WoS Publication Performance and Motivational Factors of Accounting Academics in Türkiye

This research aims to determine the international publication performance of Academic staff at Accounting Studies in Türkiye in journals indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) and to identify the factors influencing their decisions to publish in these journals. The research was conducted in two stages: a quantitative determination of academic staff publication performance according to Council of Higher Education (CoHE) and WoS data and a questionnaire survey to determine the reasons for publishing. As a result of the first stage, it was found that 80.6% of 1271 academic staff at Accounting Studies had no publications in WoS indexed journals. Furthermore, most publications in WoS were found to be from Türkiye-based journals indexed in ESCI. The proportion of accounting faculty members publishing in high-impact (Q1) WoS journals was 4.2%. Also, it was determined that the academic staff in the 20% segment had 51% of the total number of publications. In the second stage, the “Academic Productivity Scale” was used to identify the reasons for publishing in WoS journals. The scale evaluates motivation, research intensity, lack of scientific opportunities, and the need to develop scientific competencies. The study also examined whether these factors varied according to demographic variables. The results revealed differences in academic productivity based on gender, age, academic position, type of university, and region. Additionally, it was concluded that academic staff at Accounting Studies in Türkiye are generally willing to publish in WoS indexed journals but face challenges such as insufficient research opportunities and the need to improve their scientific competencies.