Abstract

Abstract This study uses bibliometrics to present a retrospective on the Journal of Futures Markets ( JFM ) on its 40th anniversary. The Journal's annual number of publications and citations grew substantially, with US‐affiliated authors being the dominant contributors. Authorship analysis reveals an increase in collaboration and diversity among JFM authors. Bibliographic coupling analysis reveals that the Journal's main themes include commodities, volatility, trading, hedging, arbitrage and pricing, forecasting volatility, and credit default swaps. Its primary citation drivers are article age, article length, number of authors, FT100 affiliation, and references.

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Futures contractBibliometricsVolatility (finance)CitationArbitrageBibliographic couplingEconomicsFinancial economicsLibrary scienceComputer science

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Year
2021
Type
article
Volume
41
Issue
7
Pages
1027-1054
Citations
177
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H. Kent Baker, Satish Kumar, Nitesh Pandey (2021). Forty years of the <i>Journal of Futures Markets</i>: A bibliometric overview. Journal of Futures Markets , 41 (7) , 1027-1054. https://doi.org/10.1002/fut.22211

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10.1002/fut.22211