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THEJOURNALOFFINANCE•VOL.LXV,NO.4•AUGUST2010 AMERICAN FINANCE ASSOCIATION Report of the Editor of The Journal of Finance for the Year 2009 CAMPBELLR.HARVEY,EDITOR I AM HAPPY TO REPORT that 2009 was another good year for the Journal of Finance.Wereceived1,158submissions,ofwhich1,020werenewmanuscripts. Thenumberofnewsubmissionsisidenticaltothetotalin2008.Resubmissions appear to be down but this is a result of the Journal of Finance no longer counting “style” revisions in the official revision count. There were 100 style revisionsin2009.Hence,thecomparablepaperflowis1,258totalsubmissions in2009comparedto1,191in2008. In2009,theJournalpublished78articles,writtenbyauthorswhoseprimary affiliations include 92 different institutions. Table I details the number and timing of submissions received throughout the year. The primary affiliations aresummarizedinTableII,whichreportsthenumberofauthorsperinstitution (where an article with n authors is counted as 1/n articles for each author’s institution). The institutions with the most Journal authors last year were Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, New York University, and theUniversityofChicago. TheJournal’svisibilityandimpactremainextremelyhigh.Thearticlespub- lishedintheJournalin2006and2007werecited14,679timesduring2008,a totalthatranksfirstamongbusinessandfinancejournalsandthirdamongall economicsjournals(behindtheAmericanEconomicReviewandEconometrica). Our impact factor (cites during 2008 to articles published in 2006 and 2007, divided by the total number of articles published in those two years) is 4.018, whichranksfirstamongbusinessandfinancejournalsandthirdamongalleco- nomics journals (behind the Quarterly Journal of Economics and the Journal ofEconomicLiterature). Turnaround time remains good, with almost 70% of the editorial decisions takinglessthan70daysandonly18%takingover100days.TableIVprovides details on turnaround for the editorial decisions made during 2009. Figure 1 compares turnaround for 2007, 2008, and 2009. The median turnaround time appears to increase from 39 days to 45 days. However, as mentioned earlier, 2009isthefirstyearwherestyleroundshavebeenpurgedfromthereporting process. Given that these style rounds often have very quick turnaround, 45 daysismorerepresentativeofthemedianturnaroundin2008and2007. Let me comment on the 18% of papers that take more than 100 days. First, most of these papers are in the 100- to 120-day range. For example, as of December 31, 2009, there was no paper currently in process more than 1613 1614 TheJournalofFinance(cid:2)R TableI SubmissionandResubmissionTiming 2009 2008 Month Subs Resubs Total Month Subs Resubs Total Jan. 96 14 110 Jan. 81 13 94 Feb. 90 13 103 Feb. 107 12 119 March 90 9 99 March 87 13 100 April 74 17 91 April 75 13 88 May 74 9 83 May 77 15 92 June 82 17 99 June 92 19 111 July 88 6 94 July 100 18 118 Aug. 73 13 86 Aug. 75 16 91 Sept. 96 15 111 Sept. 94 16 110 Oct. 82 8 90 Oct. 78 11 89 Nov. 81 7 88 Nov. 76 15 91 Dec. 94 10 104 Dec. 78 10 88 Total 1,020 138 1,158 Total 1,020 171 1,191 184 days. Second, many of these “late” papers are revise and resubmits. For these papers, the Associate Editor will provide extra comments based on an independent reading of the paper and the referee’s report. In addition, I will provide my own report on every revise and resubmit, and the co-editor might also provide a report. These extra reports add to the turnaround time of a