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2024

• Edwards, J. R. 2024. Capitalism and the return on capital employed. Some further evidence. British Accounting Review 56 (6) 101320. (10.1016/j.bar.2024.101320)

2023

• Edwards, J. R. 2023. British traditions and contributions to accounting history research. Accounting History (10.1177/10323732221147046)
• Edwards, J. R. 2023. Cash to accruals accounting in British central government: a journey through time. Financial Accountability and Management 39 (1), pp.40-59. (10.1111/faam.12295)

2022

• Edwards, J. R. 2022. John Henry Guy: A man of many parts. Accounting Historians Journal 49 (1), pp.1-13. (10.2308/AAHJ-2020-028)
• Edwards, J. R. and Boyns, T. 2022. Published accounts, stewardship and decision making: a case study 1863-1940. Abacus 58 (2), pp.300-333. (10.1111/abac.12251)

2021

• Edwards, J. R. 2021. Accounting, publicity and class conflict in Victorian Britain. Accounting and Business Research 52 (3), pp.321-346. (10.1080/00014788.2021.1902260)
• Edwards, J. R. and West, B. 2021. The problematical nature of auditor independence: a historical perspective. Accounting History Review 31 (3), pp.255-285. (10.1080/21552851.2022.2036621)

2020

• Edwards, J. R. 2020. Subjects, sources and dissemination. In: Edwards, J. R. and Walker, S. P. eds. The Routledge Companion to Accounting History, second edition. [The Routledge Companion to Accounting History]. Routledge Companions Abingdon: Routledge. , pp.54-76. (10.4324/9781351238885-3)
• Edwards, J. R. and Walker, S. P. eds. 2020. The Routledge companion to accounting history. second edition. Routledge Companions Abingdon: Routledge. (10.4324/9781351238885)

2019

• Edwards, J. R. 2019. A history of corporate financial reporting in Britain. Routledge studies in accounting New York and London: Routledge. (10.4324/9781315148441)
• Edwards, J. R. 2019. Accounting for the erosion of fixed assets 1863-1900. A case study. Accounting History Review 29 (2), pp.287-304. (10.1080/21552851.2019.1590892)

2018

• Edwards, J. R. 2018. Towards constructing the governable worker in nineteenth-century Britain. Critical Perspectives On Accounting 50 , pp.36-55. (10.1016/j.cpa.2017.05.001)

2016

• Boyns, T. and Edwards, J. 2016. The advent of double entry based costing practices in the British engineering industry: Ransomes of Ipswich, 1856-1863. Accounting History Review 26 (3), pp.171-190. (10.1080/21552851.2016.1218958)
• Edwards, J. R. 2016. Whinney and Waterhouse's government assignment 1887-1888: a study of its significance. Accounting Historians Journal 43 (1), pp.1-32. (10.2308/0148-4184.43.1.1)
• Black, J. and Edwards, J. R. 2016. Accounting careers traversing the separate spheres of business and government in Victorian Britain. Accounting History 21 (2-3), pp.306-328. (10.1177/1032373216641436)
• Edwards, J. R. 2016. Asset valuation, profit measurement and path dependence in Britain to 1800. British Accounting Review 48 (1), pp.87-101. (10.1016/j.bar.2014.10.009)

2015

• Edwards, J. R. 2015. Accounting for fair competition between private and public sector armaments manufacturers in Victorian Britain. Abacus 51 (3), pp.412-436. (10.1111/abac.12055)
• Edwards, J. R. 2015. The method of book-keeping, deduced from clear principles. Accounting and Business Research 45 (2), pp.256-277. (10.1080/00014788.2014.978255)
• Edwards, J. R. 2015. History of financial accounting theory in Britain. In: Jones, S. ed. Routledge Companion to Financial Accounting Theory. Taylor & Francis. , pp.12-38.

2014

• Edwards, J. R. 2014. 'Different from What Has Hitherto Appeared on this Subject': John Clark, writing master and accomptant, 1738. Abacus 50 (2), pp.227-244. (10.1111/j.1467-6281.2012.00375.x)
• Edwards, J. R. 2014. A history of financial accounting. Routledge Library Editions: Accounting Vol. 29London: Routledge.

