Forensic Accounting

Forensic accounting is the field of accounting that applies investigative, auditing, and analytical techniques to examine financial records and detect evidence of fraud and financial misconduct in accordance with legal standards.

908

Publications

40.1K

Citations

1.7K

Authors

822

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

327

Variants

Forensic Accountancy

Parents

AccountancyAccounting

Children

Asset MisappropriationAsset RecoveryAsset TracingBankruptcy InvestigationsBribery InvestigationsBusiness Valuation In LitigationCorruption InvestigationsDamage QuantificationElectronic EvidenceEmbezzlement Investigation

Publications

908

Misconduct accounts for the majority of retracted scientific publications

Ferric C. Fang, R. Grant Steen, Arturo Casadevall · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2012 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Public Health, Biomedical Sciences, Epidemiology +11

Gender Diversity and Securities Fraud

Douglas J. Cumming, Tak Yan Leung, Oliver M. Rui · Academy of Management Journal · 2015 · 763 citations · Full text

Business, Corporate Governance, Finance +15

Who stole the money, and when? Individual and situational determinants of employee theft

Jerald Greenberg · Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes · 2002 · 407 citations

Social Sciences, Organizational Behavior, Crime +11

The Market for Financial Adviser Misconduct

Mark Egan, Gregor Matvos, Amit Seru · Journal of Political Economy · 2018 · 401 citations

Business, Criminology, Business Ethics +7

Fraudulent Financial Reporting: 1987-1997 An Analysis of U.S. Public Companies

Mark S. Beasley · 1999 · 390 citations

Business, Accountancy, Accounting +14

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Authors

1.7K

MB
Mark Button
University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
15 publications · 491 citations
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Hashem Alshurafat
Hashemite University, Jordan
10 publications · 469 citations
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James A. DiGabriele
Montclair State University, United States
9 publications · 300 citations
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Richard A. Riley
West Virginia University, United States
7 publications · 238 citations
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Wm. Dennis Huber
Nova Southeastern University, United States
7 publications · 219 citations
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Institutions

822

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Venues

SSRN Electronic Journal
Repository · 71 publications · 2.2K citations
27
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Journal of Financial Crime
57 publications · 2.3K citations
27
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Managerial Auditing Journal
MAJ · 17 publications · 1.2K citations
15
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Issues in Accounting Education
22 publications · 993 citations
15
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Journal of Forensic Sciences
JOFS · 14 publications · 491 citations
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See also Forensic Accounting
Core Methods	Continuous Auditing Digital Forensics Data Mining Predictive Analytics Machine Learning Text Mining Forensic Auditing Data Visualization Ratio Analysis Link Analysis Trend Analysis Chain Of Custody Financial Statement Analysis Anomaly Detection
Applications	Risk Management Bankruptcy Fraud Investigation Litigation Support Regulatory Compliance Money Laundering Investigation Closely Held Business Valuation Settlement Structuring In Divorce Economic Damage Assessment Contractual Dispute Resolution
Legal Standards	Litigation Support Digital Forensic Evidence Regulatory Compliance Expert Testimony Chain Of Custody Evidentiary Standards In Hearings Data Protection Law Anti-money Laundering Compliance
Fraud Schemes	Money Laundering Financial Statement Fraud Tax Evasion Asset Misappropriation Workplace Theft Misappropriation Of Entrusted Property Insider Trading Healthcare Fraud Securities Fraud
Analytical Tools	Accounting Information Systems Data Mining Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Data Analytics Data Visualization Ratio Analysis Timeline Analysis Link Analysis Network Analysis Association Rule Mining Cluster Analysis Data Recovery Predictive Modeling Anomaly Detection Pattern Recognition