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Faculty Perceptions and Readership Patterns of Finance Journals: A Global View

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Elisabeth Oltheten ,
Vasilis Theoharakis  and
Nickolaos G. Travlos
Elisabeth Oltheten
Affiliation:
oltheten@uiuc.edu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Business, 1206 South Sixth Street, Urbana, IL
Vasilis Theoharakis
Affiliation:
vtheohar@alba.edu.gr, Athens Laboratory of Business Administration, Athinas & Areos 2A, Vouliagmeni, Athens 166 71, Greece, and Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET, U.K.
Nickolaos G. Travlos
Affiliation:
ntravlos@alba.edu.gr, Athens Laboratory of Business Administration, Athinas & Areos 2A, Vouliagmeni, Athens 166 71, Greece, and Cardiff Business School, Cardiff, Wales, U.K.
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Abstract

Journal rankings are frequently used as a measure of both journal and author research quality. Nonetheless, debates frequently arise because journal rankings do not take into account the underlying diversity of the finance research community. This study examines how factors such as a researcher's geographic origin, research interests, seniority, and journal affiliation influence journal quality perceptions and readership patterns. Based on a worldwide sample of 862 finance academics, we find remarkable consistency in the rankings of top journals. For the remaining journals, perception of journal quality differs depending on the researcher's geographic origin, research interests, seniority, and journal affiliation.

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Research Article
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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , March 2005 , pp. 223 - 239
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Copyright © School of Business Administration, University of Washington 2005

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