2013

• Clarke, F. , Dean, G. and Edwards, J. R. 2013. An historical perspective from the work of Chambers. In: Jack, L. , Davison, J. and Craig, R. eds. The Routledge Companion to Accounting Communication. Routledge companions in business, management and accounting London: Routledge. , pp.26-41.
• Edwards, J. R. et al. 2013. Accounting academic elites: the tale of ARIA. Accounting Organizations and Society 38 (5), pp.365-381. (10.1016/j.aos.2013.07.001)

2012

• Edwards, J. R. and Boyns, T. 2012. A history of management accounting: The British experience. Routledge New Works in Accounting History Abingdon: Routledge.

2011

• Edwards, J. R. 2011. Accounting education in Britain during the early modern period. Accounting History Review 21 (1), pp.37-67. (10.1080/21552851.2011.548544)
• Edwards, J. R. 2011. Professionalising British central government bureaucracy c. 1850: the accounting dimension. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 30 (3), pp.217-235. (10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2011.02.001)
• Edwards, J. R. and Anderson, M. 2011. Writing masters and accountants in England: A study of occupation, status and ambition in the early modern period. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 24 (6), pp.685-717. (10.1108/09513571111155519)

2010

• Edwards, J. R. 2010. Researching the absence of professional organisation in Victorian England. Accounting Business & Financial History 20 (2), pp.177-208. (10.1080/09585206.2010.485748)
• Edwards, J. R. and Walker, S. P. 2010. Lifestyle, status and occupational differentiation in Victorian accountancy. Accounting, Organizations and Society 35 (1), pp.2-22. (10.1016/j.aos.2009.01.002)

2009

• Edwards, J. R. 2009. A business education for 'the middling sort of people' in mercantilist Britain. The British Accounting Review 41 (4), pp.240-255. (10.1016/j.bar.2009.10.004)
• Edwards, J. R. 2009. ICSA study text in financial accounting. 6th ed.. Abingdon: ICSA.
• Edwards, J. R. , Dean, G. and Clarke, F. 2009. Merchants' accounts, performance assessment and decision making in mercantilist Britain. Accounting Organizations and Society 34 (5), pp.551-570. (10.1016/j.aos.2008.09.001)

2008

• Edwards, J. R. and Walker, S. eds. 2008. The Routledge companion to accounting history. London: Routledge.
• Chandler, R. A. , Edwards, J. R. and Anderson, M. 2008. Disciplinary action against members of the founding bodies of the ICAEW. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 21 (6), pp.827-849. (10.1108/09513570810893263)
• Edwards, J. R. 2008. Subjects, sources and dissemination. In: Edwards, J. R. and Walker, S. P. eds. The Routledge companion to accounting history. Routledge companions in business, management and accounting Abingdon: Taylor & Francis/Routledge. , pp.50-69.
• Edwards, J. R. and Walker, S. P. 2008. Introduction : Synthesis and engagement. In: Edwards, J. R. and Walker, S. P. eds. The Routledge companion to accounting history. Abingdon: Routledge. , pp.1-8.
• Edwards, J. R. and Walker, S. P. 2008. Occupational differentiation and exclusion in early Canadian accountancy. Accounting and Business Research 38 (5), pp.373-391. (10.1080/00014788.2008.9665772)
• Noguchi, M. and Edwards, J. R. 2008. Harmonising intergroup relations within a professional body: the case of the ICAEW. The British Accounting Review 40 (2), pp.123-147. (10.1016/j.bar.2008.01.007)

