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Cogent Economics and Finance
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Cogent Economics and Finance

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Economics and Finance 175 17 38 12

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 29
Documents by Best Scientists*: 49
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 45
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.539
Impact Factor: 2.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Cogent economics & finance?

Cogent economics & finance facilitates discussions on Monetary economics, Econometrics, Financial economics, Financial system and Stock market. Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Monetary economics and the similar topic of Emerging markets. The majority of Financial economics studies are focused on the issues of Volatility (finance).

  • Monetary economics (16.12%)
  • Econometrics (15.62%)
  • Financial economics (10.83%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Effect of economic growth on CO2 emission in developing countries: Evidence from a dynamic panel threshold model (135 citations)
  • The impact of trade openness on economic growth: The case of Cote d’Ivoire (91 citations)
  • Investigating the sources of Black’s leverage effect in oil and gas stocks (62 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Cogent economics & finance:

The journal publications explore disciplines such as Financial economics, Econometrics, Developing country, Cointegration and Financial system. The works on Financial economics tackled in the published articles bring together disciplines like Leverage (finance), Debt ratio and Monetary economics. The most cited papers explore issues in Econometrics which can be linked to other research areas like Statistics and Short run.

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

  • Statistics
  • Finance
  • Macroeconomics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The primary areas of discussion in Cogent economics & finance are Monetary economics, Econometrics, Development economics, Empirical evidence and Financial system. Topics in Monetary economics explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Stock exchange, Dividend policy and Dividend payout ratio. The Econometrics study featured in it draws parallels with the field of Exchange rate.

It focused on Development economics research but expanded to cover Developing country. Cogent economics & finance features Financial system research that overlaps with concepts in Financial crisis.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Financial development and economic growth nexus in SSA economies: The moderating role of telecommunication development (5 citations)
  • Nexus between economic growth and foreign private investment: Evidence from Pakistan economy (3 citations)
  • Impact of COVID-19 on poverty and living standards in Ghana: A micro-perspective (3 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 Cogent economics & finance (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Nicholas M. Odhiambo (7 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Devi Datt Tewari (7 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Mosab I. Tabash (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Xuan Vinh Vo (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David G. McMillan (6 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous 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 Cogent economics & finance (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Cape Coast (17 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • North-West University (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (15 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City (12 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of KwaZulu-Natal (12 papers) absent at the last 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, 10.07% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.20% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.40% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.00% of all publications and 54.40% 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

  • E-government, education quality, internet access in schools, and tax evasion

    (2022)
    59 Citations
  • Novel evidence from APEC countries on stock market integration and volatility spillover: A Diebold and Yilmaz approach

    (2023)
    34 Citations
  • Financial literacy, financial inclusion and participation of individual on the Ghana stock market

    (2022)
    30 Citations
  • Convergence in non-performing loans across EU banks: The role of COVID-19

    (2022)
    27 Citations
  • Recent trends in business financial risk – A bibliometric analysis

    Ali Murad Syed;Hana Saeed Bawazir;David McMillan

    (2021)
    27 Citations

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