Smith SD. Is an article in a top journal a top article? Financial Management 33(4). Winter 2004, p.133-149

[Eugene Garfield]

S.D. Smith : stan.smith at bus.ucf.edu

TITLE:          Is an article in a top journal a top article? (Article,
                English)
AUTHOR:         Smith, SD
SOURCE:         FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 33 (4). WIN 2004. p.133-149
                FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOC, TAMPA

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.

AUTHOR ADDRESS: SD Smith, Univ Cent Florida, SunTrust Chair Banking,
                Orlando, FL 32816 USA


IDS Number: 880NS
ISSN: 0046-3892

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