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Applied Economics Letters
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Applied Economics Letters

1350-4851

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rael20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Economics and Finance 69 108 158 22

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 160
Documents by Best Scientists*: 211
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 67
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.384
Impact Factor: 1.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Applied Economics Letters?

Econometrics, Monetary economics, Financial economics, Macroeconomics and Labour economics are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. The studies on Econometrics discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Statistics, Sample (statistics) and Estimation. It covers various topics on Monetary economics such as Exchange rate and Monetary policy.

Applied Economics Letters features Financial economics research that overlaps with concepts in Stock market. The journal is mostly focused on Labour economics, specifically Wage.

  • Econometrics (26.30%)
  • Monetary economics (11.50%)
  • Financial economics (10.06%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Is the tourism-led growth hypothesis valid for Turkey? (384 citations)
  • Bitcoins as an investment or speculative vehicle? A first look (262 citations)
  • Causality between trade and tourism: empirical evidence from China (215 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Applied Economics Letters:

The published papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Econometrics, Macroeconomics, Financial economics, Cointegration and Monetary economics. While the published articles focused on Econometrics, they were also able to explore topics like Statistics and Sample (statistics). The works on Financial economics tackled in the most cited papers bring together disciplines like Stock exchange and Stock market index, Stock market, Stock market bubble.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • World War II
  • Law
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal primarily tackles Econometrics, China, Monetary economics, Demographic economics and 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak. The majority of Econometrics studies presented zero in on Volatility (finance). Aside from research in 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, it also discusses topics such as Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Pandemic.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • COVID-19: stock market reactions to the shock and the stimulus (27 citations)
  • COVID-19: how much unemployment was caused by the shutdown in Germany? (26 citations)
  • Is there a pattern in how COVID-19 has affected Australia’s stock returns? (16 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Applied Economics Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Tsangyao Chang (38 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Richard J. Cebula (31 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Steven Cook (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Luis A. Gil-Alana (23 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Jati K. Sengupta (23 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Applied Economics Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Tamkang University (52 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Feng Chia University (49 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Kobe University (44 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • College of Business Administration (41 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Zaragoza (41 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 5.44% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 7.45% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.26% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.15% of all publications and 76.14% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

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Top Publications

  • Economic policy uncertainty and firm performance

    Umer Iqbal;Christopher Gan;Muhammad Nadeem

    (2020)
    181 Citations
  • Covid-19’s adverse effects on a stock market index

    Unknown

    (2020)
    111 Citations
  • Impacts on the U.S. macroeconomy of mandatory business closures in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Terrie Louise Walmsley;Adam Rose;Dan Wei

    (2021)
    80 Citations
  • Is there a pattern in how COVID-19 has affected Australia’s stock returns?

    Paresh Kumar Narayan;Qiang Gong;Huson Joher Ali Ahmed

    (2021)
    77 Citations
  • Political news and stock prices: evidence from Trump’s trade war

    Tobias Burggraf;Ralf Fendel;Toan Luu Duc Huynh

    (2020)
    75 Citations

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