Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Top Research Topics at Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting?

The foci of Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting are Corporate finance, Financial economics, Econometrics, Monetary economics and Earnings. The study of Corporate finance, which falls within the realm of Finance, was the main focus of the presentations. The research on Financial economics tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Market liquidity and Stock market.

It facilitates discussions on Econometrics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Statistics and Portfolio. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting focuses on Monetary economics but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Information asymmetry and Shareholder. As a part of the journal, discussions in Earnings involve topics like Earnings response coefficient and Earnings management.

It focuses on Earnings management research which is adjacent to topics in Accrual. Volatility smile and Implied volatility are among the areas of Volatility (finance) tackled. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting connects the study in Accounting with the closely related area of Corporate governance.

• Corporate finance (79.52%)
• Financial economics (26.98%)
• Econometrics (25.31%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• The Event Study Methodology Since 1969 (532 citations)
• Nonparametric event study tests (468 citations)
• Corporate social responsibility and financial performance: the “virtuous circle” revisited (328 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting:

The most cited publications primarily focus on research topics in Corporate finance, Econometrics, Accounting, Financial economics and Earnings. The Corporate finance research presented in the journal articles falls under the domain of Finance. In addition to Econometrics research, the published articles aim to explore topics under Event study and Statistics.

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

• Statistics
• Finance
• Law

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Corporate finance, Monetary economics, Econometrics, Earnings and Accounting. It explores research in Corporate finance alongside concepts in Stock market and other areas of study in Market liquidity. The journal explores issues in Monetary economics which can be linked to other research areas like Loan, Equity (finance), Dividend, Shareholder and Market efficiency.

Topics in Econometrics explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Index (economics), Proxy (statistics) and Portfolio. Some problems in Earnings that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Incentive and Stock price. The presented research on Accounting deals specifically with Quality (business) but it also addresses topics in Accrual.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Disclosure quality vis-à-vis disclosure quantity: Does audit committee matter in Omani financial institutions? (5 citations)
• Do corporate insiders trade on future stock price crash risk (4 citations)
• Testing for efficiency in the Saudi stock market: does corporate governance change matter? (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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting (based on the number of publications) are:

• Cheng-Few Lee (47 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Yiuman Tse (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Bikki Jaggi (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Sheng-Syan Chen (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Vivek Singh (9 papers) published 2 papers 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting (based on the number of publications) are:

• Rutgers University (113 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• College of Business Administration (47 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• National Taiwan University (45 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• Hong Kong Polytechnic University (30 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Memphis (26 papers) published 4 papers 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, 1.48% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.80% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.52% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.55% of all publications and 54.14% 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.

Accounting Research in the Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Another noteworthy field of study extensively discussed in the Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting is Accounting. It is a prominent field in Finance, intrinsically connected to Corporate Governance, and has a substantial impact on Corporate Finance and financial decision-making processes. Accounting research in this journal extensively covers topics related to Quality (business) and Accrual, providing in-depth insights into the practice and implications of Accounting in various economic scenarios.

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