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Review of Corporate Finance

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101 Citations to date (Google Scholar and Published Papers)

10 papers published in Vol. 1 (2021), 24 forthcoming in 2022

4.65 Cites/Doc as at October 15, 2021 other published papers

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Sample Papers:

Established

2021

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Status Update October 15, 2021

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  • Why RCF? What works in RCF? Attractive Features of RCF versus comparable journals?

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  1. No submission fee; timely responses (all papers <1 month to first decision, and then up or out round 2)

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  • Great impact: cites / doc in published papers 4.5; Google Scholar cites / doc including working papers: 10.1

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  • Annual $1000 best RCF paper prize

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  • Affiliated Boca Conference with 2 best paper and 2 best discussant prizes $1000; Dec 2021 Conference 182 submissions, 72 papers accepted

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  • Now Publishers:

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    • Author retains copyright (Now Publishers only takes a license to print in the journal and post online)

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    • Special issue papers are in fact published in the same printed volume

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    • Ethical standards; contrast to other things I have seen – for example – removing guest editors from their proposed special issues, and not removing editors that threaten other editors in writing to allocate special issues

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Best Paper Award in 2021

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  • $1000 prize

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  • Allen, F., X. Gu, & J. Jagtiani, 2021. "A Survey of Fintech Research and Policy Discussion" Review of Corporate Finance 1 (3-4), 259-339.

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  • 36 citations so far – highest of the papers published in 2021
  • Top 5 cited papers in 2021 have 36, 17, 12, 12, and 10 cites

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Some examples of RCF forthcoming papers 2022 Vol. 2:

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Barbalau, Adelina, Mark R. Huson, & Lukas Roth, 2022. "Cash Holdings and Access to External Finance: Evidence from the Bank Loan Market" Review of Corporate Finance 2, forthcoming.

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Smith, Erin E., Janet Kiholm Smith, & Richard L. Smith, 2022 "Bias in the Reporting of Venture Capital Performance: The Disciplinary Role of FOIA" Review of Corporate Finance 2, forthcoming.

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Bianchini, Roberto, Croce, Annalisa, 2022. "The Role of Environmental Policies in Promoting Venture Capital Investments in Cleantech Companies" Review of Corporate Finance 2(2), forthcoming.�

Corbet, Shaen, Yang (Greg) Hou, Yang Hu, & Les Oxley, 2022. "We Reddit in a forum: The influence of message boards on firm stability" Review of Corporate Finance 2(2), forthcoming.�

Dong, Feng, & John Doukas, 2022. "The Effect of Corporate Investment Efficiency on Cross-Border M&As" Review of Corporate Finance 2(1), forthcoming�

Chowdhury, Rajib, & John Doukas 2022. "Are CEOs to Blame for Corporate Failure? Evidence from Chapter 11 Fillings" Review of Corporate Finance 2(1), forthcoming.�

Zhang, John F., 2022. "Cultural diversity and capital structures of multinational firms" Review of Corporate Finance 2(1), forthcoming. [Online Appendix]�

Bai, Min, & Chia-Feng (Jeffrey) Yu , 2022. "Rookie Directors and Corporate Fraud", Review of Corporate Finance 2(1), forthcoming.

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  • RCF Special Issues forthcoming in 2022 / 2023:

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    • Family Firms (Zhenyu Wu)

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    • Alternative Investments (Na Dai)

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    • Cryptocurrencies (Shaen Corbet)

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    • Diversity (Sonia Falconieri)

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    • Banking (Claudia Girardone)

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  • If you want to organize a special issue, please let me know! cummingd@fau.edu

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  • The current RCF issue on “FinTech” has been very well cited so far (75 citations to the papers in this issue)

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Thank you for your support!

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  • Official Now Webpage:

https://www.nowpublishers.com/RCF

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  • Editors’ Regular Updates Relevant to the Journal:

https://sites.google.com/view/review-of-corporate-finance/home?authuser=0

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  • Annual Boca Conference on Corporate Finance and Governance

https://sites.google.com/view/review-of-corporate-finance/2020-boca-conference?authuser=0