Recently among finance academic journals, it has become no longer the case that the highest externally rated journals are necessarily the most cited. Through the lens of a bibliometric case study, we highlight the integral contribution of ABS 2 articles to bibliometric-based conclusions. We demonstrate that selecting ABS2+ versus ABS3+ significantly changes results. Conceptually, we argue that as bibliometric analysis is citation based, a priori cutoffs for article inclusion should also be journal citation based, rather than external journal rankings based. Now that several ABS 2 journals are among the highest cited journals in finance, reconsiderations are needed.
Goodell, J. W., Oriani, M. E., Paltrinieri, A., Patel, R., The importance of ABS 2 journals in finance scholarship: Evidence from a bibliometric case study, <<FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS>>, 2023; (N/A): 1-10. [doi:10.1016/j.frl.2023.103828] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/237254]
The importance of ABS 2 journals in finance scholarship: Evidence from a bibliometric case study
Oriani, Marco ErcoleConceptualization
;Paltrinieri, AndreaWriting – Review & Editing
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2023
Abstract
Recently among finance academic journals, it has become no longer the case that the highest externally rated journals are necessarily the most cited. Through the lens of a bibliometric case study, we highlight the integral contribution of ABS 2 articles to bibliometric-based conclusions. We demonstrate that selecting ABS2+ versus ABS3+ significantly changes results. Conceptually, we argue that as bibliometric analysis is citation based, a priori cutoffs for article inclusion should also be journal citation based, rather than external journal rankings based. Now that several ABS 2 journals are among the highest cited journals in finance, reconsiderations are needed.
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