Is an article in a top journal a top article?

    Authors

    S. D. Smith

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Financ. Manage.

    Keywords

    FINANCE LITERATURE; IMPACT; Business, Finance

    Abstract

    This study ranks 15 leading finance journals by the average number of Social Sciences Citation Index cites per articles for articles published in 1996. It also defines a "top article," compared to an "article in a top journal.'' Using diffierent criteria for top articles, I examine the Type I error (a top " article is rejected by a particular decision rule, e.g., in top three journals) and the Type R error (a "non-top " article is accepted as a top article) for each journal and combinations of the journals. Due to the high error rates, the results suggest that identifying top articles requires looking beyond the Top 3 journals, as well as examining each article more carefully for its intrinsic quality.

    Journal Title

    Financial Management

    Volume

    33

    Issue/Number

    4

    Publication Date

    1-1-2004

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    133

    Last Page

    149

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000225797100006

    ISSN

    0046-3892

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