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Journal of Economics and Business
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Journal of Economics and Business

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Economics and Finance 457 6 7 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 12
Documents by Best Scientists*: 13
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 62
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.81
Impact Factor: 3.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Economics and Business?

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Monetary economics, Econometrics, Financial economics, Finance and Microeconomics. The research on Monetary economics discussed in Journal of Economics and Business draws on the closely related field of Macroeconomics. The Financial economics works, particularly on Volatility (finance) are tackled in the journal.

The Monetary policy study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Inflation.

  • Monetary economics (19.88%)
  • Econometrics (14.03%)
  • Financial economics (11.41%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Consistency Conditions for Regulatory Analysis of Financial Institutions: A Comparison of Frontier Efficiency Methods (682 citations)
  • Identifying failing companies: a re-evaluation of the logit, probit and DA approaches (305 citations)
  • Interest-rate smoothing and optimal monetary policy: a review of recent empirical evidence (293 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Economics and Business:

The most cited publications investigate areas of study like Monetary economics, Econometrics, Financial economics, Financial system and Actuarial science. The published papers address concerns in Monetary economics which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Stock exchange, Stock market and Emerging markets. The published papers hold forums on Financial system that merge themes from other disciplines such as Deregulation, Diversification (finance) and Finance.

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

  • Law
  • Finance
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of Journal of Economics and Business is to combine knowledge in the areas of Monetary economics, Marketing, Sample (statistics), Financial system and Pandemic. The presented research on Monetary economics deals specifically with Stock market but it also addresses topics in Dividend. Journal of Economics and Business explores Marketing concepts, specifically Brand loyalty, Purchasing and Service quality but expands to research in Context (language use).

Some problems in Sample (statistics) that were presented in Journal of Economics and Business overlapped with concepts under Panel data and Accounting, Audit. Corporate governance and China are some topics wherein Accounting research discussed in Journal of Economics and Business have an impact. Research in Stimulus (economics) and the interrelating topic of Government were among the subjects of interest in the Financial system studies discussed in the journal.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Economic Sentiment During the COVID Pandemic: Evidence from Search Behaviour in the EU (11 citations)
  • The impact of COVID-19 on stock market performance in Africa: A Bayesian structural time series approach. (9 citations)
  • How do equity markets react to COVID-19? Evidence from emerging and developed countries. (9 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 Journal of Economics and Business (based on the number of publications) are:

  • David D. VanHoose (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Irwan Suriadi (9 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Cheng-Few Lee (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Donald H. Dutkowsky (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • James M. Kilika (7 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less 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 Journal of Economics and Business (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Mataram (64 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Federal Reserve System (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • College of Business Administration (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Texas Tech University (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rutgers University (14 papers) published 1 paper 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, 58.68% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 28.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 2.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 6.00% of all publications and 64.00% 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.

How to Pursue a Career in Economics and Business?

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Top Publications

  • Finance-Growth Nexus and Banking Efficiency: The Impact of Microfinance Institutions

    Afsheen Abrar;Iftekhar Hasan;Rezaul Kabir

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • Machine-learning forecasting of successful ICOs

    (2022)
    23 Citations
  • Excess liquidity and net interest margins: Evidence from Vietnamese banks

    Thai Vu Hong Nguyen;Tra Thi Thu Pham;Canh Phuc Nguyen;Thanh Cong Nguyen

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Explainable FinTech lending

    (2023)
    16 Citations
  • How currency denomination and the ATM affect the way we pay

    Oz Shy

    (2020)
    6 Citations

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