The Accounting Review, launched in 1926 by William Andrew Paton,[7] is one of the oldest academic journals in accounting.[8][9] The American Association of University Instructors of Accounting, which later became the American Accounting Association, originally proposed that the association publish a Quarterly Journal of Accountics, but the proposal did not see fruition, and The Accounting Review was subsequently born.[4] Paton served as editor and production manager in the journal's first three years.[10]