2007

• Anderson, M. , Chandler, R. A. and Edwards, J. R. 2007. "A public expert in matters of account": defining the chartered accountant in England and Wales. Accounting Business & Financial History 17 (3), pp.381-423. (10.1080/09585200701609588)
• Edwards, J. R. , Anderson, M. and Chandler, R. A. 2007. Claiming a jurisdiction for the 'Public Accountant' in England prior to organisational fusion. Accounting Organizations and Society 32 (1-2), pp.61-100. (10.1016/j.aos.2005.12.006)
• Edwards, J. R. and Walker, S. P. 2007. Accountants in late 19th century Britain: a spatial, demographic and occupational profile. Accounting and Business Research 37 (1), pp.63-89.
• Anderson, M. , Edwards, J. R. and Chandler, R. A. 2007. Focus on … history ICAEW: From ridicule to respect. Accountancy 140 (1367), pp.117.
• Anderson, M. , Edwards, J. R. and Chandler, R. A. 2007. From ridicule to respect. Careers in Accountancy - Asian Voice & Gujarat Samachar July , pp.10.
• Edwards, J. R. 2007. Abbott, Peter Harriss (1774/5–1850). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press(10.1093/ref:odnb/58715)
• Edwards, J. R. 2007. Impairment reviews: Theory and practice. Student Accountant , pp.52-55.
• Edwards, J. R. and Walker, S. P. 2007. Accountants in the British census. The Accounting Historians Journal 34 (2), pp.43-74.

2006

• Boyns, T. and Edwards, J. R. 2006. The development of cost and management accounting in Britain. In: Chapman, C. S. , Hopwood, A. G. and Shields, M. D. eds. Handbook of Management Accounting Research. Vol. 2, Amsterdam: Elsevier. , pp.969-1034. (10.1016/S1751-3243(06)02020-7)
• Boyns, T. , Edwards, J. R. and Nikitin, M. 2006. The development of industrial accounting in Britain and France before 1880. In: Fleischman, R. ed. Accounting History. Vol. 1, SAGE Library in Business and Management London: SAGE. , pp.326-364.
• Edwards, J. R. and Newell, E. 2006. The development of industrial cost and management accounting in Great Britain before 1850. In: Fleischman, R. ed. Accounting History. Vol. 1, SAGE Library in Business and Management Sage. , pp.209-229.

2005

• Anderson, M. , Edwards, J. R. and Chandler, R. A. 2005. Constructing the 'Well Qualified' Chartered Accountant in England and Wales. Accounting Historians Journal 32 (2), pp.5-54.
• Edwards, J. R. , Anderson, M. and Chandler, R. A. 2005. How Not to Mount a Professional Project: the Formation of the ICAEW in 1880. Accounting and Business Research 35 (3), pp.229-248.
• Anderson, M. , Edwards, J. R. and Chandler, R. A. 2005. A public expert in matters of account: Defining the chartered accountant in England and Wales. Presented at: 4th Accounting History International Conference Braga, Portugal 7-9 September 2005.
• Edwards, J. R. 2005. Accounting and accounting practices. In: McCusker, J. J. ed. History of World Trade since 1450. Vol. 1, Farmington Hills, USA: Macmillan Reference USA. , pp.1-3.
• Edwards, J. R. 2005. Professor David Flint. In: Walker, S. P. ed. Giving An Account: Life Histories of Four CAs. Edinburgh: Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. , pp.55-111.

