Scholarly communication inJournal of Financial Crime, 2006‐2010: a bibliometric study

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the scholarly communications inJournal of Financial Crime(JFC) during the last five years and to study the key dimensions of its publication trends. Design/methodology/approach - For the analysis of the study, five volumes containing 20 issues ofJournal of Financial Crimeduring the years 2006 to 2010 have been taken up for evaluation. The authors employ necessary bibliometric measures to analyze different publication parameters. Findings - It is found that the contribution of articles to each volume ofJFCis very consistent and the journal has published around 30 articles per year. Single authored papers are found to be the highest, followed by two‐authored and then three‐authored papers. The degree of collaboration inJFCis found to be 0.246. In regards to ranking of country productivity, the UK topped the list followed by the USA, Canada and Australia.Journal of Financial Crime,which is the source journal, leads the table followed byJournal of Business Ethics,Crime Law and Social ChangeandJournal of Money Laundering Control. Research limitations/implications - This paper focuses on the publication traits ofJournal of Financial Crimeover a five‐year period. Patterns of research output in 155 publications are analyzed. Further studies can include other journals in the field of economics. Practical implications - Scholars can benefit from insights into the scholarly contributions ofJournal of Financial Crimethat has accommodated 220 authors from 41 different countries of the world. Originality/value - The paper provides valuable insights into the nature of academic publishing ofJournal of Financial Crime. It can helpJFCreaders to understand the most striking contributions, highly cited journals, the most prolific authors, country productivity, and assorted parameters.