HARC has subscribed to an online conference management system, EasyChair, to facilitate the paper submission and review process. In order to submit your paper for consideration, you will have to create an EasyChair account, unless you have one already.
For information about paper submission requirements, please see the information below. If you have any problems, please contact us via harc@hawaii.edu.
Submission Guidelines
Please read through the following instructions before submitting your paper.
- Paper Preparation
- Prepare your initial paper using the APA style or Chicago style.
- Please do not include authors’ names or acknowledgments in your paper submission, as HARC uses a double-blind review process.
Papers that contain identifying information will be desk rejected. - Be sure the paper contains original material. Papers should not have been published previously.
- Submission
- Please submit your paper as a PDF by clicking on EasyChair.
- The paper submission deadline is July 31, 2026.
- Each author can submit two papers at maximum. Submissions of more than two papers per author may lead to rejection of all papers.
- Authors of accepted papers who fail to present their work and withdraw twice will face automatic rejection of future submissions. Starting with HARC 2025, we have rejected papers from authors of accepted papers who have not presented and withdrew their papers two times.
- Decision
- Acceptance/rejection notifications will be sent out by September 21, 2026.
- Please contact us at harc@hawaii.edu immediately if you don’t receive your notification by September 21, 2026.
Please Note
HARC provides participants with access to accepted papers prior to presentations to enhance discussion and engagement. These papers are shared through the conference program and are removed from University of Hawaiʻi servers after January, helping avoid potential conflicts with journal policies. By submitting a paper, authors agree to have it included and accessible within the HARC program.
Research Tracks
Submissions may address any accounting topics, including, but not limited to:
- Algorithmic and Generative AI in Accounting
- Auditing
- Emerging Accounting Technologies (AIS, Blockchain, Crypto & DeFi)
- Financial Accounting 1: Financial Analysts/Equity Valuation
- Financial Accounting 2-1: Disclosure Related to ESG Issues
- Financial Accounting 2-2: All Other Disclosures
- Financial Accounting 3: Determinants and Consequences of Financial Reporting Attributes
- Financial Accounting 4-1: Accounting Issues Related to Labor (Including Pensions): Labor and Accounting
- Financial Accounting 4-2: Accounting Issues Related to the Environment: Environment and Accounting
- Financial Accounting 4-3: Accounting Issues related to Other ESG and CSR topics
- Financial Accounting 5: Accounting Issues Impacting Financial Reporting Outcome
- Financial Accounting 6: Banking
- Financial Accounting 7: Debt Market Research (Including Loan Contracting and Credit Ratings)
- Financial Accounting 8: Investor Relations/Regulations /IPO/M&As/Politics
- Financial Accounting 9: Fair Value Accounting/ Intangible Assets/Innovations
- Management Accounting (Including Behavioral/Experimental)
- Other Accounting Issues (Including Macro-accounting and International Accounting)
- Taxation
Concurrent Presentation
Each author of concurrent papers will have 15 minutes for presentation, which is followed by 10 minutes of discussion and 5 minutes of Q&A. However, moderators and/or track chairs may adjust this allocation as they see appropriate.
Concurrent Presentation without Discussants
Instruction on how to present papers without discussants will be provided when the conference program is finalized.
Review Process
Track chairs ensure each submitted paper is reviewed by at least two qualified researchers who are active in the corresponding topics. The final decisions on accepting or rejecting a paper will be made by the track chairs and will be communicated to the author by the conference staff.