2004

• Boyns, T. , Matthews, M. and Edwards, J. R. 2004. The Development of Costing in the British Chemical Industry, c. 1870 – c. 1940. Accounting and Business Research 34 (1), pp.3-24.
• Coombs, H. M. and Edwards, J. R. 2004. The audit of municipal corporations - a quest for professional dominance. Managerial Auditing Journal 19 (1), pp.68-83. (10.1108/02686900410509820)
• Edwards, J. R. 2004. Benson, Henry Alexander, Baron Benson (1909-1995). In: Matthew, H. C. G. and Harrison, B. eds. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 5, Oxford University Press. , pp.185-187. (10.1093/ref:odnb/67861)
• Edwards, J. R. 2004. Cooper family (per. 1854-1994). In: Matthew, H. C. G. and Harrison, B. H. eds. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 13, Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.193-195. (10.1093/ref:odnb/59176)
• Edwards, J. R. 2004. Lever, Sir (Samuel) Hardman, baronet (1869-1947). In: Matthew, H. C. G. and Harrison, B. eds. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 33, Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.522. (10.1093/ref:odnb/34505)
• Edwards, J. R. 2004. McLintock, Sir William, first baronet (1873-1947). In: Matthew, H. C. G. and Harrison, B. eds. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 35, Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.834-836. (10.1093/ref:odnb/34790)
• Edwards, J. R. 2004. Paula, Frederic Rudolph Mackley de (1882-1954). In: Matthew, H. C. G. and Harrison, B. eds. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 43, Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.145-146. (10.1093/ref:odnb/46874)
• Edwards, J. R. 2004. Plender, William, Baron Plender (1861-1946). In: Matthew, H. C. G. and Harrison, B. eds. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 44, Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.575-576. (10.1093/ref:odnb/35542)
• Edwards, J. R. 2004. Quilter, William (1808-1888). In: Matthew, H. C. G. and Harrison, B. eds. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 45, Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.688-689. (10.1093/ref:odnb/48129)
• Edwards, J. R. 2004. Smallpeice, Sir Basil (1906-1992). In: Matthew, H. C. G. and Harrison, B. eds. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 50, Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.958-959. (10.1093/ref:odnb/51318)
• Edwards, J. R. 2004. Tait, Andrew Wilson (1876-1930). In: Matthew, H. C. G. and Harrison, B. eds. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 53, Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.650-651. (10.1093/ref:odnb/47710)
• Edwards, J. R. 2004. Touche, Sir George Alexander, first baronet (1861-1935). In: Matthew, H. C. G. and Harrison, B. eds. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 55, Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.76. (10.1093/ref:odnb/47822)
• Edwards, J. R. 2004. Dickinson, Sir Arthur Lowes (1859-1935). In: Matthew, H. C. G. and Harrison, B. eds. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 16, Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.87-88. (10.1093/ref:odnb/46880)
• Edwards, J. R. 2004. Dicksee, Lawrence Robert (1864-1932). In: Matthew, H. C. G. and Harrison, B. eds. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 16, Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.110-111. (10.1093/ref:odnb/47778)
• Noguchi, M. and Edwards, J. R. 2004. Accounting Principles, Internal Conflict and the State: The Case of the ICAEW, 1948-1966. Abacus 40 (3), pp.280-320. (10.1111/j.1467-6281.2004.00160.x)
• Noguchi, M. and Edwards, J. R. 2004. Corporatism and unavoidable imperatives: recommendations on accounting principles and the ICAEW Memorandum to the Cohen Committee. The Accounting Historians Journal 31 (2), pp.53-95.

2003

• Edwards, J. R. , Boyns, T. and Matthews, M. 2003. Costing, pricing and politics in the British steel industry, 1918-1967. Management Accounting Research 14 (1), pp.25-49. (10.1016/S1044-5005(02)00033-1)
• Carnegie, G. D. , Edwards, J. R. and West, B. P. 2003. Understanding the dynamics of the Australian accounting profession: A prosopographical study of the founding members of the Incorporated Institute of Accountants, Victoria, 1886 to 1908. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 16 (5), pp.790-820. (10.1108/09513570310505998)
• Edwards, J. R. 2003. Where they came from. Accountancy 131 (1318), pp.58-60.
• Edwards, J. R. and Greener, H. T. 2003. Introducing 'mercantile' bookkeeping into British central government, 1828-1844. Accounting and Business Research 33 (1), pp.51-64. (10.1080/00014788.2003.9729631)
• Matthews, M. , Boyns, T. and Edwards, J. R. 2003. Chandlerian image or mirror image? managerial and accounting control in the chemical industry: the case of Albright & Wilson, c.1892 to c.1923. Business History 45 (4), pp.24-52. (10.1080/00076790312331270209)

2002

• Edwards, J. R. , Coombs, H. M. and Greener, H. T. 2002. British central government and "the mercantile system of double entry" bookkeeping: a study of ideological conflict. Accounting, Organizations and Society 27 (7), pp.637-658. (10.1016/S0361-3682(01)00060-5)
• Edwards, J. R. , Boyns, T. and Matthews, M. 2002. Standard costing and budgetary control in the British iron and steel industry: a study of accounting change. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 15 (1), pp.12-45. (10.1108/09513570210418879)
• Marriott, P. , Edwards, J. R. and Mellett, H. J. 2002. Introduction to accounting. 3rd ed.. Accounting and Finance Series London: Sage.

