Historical Citation Profile of Institutional Investor (II) Journals 1996 Through 2006

Abstract

Institutional Investor (II) Journals include the following nine finance/investment journals: (1) The Journal of Portfolio Management (JPM), (2) The Journal of Alternative Investments (JAI) (3) The Journal of Fixed Income (JFINC) (4) The Journal of Derivatives (JD), (5) The Journal of Investing (JINV), (6) The Journal of Trading, (7) The Journal of Private Equity, (8) The Journal of Structured Finance, and (9) The Journal of Wealth Management. This note examines the historical citation (and self-citation) profile of these journals in three leading finance journals: (1) The Journal of Finance (JF), (2) The Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), and (3) The Review of Financial Studies (RFS) over the 10 year period 1996 through 2005. Citations for 2006 are examined separately as an out-of-sample extension. Additionally, the publication profile of 100 prolific authors in top-tier finance journals is examined, and their publication output in the II Journals is summarized. The II Journals examined include the JPM, JAI, JFINC, JD and JINV. This information is extracted from Maberly and Pierce (2007).

Keywords: Institutional Investor Journals, citations

JEL Classification: G10, G19