re- viseandresubmit.However,thisisdeliberate.Mystrategyistogetmaximum feedbackinthefirstsubmissionsothatthesecondsubmissionisverycloseto publicationquality. TableVprovidesinformationontheJournal’sacceptanceandrejectionrates. The number of acceptances increased in 2009 compared to 2008. The backlog of unpublished accepted articles is less than a year, meaning there is a fairly shorttimefromacceptancetopublication. Theaveragelengthofthereviewprocess,togetherwiththepublicationback- log,resultsinasignificantperiodduringwhichtheeditorwhohandledanar- ticleisnotnecessarilytheonewhosenameappearsonthemastheadwhenthe article is published. Of the articles published in 2009, about 32% (25 papers) werehandledbyRobStambaugh. As has been said before, the Journal reflects the collaborative efforts of a greatmanypeople.MyCo-Editor,JohnGraham,andtheAssociateEditorsdo awonderfuljobinfillingtheroleIhaveaskedofthem.LastyeartheJournal relied on over 700 referees who, with few exceptions, made time in their busy schedulestoprovidethetypeofdiligentandpromptfeedbackthatcontinuesto playavitalroleintheJournal’ssuccess.(AppendixAliststheindividualswho refereed for the Journal during 2009.) Clearly, you, the members of the Asso- ciation, value the Journal highly, and it has been a great honor and privilege formetohavebeenentrustedwithitscare. WecontinuetoworkwithBEPressinmakingrefinementstothesystem,and Ibelievetheelectronicsystemhasproventoserveourneedsratherwell. ReportoftheEditor 1615 TableII AuthorAffiliationsofPublishedArticles Affiliation NumberofAuthors HongKongUniversityofScience&Technology 31/2 NewYorkUniversity 3 UniversityofChicago 3 HarvardUniversity 22/3 UniversityofPennsylvania 22/3 UniversityofTexasatAustin 22/5 NorthwesternUniversity 21/6 TheOhioStateUniversity 21/9 DukeUniversity 15/6 VanderbiltUniversity 15/6 CornellUniversity 13/4 INSEAD 12/3 FederalReserveBankofNewYork 11/2 HelsinkiSchoolofEconomics 11/2 LondonBusinessSchool 11/2 UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles 11/2 UniversityofNotreDame 11/2 UniversityofCaliforniaatIrvine 12/5 DrexelUniversity 11/3 UniversityofSouthernCalifornia 11/3 StanfordUniversity 11/4 RutgersUniversity 11/6 YaleUniversity 11/6 UniversityofMichigan 1 YaleUniversity 1 BaylorUniversity 1 BostonCollege 1 CentralEuropeanUniversity 1 EmoryUniversity 1 MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology 1 NanyangTechnologicalUniversity 1 Paulson&Co.,Inc. 1 TilburgUniversity 1 UniversidadCarlosIIIdeMadrid 1 UniversityofAlberta 1 ArizonaStateUniversity 5/6 DePaulUniversity 5/6 UniversityofVirginia 5/6 IndianaUniversity 3/4 GeorgiaStateUniversity 2/3 SwedishInstituteforFinancialResearch 2/3 AmericanUniversity 1/2 BankofAmerica 1/2 CenterforHumanResourceResearch 1/2 CUNY 1/2 DartmouthCollege 1/2 HanyangUniversity 1/2 (continued) 1616 TheJournalofFinance(cid:2)R TableII—Continued Affiliation NumberofAuthors OxfordUniversity 1/2 PrincetonUniversity 1/2 UniversityofDelaware 1/2 UniversityofMiami 1/2 UniversityofMissouriatSt.Louis 1/2 UniversityofOregon 1/2 UniversityofOxford 1/2 UniversityofRochester 1/2 UniversityofTexasatDallas 1/2 YonseiUniversity 1/2 YorkUniversity 1/2 ResearchInstituteofIndustrialEconomics 2/5 BentleyUniversity 1/3 BrandeisUniversity 1/3 BrighamYoungUniversity 1/3 ChineseUniversityofHongKong 1/3 ClaremontMcKennaCollege 1/3 ColumbiaUniversity 1/3 CornerstoneResearch 1/3 DuquesneCapitalManagement,LLC 1/3 EuropeanUniversityInstitute 1/3 FederalReserveBankofChicago 1/3 GeorgeMasonUniversity 1/3 KobeUniversity 1/3 LSVAssetManagement 