An Analysis of Risk, Insurance, and Actuarial Research: Citations From 1996 to 2000

Abstract

This article evaluates the relative significance of research published in 16 risk, insurance, and actuarial journals by examining the frequency of citations in these risk, insurance, and actuarial journals and 16 of the leading finance journals during the years 1996 through 2000. First, the article provides the frequency with which each sample risk, insurance, and actuarial journal cites itself and the other sample journals so as to communicate the degree to which each journal's published research has had an influence on the other sample journals. Then the article divides the 16 journals into two groups: (1) the risk and insurance journal group, and (2) the actuarial journal group, and ranks them within their group based on their total number of citations, including and excluding self-citations. A ranking within each group is based on the journals' influence on a per article published basis. Finally, this study observes and reports on the most frequently cited articles from the sample risk, insurance, and actuarial journals. Copyright 2003 The Journal of Risk and Insurance.

The Journal of Risk and Insurance: Authors of Influence

“…Colquitt () extends Colquitt () to evaluate citations appearing in the sample journals between 1996 and 2000. He also adds three risk journals to the Colquitt () study to bring the total sample journals to 32.…”

“…This percentage (22) is calculated using data reported in table of Colquitt () and (), and table of Colquitt et al. ().…”

The impact factor of IME

“…"As noted in Colquitt (2003), it is entirely possible that the cause for a high self-citation index might be that the journal publishes research that is of a specialized nature, the type not commonly found in the other sample journals. "…”

A Digital Picture of the Actuarial Research Community

“…Related studies in this area have been conducted through the years by Colquitt (1997Colquitt ( , 2003Colquitt ( , 2005, Colquitt and D'Arcy (2009), and Colquitt et al (1998). The main focus there was on the quality and influence of the journals themselves and the articles they contain, rather than on the performance of countries and institutions.…”