2001

• Edwards, J. R. 2001. Accounting regulation and the professionalization process: an historical essay concerning the significance of P. H. Abbott. Critical Perspectives on Accounting 12 (6), pp.675-696. (10.1006/cpac.2000.0453)
• Edwards, J. R. and Carnegie, G. D. 2001. The construction of the professional accountant: the case of the Incorporated Institute of Accountants, Victoria (1886). Accounting, Organizations and Society 26 (4-5), pp.301-325. (10.1016/S0361-3682(00)00039-8)
• Edwards, J. R. and Chandler, R. A. 2001. Contextualizing the process of accounting regulation: a study of nineteenth-century British Friendly Societies. Abacus 37 (2), pp.188-216. (10.1111/1467-6281.00083)

2000

• Edwards, J. R. ed. 2000. The history of accounting: Critical perspectives on business and management (4 vols). Critical Perspectives on Business and Management London: Routledge.
• Boyns, R. E. , Boyns, T. and Edwards, J. R. 2000. Historical accounting records: A guide for archivists and researchers. London: Society of Archivists.
• Boyns, T. and Edwards, J. R. 2000. Pluralistic approaches to knowing more: a comment on Hoskin and Macve. The Accounting Historians Journal 27 (1), pp.151-158.

1999

• Boyns, T. , Edwards, J. R. and Emmaneil, C. 1999. A longitudinal study of the determinants of transfer pricing change. Management Accounting Research 10 (2), pp.85-108. (10.1006/mare.1998.0093)
• Edwards, J. R. , Chandler, R. A. and Anderson, M. 1999. The 'public auditor': an experiment in effective accountability. Accounting and Business Research 29 (3), pp.93-105. (10.1080/00014788.1999.9729579)

1998

• Coombs, H. , Edwards, J. R. and Greener, H. eds. 1998. Double entry bookkeeping in British central government, 1822-1856. New York, NY: Garland Publishing.
• Matthews, D. , Anderson, M. and Edwards, J. R. 1998. The priesthood of industry: the rise of the professional accountant in British management. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

1997

• Anderson, M. , Edwards, J. R. and Matthews, D. 1997. Accountability in a Free Market Economy. The British Company Audit 1886. Abacus 33 (1), pp.1-25. (10.1111/1467-6281.00001)
• Boyns, T. and Edwards, J. R. 1997. British cost and management accounting theory and practice, c.1850-c.1950; resolved and unresolved issues. Business and Economic History 26 (2), pp.452-462.
• Boyns, T. and Edwards, J. R. 1997. Cost and management accounting in early Victorian Britain: a Chandleresque analysis?. Management Accounting Research 8 (1), pp.19-46. (10.1006/mare.1996.0032)
• Boyns, T. and Edwards, J. R. 1997. The construction of cost accounting systems in Britain to 1900: the case of the coal, iron and steel industries. Business History 39 (3), pp.1-29. (10.1080/00076799700000097)
• Boyns, T. , Edwards, J. R. and Nikitin, M. 1997. The birth of industrial accounting in France and Britain. New York, NY: Garland Publishing.
• Boyns, T. , Edwards, J. R. and Nikitin, M. 1997. The development of industrial accounting in Britain and France before 1880: a comparative study of accounting literature and practice. European Accounting Review 6 (3), pp.393-437. (10.1080/713764730)
• Edwards, J. R. , Carnegie, G. D. and Cauberg, J. H. 1997. The Incorporated Institute of Accountants, Victoria (1886): a study of founders' backgrounds. In: Cooke, T. E. and Nobes, C. W. eds. The Development of Accounting in an International Context. A Festschrift in Honour of R.H.Parker. London: Routledge. , pp.49-67.
• Matthews, D. , Anderson, M. and Edwards, J. R. 1997. The rise of the professional accountant in British management. Economic History Review 50 (3), pp.407-429. (10.1111/1468-0289.00062)