1/3 MontanaStateUniversity 1/3 StockholmSchoolofEconomics 1/3 TexasTechUniversity 1/3 UniversityofAmsterdam 1/3 UniversityofCalifornia,Riverside 1/3 UniversityofGeorgia 1/3 UniversityofLausanne 1/3 UniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill 1/3 BarclaysCapital 1/4 CityUniversityofHongKong 1/4 IndianaUniversitySoutheast 1/4 SingaporeManagementUniversity 1/4 UniversityofIowa 1/4 UniversityofMassachusetts 1/4 SouthernMethodistUniversity 1/5 StockholmUniversity 1/5 UniversityofColoradoatBoulder 1/5 UniversityofToronto 1/5 UniversityofUtah 1/5 One of the most important reasons for a smooth functioning of our journal is our editorial assistant, Wendy Washburn, who is a huge asset to the Jour- nal. Not only is Wendy vital in keeping the many day-to-day activities of the editorialofficerunningsmoothly,asmanyofyouhaveprobablyexperiencedas authors and reviewers, but she very ably supervises the copyediting and the ReportoftheEditor 1617 TableIII JournalVisibilityfromWebofScience:Citationsin2008ofArticles Publishedin2006and2007 Impact Total Rank Journal Factor Journal Citations 1 QuarterlyJournalofEconomics 5.048 AmericanEconomicReview 21,672 2 JournalofEconomicLiterature 4.842 Econometrica 17,091 3 JournalofFinance 4.018 JournalofFinance 14,679 4 JournalofEconomic 3.944 JournalofPoliticalEconomy 13,671 Perspectives 5 Econometrica 3.865 QuarterlyJournalofEconomics 11,723 6 JournalofPoliticalEconomy 3.725 JournalofFinancial 10,013 Economics 7 JournalofFinancial 3.542 JournalofEconometrics 6,605 Economics 8 EconomicGeography 2.968 ReviewofEconomicsand 5,993 Statistics 9 JournalofEconomicGeography 2.932 ReviewofEconomicStudies 5,941 10 JournalofAccountingand 2.851 EconomicJournal 5,924 Economics 11 ReviewofFinancialStudies 2.640 JournalofEconomicTheory 4,779 12 ReviewofEconomicStudies 2.633 EcologicalEconomics 4,347 13 JournalofEconomicGrowth 2.542 JournalofEconomic 4,261 Perspectives 14 AmericanEconomicReview 2.285 JournalofMonetaryEconomics 4,244 15 JournalofLaborEconomics 2.275 WorldDevelopment 4,226 16 EconomicPolicy 2.250 JournalofEconomicLiterature 4,069 17 EnergyEconomics 2.248 JournalofPublicEconomics 3,945 18 ReviewofEconomicStudies 2.233 AmericanJournalof 3,405 AgriculturalEconomics 19 JournalofHealthEconomics 2.118 ReviewofFinancialStudies 3,365 20 HealthEconomics 1.994 EuropeanEconomicReview 3,345 Source:ThompsonReutersJournalCitationReports. pre-publication interface with Blackwell. Wendy has served the Journal for sevenyears.Beginningin2010,shetakesonthenewtitleofAssistantEditor. Otherimportanthighlightsareasfollows. First, over the past year I worked closely with the Editorial Advisory Com- mittee(EAC)oftheAmericanFinanceAssociation.TheEACmeetsaboutfour timesperyear. Second, in the November 2009 EAC meeting, the EAC decided to adopt a more formal policy on appeals. The policy has the following components: (i) authors are allowed one appeal every four years; (ii) the policy of one appeal every four years applies to all coauthors; (iii) all coauthors must email the Assistant Editor, Wendy Washburn, with their intention to appeal; (iv) the Editor’s decision on appeals is final; and (v) authors not satisfied with the processcanemailthechairpersonoftheEAC.ThisCommitteewillnotoverrule theEditor. 