Tag: academic publications
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How geographically concentrated are academic finance journals editorial boards?
Some new evidence here : https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3757983 TL:DR – extremely. The USA is massivly overrepresented compared to the diversity of authors submitting to journals, while China in particular is massibly underrepresented. This disparity is exceptionally obvious in ABS 4* journals, seen as the “leading” journals.
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Wasting time on the margins of academic writing
Recently I submitted a paper to a leading journal. They had incredibly specific requirements for formatting for submitted papers, and numerous templates in Word, SciWord, Latex and so on for the use thereof. Being a leading journal and wanting to maximise the scant chance they might not bin it after a good bellylaugh, I spent…
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A dozen ways to get your academic paper rejected
As an editor of two decent journals (IRFA and FRL) I have the unenviable task of rejecting for publication many academic papers. Some I reject at my level – these are what are called desk rejects. I reject others after peer review. Why?
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One of these things is not like the other…
At the top of the tree in academia are Personal or Chaired Professors. Are all created equal?
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Predatory and Pay for Publish journals and Irish Academia.
Being the editor of the journal gives you a perspective on the publishing process that is not available to the majority of academic researchers. One of the issues that strikes you is that there is an enormous volume of material seeking a home. Into this gap have come open access journals, new journals from existing…
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Do U.S. Macroeconomic Surprises Influence Equity Returns? An Exploratory Analysis of Developed Economies
Do U.S. Macroeconomic Surprises Influence Equity Returns? An Exploratory Analysis of Developed Economies We are all aware of how markets react around major macroeconomic announcements – unemployment, interest rate changes or not, housing starts etc. There is a large research body on how the US equity market reacts to the US announcements but less so…
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An empirical study of multiple direct international listings
An empirical study of multiple direct international listings Companies cross list on multiple stock exchanges. We know this. Why do some companies crosslist on multiple exchanges however? This paper tries to get to the bottom of this. It has been published in Global Finance Journal. Abstract “In this study, we examine the multiple direct foreign-listing…
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What I did in the crisis….
So the crisis is now four years old, with the falling into recession of Ireland in september 2008 sounding the clear warning that there were rough times ahead.Somehow or other I (and others) were winkled out of our ivory towers to explain (or not) what was going on. There are pro and con on whether…
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A journal editor seeks your views…
So, I today signed off on the agreement to be the new editor of another Elsevier journal, International Review. Of Financial Analysis (IRFA). It's a pretty decent journal, ranked in the top 40 by a recent study; it was ranked as “internationally excellent” in the 2008 Aston rankings; as “highly regarded” in the 2010 Association…
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“Articles of the Future” – moving things along in a small way
As people may know I am among my other tasks a journal editor, editor of Research In International Business and Finance, published by Elsevier. And a fine journal it is…Elsevier have introduced the ‘Article of the Future’ concept recently, which aims to expand scholarly articles from simple static print to be a richer and hopefully…