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Ranking of finance journals: Some Google Scholar citation perspectives

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  • Chan, Kam C.
  • Chang, Chih-Hsiang
  • Chang, Yuanchen
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    Abstract

    We conduct rankings on finance journals based on a rich database of citations for all articles from a set of 23 finance journals during 1990–2010. Our study is a major improvement in the literature by directly measuring the impact of each article within a set of finance journals. Our findings in journal citations generally echo the concern in Smith (2004) that some articles in premier journals have no/low impact while some articles in non-premier journals have high impact. In addition, we document that premier (non-premier) journals exhibit a linear (convex) curve of cumulative normalized citations across zero citation to less than or equal to eight citation buckets. We also show that author concentration index and editorial board members' citations represent alternative methods to evaluate finance journals.

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    Article provided by Elsevier in its journal Journal of Empirical Finance.

    Volume (Year): 21 (2013)
    Issue (Month): C ()
    Pages: 241-250

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    Handle: RePEc:eee:empfin:v:21:y:2013:i:c:p:241-250
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    Keywords: Journal ranking; Citations; Google Scholar;

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    • G00 - Financial Economics - - General - - - General

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    Cited by:

    1. Cao, Chunfang & Zhang, Tingting & Chang, Chih-Hsiang & Chan, Kam C., 2016. "International Review of Economics and Finance (1992–2015): The past 24years and beyond," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 266-276.
    2. Zhou, Mingshan & Chang, Chih-Hsiang & Chan, Kam C., 2015. "A retrospective evaluation of The North American Journal of Economics and Finance (1990–2014)," The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 32(C), pages 1-11.
    3. Claudio Vitari, 2014. "Electronic currencies for purposive degrowth?," Working paper serie RMT - Grenoble Ecole de Management hal-00975432, HAL.
    4. Nianhang Xu & Kam C. Chan & Chih-Hsiang Chang, 2016. "A quality-based global assessment of financial research," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 46(3), pages 605-631, April.
    5. Bambang Winarko & A. Abrizah & Muzammil Tahira, 2016. "An assessment of quality, trustworthiness and usability of Indonesian agricultural science journals: stated preference versus revealed preference study," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 108(1), pages 289-304, July.
    6. Chan, Kam C. & Chang, Chih-Hsiang & Chang, Yuanchen, 2015. "The network effects of publishing in finance," The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 33(C), pages 305-316.

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