1618 TheJournalofFinance(cid:2)R TableIV TurnaroundStatistics 2009a 2008a ProcessingTime Number Cumulative% ProcessingTime Number Cumulative% Lessthan20days 324 29.00% Lessthan20days 428 35.60% 20–29days 58 34.00% 20–29days 68 41.30% 30–39days 98 43.00% 30–39days 127 51.90% 40–49days 124 54.00% 40–49days 117 61.60% 50–59days 86 62.00% 50–59days 80 68.30% 60–69days 72 69.00% 60–69days 80 75.00% 70–79days 56 74.00% 70–79days 64 80.30% 80–89days 51 78.00% 80–89days 40 83.60% 90–99days 44 82.00% 90–99days 33 86.40% 100ormoredays 197 100.00% 100ormoredays 164 100.00% Totalb 1,110 Totalb 1,201 Median 45 Median 39 turnaround turnaround Average 57 Average 48.6 turnaround turnaround aReflectssomeofRobertStambaugh’sdecisionsforthepapersgrandfatheredfromhistenure. bTotal turnaround in 2009 (2008) [2007] of 1,110 (1,201) [1,320] is different from the submis- sionstatistics1,158(1,191)[1,298]becausesomeofthedecisionsreflectpaperssubmittedinthe previousyear,2008(2007)[2006]. Figure1. Turnaroundin2007,2008,and2009. ReportoftheEditor 1619 TableV DecisionStatistics 2009a 2008a EditorialDecisions Number % EditorialDecisions Number % Rejected 865 77.90% Rejected 953 79.40% Returnedforrevisions 175 15.80% Returnedforrevisions 187 15.60% Accepted 70 6.30% Accepted 61 5.10% Totalb 1,110 100.0% Totalb 1,201 100.0% Decisionsby Decisionsby Round Rejected Revise Accepted Round Rejected Revise Accepted Round1 853 108 0 Round1 942 86 0 Round2 9 50 17 Round2 8 53 3 Round3 2 13 34 Round3 3 37 21 Round4 1 4 15 Round4 0 10 27 Round5 0 0 4 Round5 0 1 9 Round6 0 0 0 Round6 0 0 1 Totalb 865 175 70 Totalb 953 187 61 aReflectssomeofRobertStambaugh’sdecisionsforthepapersgrandfatheredfromhistenure. bTotal turnaround in 2009 (2008) [2007] of 1,110 (1,201) [1,320] is different from the submis- sionstatistics1,158(1,191)[1,298]becausesomeofthedecisionsreflectpaperssubmittedinthe previousyear,2008(2007)[2006]. Third, wecontinuetobuildtheInternetAppendix(IA)sectionthatisasso- ciated with published papers. The IA allows the main section of a paper to be leanerwhilealsoallowinginterestedreaderstodelvedeeperintothepublished research.Furthermore,theIAallowsfortherepurposingofworkconductedas part of the refereeing process that does not make it into the main text of the paper. Fourth, we have made considerable progress in reducing the number of rounds before acceptance. In 2009, 73% of accepted papers were accepted on thesecondrevision.Thiscomparestoonly48%in2008. Each year the Journal awards a number of prizes for articles that it has published. The eligible papers for the 2009 prizes were all those published in the six issues of the Journal from December 2008 through October 2009. The Smith Breeden Prizes, which recognize articles in all areas except corporate finance,consistofonefirstprizeof$10,000andtwodistinguished-paperprizes of $5000 each. The Brattle Group Prizes, which recognize articles in corpo- rate finance, consist of one first prize of $10,000 and two distinguished-paper prizesof$5000.TheAssociateEditorsnominatedthepapers.Wethenformed a list of finalists and the Associate Editors voted for the prize winners. As- sistant Editor Wendy Washburn handled the balloting. This year there were sevenfinalistsfortheSmithBreedenPrizesandeightfinalistsfortheBrattle GroupPrizes.AppendicesBandClistthewinningpapersaswellasthefinal- ists. On behalf of the Journal, I have congratulated all of the authors of the 1620 TheJournalofFinance(cid:2)R nominated papers. The prizes were announced at the AFA Business Meeting inAtlanta. AppendixA:Reviewers The Journal of Finance would like to thank the following individuals, who servedasrefereesoverthepastyear.Withouttheirhelp,theJournalcouldnot fulfillitsmission. 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