Consisting mainly of accounting educators the American Accounting Association (AAA) has sought to encourage research and study at a theoretical level into the concepts or standards and principles of accounting. One of its quarterly magazines The Accounting Review carries a lot of articles reporting on scholarly accounting research. One more quarterly journal Accounting Horizons reports on more practical matters directly related to accounting practice. A third journal Issues in Accounting Education that contains articles relating to accounting education matters. Students may perhaps join the AAA as associate members by contacting the American Accounting Association