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Japan and the World Economy
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Japan and the World Economy

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Economics and Finance 588 5 5 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 10
Documents by Best Scientists*: 7
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 42
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.695
Impact Factor: 1.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Japan and the World Economy?

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Monetary economics, International economics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics and International trade. Exchange rate, Monetary policy and Interest rate are among the areas of Monetary economics tackled. Most of the works presented in the journal deals with International economics but it intersects with the subject of Foreign direct investment.

Studies on Econometrics discussed in Japan and the World Economy link to the field of Financial economics. Topics in Financial economics explored in Japan and the World Economy were investigated in conjunction with research in Stock exchange and Stock market.

  • Monetary economics (14.97%)
  • International economics (12.41%)
  • Macroeconomics (12.31%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • What Caused the Asian Currency and Financial Crisis (749 citations)
  • An empirical examination of the Arbitrage Pricing Theory: Using Japanese data (236 citations)
  • Cross-Country Causes and Consequences of the 2008 Crisis: Early Warning (174 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Japan and the World Economy:

The journal articles are organized to reinforce research efforts on Econometrics, Monetary economics, Macroeconomics, International economics and Exchange rate. Issues in Econometrics were discussed in the most cited articles, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Financial economics and Cost price. The published articles focus on Monetary economics but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Panel data and Cointegration.

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

  • World War II
  • China
  • Finance

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal investigates studies in Monetary economics, International economics, Foreign direct investment, Value (economics) and Econometrics. The journal is mostly focused on Monetary economics, specifically Market liquidity. Topics in International economics were tackled in line with various other fields like Penetration (warfare), General equilibrium theory and Product differentiation.

The studies in Foreign direct investment featured incorporate elements of Commerce, Economies of scope, Manufacturing firms, Economic globalization and Sample (statistics). The research on Value (economics) tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Investment strategy, Insourcing and Bilateral trade. The journal explores topics in Econometrics which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Sampling (statistics), Principal component analysis and Loss aversion.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Public preferences on immigration in Japan (2 citations)
  • Japan's FDI drivers in a time of financial uncertainty. New evidence based on Bayesian Model Averaging (2 citations)
  • Individual characteristics and the demand for reciprocity in trade liberalization: Evidence from a survey in Japan (1 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 Japan and the World Economy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Paul A. Samuelson (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Charles Yuji Horioka (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ryuzo Sato (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jong-Wha Lee (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hiroshi Fujiki (7 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 Japan and the World Economy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • New York University (70 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Osaka University (42 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Tokyo (39 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Hitotsubashi University (34 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Keio University (34 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less 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, 16.67% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 50.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 25.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 5.00% of all publications and 20.00% 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

  • Demographic Change, Human Capital, and Economic Growth in Korea

    Jong Suk Han;Jong Wha Lee

    (2020)
    74 Citations
  • Monetary policy shocks and exchange rates in Asian countries

    Jihae Kim;Soyoung Kim;Donghyun Park

    (2020)
    11 Citations
  • Measuring Concentration in the Japanese Loan and Deposit Markets

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • Structural breaks in the mean of dividend-price ratios: Implications of learning on stock return predictability

    Chunji Xuan;Chang-Jin Kim

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • Retraction notice to “Testing for multiple bubbles in bitcoin markets: A generalized sup ADF test” [Japan World Econ. 46 (2018) 56–63]

    Chi-Wei Su;Zheng-Zheng Li;Ran Tao;Deng-Kui Si

    (2020)
    1 Citations

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