1996

• Boyns, T. , Anderson, M. and Edwards, J. R. eds. 1996. British cost accounting 1887-1952. Contemporary essays from the accounting literature. New York, NY: Garland Publishing. (10.4324/9781315886473)
• Boyns, T. and Edwards, J. R. 1996. Change agents and the dissemination of accounting technology: Wales' basic industries, c.1750-c.1870. Accounting History 1 (1), pp.9-34. (10.1177/103237329600100102)
• Boyns, T. and Edwards, J. R. 1996. The development of accounting in mid-nineteenth century Britain: a non-disciplinary view. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 9 (3), pp.40-60. (10.1108/09513579610121974)
• Chandler, R. A. and Edwards, J. R. 1996. Recurring issues in auditing: back to the future?. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal 9 (2), pp.4-29. (10.1108/09513579610116330)
• Coombs, H. M. and Edwards, J. R. Coombs, H. and Edwards, J. R. eds. 1996. Accounting innovation: Municipal corporations 1833-1935. New York, NY: Garland Publishing. (10.4324/9781315883397)

1995

• Boyns, T. and Edwards, J. R. 1995. Accounting systems and decision-making in the mid-Victorian period: the case of the Consett Iron Company. Business History 37 (3), pp.28-51. (10.1080/00076799500000089)
• Boyns, T. and Edwards, J. R. 1995. Editorial. Accounting Business & Financial History 5 (1), pp.1-2. (10.1080/09585209500000028)
• Coombs, H. M. and Edwards, J. R. 1995. The financial reporting practices of British municipal corporations 1835-1933: A study in accounting innovation. Accounting and Business Research 25 (98), pp.93-105. (10.1080/00014788.1995.9729932)
• Edwards, J. R. , Boyns, T. and Anderson, M. 1995. British cost accounting development: Continuity and change. The Accounting Historians Journal 22 (2), pp.1-41.

1994

• Edwards, J. R. and Yamey, B. S. eds. 1994. From clay tokens to Fukushiki-Boki: record keeping over ten millenia. London: Routledge.
• Chandler, R. A. and Edwards, J. R. eds. 1994. Recurring issues in auditing: professional debate 1875-1900. New Works in Accounting History New York: Garland Publishing.
• Chandler, R. A. and Edwards, J. R. eds. 1994. British audit practice 1884-1900. RLE Accounting New York, NY: Garland Publishing. (10.4324/9781315884028)
• Edwards, J. R. ed. 1994. Twentieth-century accounting thinkers. RLE Accounting London: Routledge. (10.4324/9781315881980)
• Edwards, J. R. and Boyns, T. 1994. Accounting practice and business finance: some case studies from the iron and coal industry 1865-1914. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting 21 (8), pp.1151-1178. (10.1111/j.1468-5957.1994.tb00369.x)

1993

• Chandler, R. A. , Edwards, J. R. and Anderson, M. 1993. Changing perceptions of the role of the company auditor. Accounting and Business Research 23 (92), pp.443-459. (10.1080/00014788.1993.9729890)
• Edwards, J. R. and Coombs, H. M. 1993. The accountability of municipal corporations. Abacus 29 (1), pp.27-51. (10.1111/j.1467-6281.1993.tb00420.x)

1992

• Coombs, H. and Edwards, J. R. eds. 1992. Local Authority accounting methods. Problems and solutions, 1909-1934. New York, NY: Garland Publishing. (10.4324/9781315883274)
• Coombs, H. M. and Edwards, J. R. 1992. Capital accounting in municipal corporations 1884-1914: theory and practice. Financial Accountability & Management 8 (3), pp.181-201. (10.1111/j.1468-0408.1992.tb00437.x)
• Edwards, J. R. 1992. Companies, corporations and accounting change, 1835-1933: A comparative study. Accounting and Business Research 23 (89), pp.59-73. (10.1080/00014788.1992.9729861)
• Edwards, J. R. and Boyns, T. 1992. Industrial organization and accounting innovation: charcoal ironmaking in England 1690-1783. Management Accounting Research 3 (2), pp.151-169.

