THE JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS - A RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION (1974-91)

Authors
SCHWERT GW
Citation
Gw. Schwert, THE JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS - A RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION (1974-91), Journal of financial economics, 33(3), 1993, pp. 369-424
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Economics,"Business Finance
Journal title
Journal of financial economics → ACNP
ISSN journal
0304405X
Volume
33
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
369 - 424
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-405X(1993)33:3<369:TJOFE->2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Data for the 516 papers published in volumes 1-30 of the Journal of Fi nancial Economics in the period 1974-91 are analyzed. 477 authors from 136 institutions contributed papers, and these papers received 16,231 citations according to the Social Science Citation Index. Lists of au thors and institutions who have contributed the most papers to the JFE and a list of the mostly highly-cited JFE papers show why the Journal has been successful in influencing the finance and economics literatu re during its first 18 years.