management Accounting Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Burns United Kingdom	18	2.2k	1.1k	849	797	522	42	3.0k
Teemu Malmi Finland	21	2.6k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	822 1.0×	274 0.5×	51	3.7k
Sally K. Widener United States	29	2.1k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	1.4k 1.7×	1.0k 1.3×	175 0.3×	64	3.7k
Lokman Mia Australia	24	1.1k 0.5×	671 0.6×	756 0.9×	591 0.7×	93 0.2×	59	2.2k
Henri C. Dekker Netherlands	25	1.4k 0.6×	764 0.7×	1.2k 1.5×	558 0.7×	104 0.2×	77	2.6k
Falconer Mitchell United Kingdom	26	1.6k 0.7×	887 0.8×	709 0.8×	274 0.3×	148 0.3×	79	2.3k
Cristiano Busco Italy	19	862 0.4×	441 0.4×	665 0.8×	408 0.5×	185 0.4×	64	1.7k
F.H.M. Verbeeten Netherlands	14	502 0.2×	643 0.6×	1.0k 1.2×	310 0.4×	312 0.6×	37	2.0k
Jean‐François Henri Canada	17	1.2k 0.6×	541 0.5×	1.7k 2.0×	463 0.6×	128 0.2×	30	3.1k
Stuart Ogden United Kingdom	17	602 0.3×	528 0.5×	683 0.8×	358 0.4×	238 0.5×	36	1.5k
Stewart Lawrence New Zealand	21	691 0.3×	408 0.4×	747 0.9×	314 0.4×	345 0.7×	50	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by John Burns

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Burns, John, et al.. (2022). Review Papers Examining accountability in relation to local football communities. Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal. 37(2). 627–637. 6 indexed citations

Burns, John, et al.. (2020). The use of accounting in managing the institutional complexities of a festival organisation pursuing financial and social objectives. Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change. 17(1). 111–130. 1 indexed citations

Burns, John, et al.. (2017). The interplay of managerial and non-managerial controls, institutional work, and the coordination of laterally dependent hospital activities. Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management. 14(4). 467–495. 16 indexed citations

Englund, Hans, Jonas Gerdin, & John Burns. (2017). A structuration theory perspective on the interplay between strategy and accounting: Unpacking social continuity and transformation. Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 73. 101988–101988. 17 indexed citations

Serreze, H. B., John Burns, Manuel Stein, & N. Chandrasekhar. (2012). A new generation of compact solar simulators. 459–463. 4 indexed citations

Englund, Hans, Jonas Gerdin, & John Burns. (2011). 25 Years of Giddens in accounting research: Achievements, limitations and the future. Accounting Organizations and Society. 36(8). 494–513. 97 indexed citations

Baldvinsdottir, Gudrun, John Burns, Hanne Nørreklit, & Robert W. Scapens. (2010). Professional accounting media: accountants handing over control to the system. Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management. 7(3). 395–414. 13 indexed citations

Baldvinsdottir, Gudrun, John Burns, Hanne Nørreklit, & Robert W. Scapens. (2009). The management accountant's role. Financial Management. 9. 33–34. 14 indexed citations

Hoffman, Robert R., et al.. (2008). Human Total Cost of Ownership: Measuring the Impact of Human Factors on System Engineering. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. 52(4). 202–205. 1 indexed citations

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Baldvinsdottir, Gudrun, John Burns, Hanne Nørreklit, & Robert W. Scapens. (2008). The Changing Roles and Changing Discourse of the Management Accountant: 1980-2008. 4 indexed citations

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Ahrens, Thomas, Albrecht Becker, John Burns, et al.. (2007). The future of interpretive accounting research—A polyphonic debate. Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 19(6). 840–866. 114 indexed citations

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Burns, John & Gudrun Baldvinsdottir. (2005). An institutional perspective of accountants' new roles – the interplay of contradictions and praxis. European Accounting Review. 14(4). 725–757. 286 indexed citations

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Burns, John, Mahmoud Ezzamel, & Robert W. Scapens. (2003). The Challenge of Management Accounting Change: behavioural and cultural aspects of change management. Discovery Research Portal (University of Dundee). 35 indexed citations

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Ezzamel, Mahmoud, Robert W. Scapens, & John Burns. (2003). The challenge of management accounting change: behavioural and cultural aspects of management accounting. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff. 10 indexed citations

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Burns, John, et al.. (2003). The Future Direction of UK Management Accounting Practice. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 43 indexed citations

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Burns, John & Juhani Vaivio. (2001). Management Accounting Change. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

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Burns, John & Robert W. Scapens. (2000). Conceptualising Management Accounting Change: An Institutional Framework. SSRN Electronic Journal. 51 indexed citations

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Joseph, Nathan Lael, et al.. (1996). External financial reporting and management information: a survey of U.K. management accountants. Management Accounting Research. 7(1). 73–93. 50 indexed citations

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Burns, John, Robert W. Scapens, & William S. Turley. (1996). Some Further Thoughts on the Changing Practice of Management Accounting Practice. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 74(9). 58–60. 12 indexed citations

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Burns, John, et al.. (1975). Program costing in a community college. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 9(3-4). 105–109. 3 indexed citations

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