The Scholarly Output of Universities and Academics in the Asia-Pacific Region Who Publish in Major Finance Journals: 2000-2007

The study examines the scholarly output of all universities and their finance academics in the Asia-Pacific region. We evaluate the scholarly output of 1,341 research academic staff across 300 leading Asia-Pacific universities in the period 2000 to 2007. A significant contribution of our study is th...

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Published in:Australasian accounting, business & finance journal business & finance journal, 2008-09, Vol.2 (3), p.26-49
Main Authors: Jarnecic, Elvis, Segara, Reuben, Segara, Lydia, Westerholm, Joakim
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Journal Rankings
Asia-Pacific Universities
Author productivity
Collaboration
College professors
Colleges & universities
Finance
Foreign students
Funding
Higher education
Rankings
Ratings & rankings
Scholars
Statistical analysis
Studies
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Summary:The study examines the scholarly output of all universities and their finance academics in the Asia-Pacific region. We evaluate the scholarly output of 1,341 research academic staff across 300 leading Asia-Pacific universities in the period 2000 to 2007. A significant contribution of our study is that it presents ranking league tables for finance journals with respect to journal quality. The necessity of well defined ranking tables help university executive management, government policy and funding bodies in better assessing research performance. The study also constructs a new measure called to Research Productivity Dependency (RPD) index, which acts as a risk management mechanism to aid universities better assess their reliance on key individual research productive academics. The results show that the scholarly output of the top Asia-Pacific institutions based upon 24 finance journals is comparable to their North American counterparts. For the top 5 institutions based upon the top 5 finance journals, the US-equivalent rank drops to 85. This indicates that the top 5 institutions in the Asia-Pacific region are less likely to publish in top US journals than universities in the North American region.
ISSN:1834-2000
1834-2019
DOI:10.14453/aabfj.v2i3.2