There are many differences between journal quality rankings. For example, AAAJ
is not included in the Thompson ISI rankings (not ranked in Table I due to copyright
restrictions). Therefore academics whose promotion and tenure prospects are
predicated on Thompson ISI ranked journals are likely to ignore AAAJ and favour
other journals. Australian based academics may see AAAJ as a target journal, because
AAAJ is included in the Australian ERA rankings, but a North American based
academic is likely to prefer the journals backed by the American Accounting
Association (Hopwood, 2008).