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Impact: What Influences Finance Research?

Tom Arnold
University of Richmond - E. Claiborne Robins School of Business

Alexander W. Butler
Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management

Timothy Falcon Crack
University of Otago - Department of Finance and Quantitative Analysis

Ayca Altintig
Chapman University - The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics

January 2001

Abstract:
Which journal articles have had the most impact on finance research? Which articles were most cited in each of the last 30 years? Which journals dominated finance research in the 1990s? Did any finance sub-discipline stand out or lag behind in the 1990s? We answer these and similar questions using a comprehensive sample of journals, an extensive time period, and a new ranking method that avoids problems inherent in the existing literature. We find that although six of the ten articles most cited by finance journals were published in econometrics or economics journals, and Journal of Finance accounts for only one of the top ten articles, Journal of Finance still dominates with the article cited most frequently in eight of the last ten years. We also find that methodological papers such as White (1980) and Hansen (1982) are very highly ranked. We use the most influential papers to construct suggested Ph.D. course reading lists.

Keywords: Research Impact, Journal Ranking, citations

JEL Classifications: G0

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Date posted: June 08, 2001 ; Last revised: June 19, 2003

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Arnold, Tom M., Butler, Alexander W., Crack, Timothy Falcon and Altintig, Ayca, Impact: What Influences Finance Research? (January 2001). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=271661 or doi:10.2139/ssrn.271661

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Thomas M. Arnold (Contact Author) University of Richmond - E. Claiborne Robins School of Business ( email ) 1 Gateway Drive Richmond, VA 23173 United States 804-287-6399 (Phone) 804-289-8878 (Fax)
Z. Ayca Altintig Chapman University - The George L. Argyros School of Business & Economics ( email ) 333 N. Glassell Orange, CA 92866 United States
Alexander W. Butler Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management ( email ) MS 531 Houston, TX 77005 United States 713-348-6341 (Phone) HOME PAGE: http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~awbutler/
Timothy Falcon Crack University of Otago - Department of Finance and Quantitative Analysis ( email ) Dunedin New Zealand