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Investment Analysts Journal
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Investment Analysts Journal

1029-3523

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/riaj20

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Economics and Finance 403 4 14 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 6
Documents by Best Scientists*: 17
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 22
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.321
Impact Factor: 2.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at The Investment Analysts Journal?

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Financial economics, Investment (macroeconomics), Monetary economics, Finance and Econometrics. Financial economics research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Stock exchange, Equity (finance) and Stock market. While work presented in The Investment Analysts Journal provided substantial information on Investment (macroeconomics), it also covered topics in Actuarial science and Financial system.

Inflation is a focus of the presented Monetary economics works and it dives deep in Inflation. The Investment Analysts Journal holds forums on Econometrics that merges themes from other disciplines such as Index (economics) and Value (economics).

  • Financial economics (30.35%)
  • Investment (macroeconomics) (24.21%)
  • Monetary economics (17.32%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Endogeneity in CEO power: A survey and experiment (139 citations)
  • Equity style timing (82 citations)
  • Size, price-to-earnings and beta on the JSE Securities Exchange (81 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at The Investment Analysts Journal:

The most cited publications aim to foster the development of research in Financial economics, Econometrics, Stock exchange, Value (economics) and Investment (macroeconomics). The most cited articles facilitate discussions on Financial economics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Financial market and Stock market. The journal articles address concerns in Investment (macroeconomics) which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Market reaction, Open market operation and International economics.

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

  • Finance
  • Statistics
  • Law

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Econometrics, Financial economics, Anomaly (physics), Accrual and Stage (hydrology) are among the topics commonly tackled in The Investment Analysts Journal. It addresses concerns in Econometrics which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Index (economics), Stock return and Excess return. The research on Financial economics featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Market capitalization and Leakage (economics).

It integrates many fields, including Stage (hydrology) and related.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Risk of investing in volatility products: A regime-switching approach (2 citations)
  • Stock price prediction using multiple valuation methods based on artificial neural networks for KOSDAQ IPO companies (1 citations)
  • Fundamental analysis, low accruals, and the accrual anomaly: Korean evidence (0 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 The Investment Analysts Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Michael Ward (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • C. Firer (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Christo Auret (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Doojin Ryu (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • EvdM. Smit (11 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 The Investment Analysts Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of the Witwatersrand (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stellenbosch University (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Cape Town (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Pretoria (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Sungkyunkwan University (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 45.45% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.09% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.18% of all publications and 27.27% 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.

Career Opportunities for Investment Analysts

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For individuals aspiring to thrive in a finance career, there is substantial value in gaining an educational background in accounting. Some of the best accounting programs in New York provide excellent preparatory training for a career as an investment analyst. This is because an understanding of financial statements, bookkeeping, tax laws, and auditing can better equip an individual to critically assess investment opportunities.

Moreover, the accounting skills will provide a foundation for any additional finance-related training and certifications you might require as an investment analyst.

Top Publications

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  • Heterogeneous investor attention to climate risk: Evidence from a unique dataset

    (2022)
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  • Predicting corporate defaults using machine learning with geometric-lag variables

    Hyeongjun Kim;Hoon Cho;Doojin Ryu

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Bank sensitivity to international regulatory reform: The case of Korea

    Doojin Ryu;Robert I. Webb;Jinyoung Yu

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