How to Publish Papers in High Quality Journals

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How to Publish Papers in High Quality Journals
Prepared by Carl R. Chen Editor, International
Review of Economics and Finance For The 15th
Pacific Basin Finance, Economics, Accounting, and
Management Annual Conference
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I. Publication is very Competitive

Source Chan, Chen, and Lung, One-and-Half
Decades of Global Research Output in
Finance1990-2004, Review of Quantitative
Finance and Accounting, 2007.
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• Total JF-Pages Published

Source Chan, Chen, and Lung, One-and-Half
Decades of Global Research Output in
Finance1990-2004, Review of Quantitative
Finance and Accounting, 2007.
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• II. Target Journals
• What is my chance?

Source Chen and Huang, Author Affiliation
Index, Finance Journal Ranking, and the Pattern
of Authorship, Journal of Corporate Finance,
2007, forthcoming.
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III. Will Co-Authorship Enhance My Chance?
Source Chen and Huang, Author Affiliation
Index, Finance Journal Ranking, and the Pattern
of Authorship, Journal of Corporate Finance,
2007, forthcoming.
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• Co-Authorship between Elite and Non-Elite
  Programs

Source Chen and Huang, Author Affiliation
Index, Finance Journal Ranking, and the Pattern
of Authorship, Journal of Corporate Finance,
2007, forthcoming.
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• Co-Authorship between Top-80 and Non-Top 80
  Programs

Source Chen and Huang, Author Affiliation
Index, Finance Journal Ranking, and the Pattern
of Authorship, Journal of Corporate Finance,
2007, forthcoming.
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• IV. Most Commonly Seen Criticisms
• Makes no contributions
• Mechanical application of statistics
  (econometrics)
• Simply adopting a different countrys data to an
  existing method (model)
• Sloppy writing, grammatical errors, typos