The Scholarly Output of Universities and Academics in the Asia-Pacific Region Who Publish in Major Finance Journals: 2000-2007

The study examines the scholarly output of all universities and their finance academics in theAsia-Pacific region. We evaluate the scholarly output of 1,341 research academic staff across 300leading Asia-Pacific universities in the period 2000 to 2007. A significant contribution of ourstudy is that...

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Main Authors: Elvis Jarnecic, Reuben Segara, Lydia Segara, Joakim P. Westerholm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Wollongong 2008-09-01
Series:Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal
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Online Access:http://ro.uow.edu.au/aabfj/vol2/iss3/2
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Summary:The study examines the scholarly output of all universities and their finance academics in theAsia-Pacific region. We evaluate the scholarly output of 1,341 research academic staff across 300leading Asia-Pacific universities in the period 2000 to 2007. A significant contribution of ourstudy is that it presents ranking league tables for finance journals with respect to journal quality.The necessity of well defined ranking tables help university executive management, governmentpolicy and funding bodies in better assessing research performance. The study also constructs anew measure called to Research Productivity Dependency (RPD) index, which acts as a riskmanagement mechanism to aid universities better assess their reliance on key individual researchproductive academics.
ISSN:1834-2000
1834-2019