1991

• Coombs, H. J. and Edwards, J. R. eds. 1991. Local Authority accounting methods - The early debate, 1884-1908. New York, NY: Garland Publishing. (10.4324/9781315046457)
• Boyns, T. and Edwards, J. R. 1991. 'Do accountants matter? The role of accounting in economic development. Accounting History Review 1 (2), pp.177-195. (10.1080/09585209100000028)
• Edwards, J. R. 1991. The process of accounting innovation: the publication of consolidated accounts in Britain in 1910. The Accounting Historians Journal 18 (2), pp.113-132.
• Edwards, J. R. and Newell, E. 1991. The Development of Industrial Cost and Management Accounting before 1850: a survey of the evidence. Business History 33 (1), pp.35-57. (10.1080/00076799100000003)

1990

• Edwards, J. R. and Coombs, H. M. 1990. The evolution of the district audit. Financial Accountability and Management 6 (3), pp.153-176. (10.1111/j.1468-0408.1990.tb00328.x)
• Edwards, J. R. , Hammersley, G. and Newell, E. 1990. Cost accounting at Keswick, England, c. 1598-1615: The German Connection. The Accounting Historians Journal 17 (1), pp.113-132.

1989

• Edwards, J. R. 1989. A history of financial accounting. London: Routledge.
• Edwards, J. R. 1989. Industrial cost accounting developments in Britain to 1830: A review article. Accounting and Business Research 19 (76), pp.305-318. (10.1080/00014788.1989.9728860)

1986

• Edwards, J. R. 1986. Depreciation and fixed asset valuation in railway company accounts to 1911. Accounting and Business Research 16 (63), pp.251-263. (10.1080/00014788.1986.9729324)

1985

• Edwards, J. R. 1985. The origins and evolution of the double account system: an example of accounting innovation. Abacus 21 (1), pp.19-43. (10.1111/j.1467-6281.1985.tb00110.x)
• Edwards, J. R. and Webb, K. 1985. Use of Table A by companies registering under the Companies Act 1862. Accounting and Business Research 15 (59), pp.177-196. (10.1080/00014788.1985.9729264)

1984

• Edwards, J. R. and Webb, K. 1984. The development of group accounting in the United Kingdom to 1933. The Accounting Historians Journal 11 (1), pp.31-61.

1982

• Edwards, J. R. and Webb, K. M. 1982. The influence of company law on corporate reporting procedures, 1865-1929: an exemplification. Business History 24 (3), pp.259-279. (10.1080/00076798200000051)

1981

• Edwards, J. R. 1981. Company legislation and changing patterns of disclosure in British company accounts 1900-1940. Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
• Edwards, J. R. and Warman, A. 1981. Discounted cash flow and business valuation in a nineteenth century merger: a note. The Accounting Historians Journal 8 (2), pp.37-50.

1980

• Edwards, J. R. ed. 1980. British company legislation and company accounts, 1844-1976. Dimensions of Accounting Theory and Practice New York, NY: Arno Press.
• Edwards, J. R. 1980. British capital accounting practices and business finance 1852-1919: An exemplification. Accounting and Business Research 101 (38), pp.241-258. (10.1080/00014788.1980.9728750)

1979

• Edwards, J. R. and Baber, C. 1979. Dowlais iron company: accounting policies and procedures for profit measurement and reporting purposes. Accounting and Business Research 9 (34), pp.139-151. (10.1080/00014788.1979.9729149)

1976

• Edwards, J. R. 1976. Tax treatment of capital expenditure and the measurement of accounting profit. British Tax Review 1976 (5), pp.300-319.
• Edwards, J. R. 1976. The accounting profession and disclosure in published reports, 1925-1935. Accounting and Business Research 6 (24), pp.289-303. (10.1080/00014788.1976.9728695)