bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
A research portfolio approach to evaluating finance journal quality
Authors: Danielson Morris G. , Heck Jean L. 
Published: March 2016

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to update and extend Danielson and Heck (2014) to provide additional evidence about the relative quality of a set of 23 high-impact finance journals. In particular, the paper summarizes the research records of all scholars contributing articles to each of the 23 journals from 1970 to 2014, and uses this information to identify journals that publish articles by similar sets of authors, and rank the 23 journals based upon publication activity from 2010 to 2014.

Design/methodology/approach
– The names of all authors appearing in each of the 23 journals during the 1970 to 2014 period – and the number of appearances by each author – were summarized directly from the journals’ table of contents. From this data, the lifetime (1970-2014) research portfolio of each journal’s average author was quantified for two sub-periods: 1970-2009 and 2010-2014. Using the assumption that a journal’s quality is positively related to its ability to attract submissions from accomplished researchers, this data provides information about the authors’ subjective ranking of finance journals and about how these rankings have changed during the past five years.

Findings
– The finance literature experienced rapid growth during 2010-2014, with almost 25 percent of all appearances from 1970 to 2014 occurring in the last five years of the period. Based upon publication activity during 2010-2014, the Journal of Finance, the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Financial Economics, and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis remain the most prestigious finance outlets, followed by the Financial Analysts Journal, the Journal of Financial Markets, Review of Finance, the Journal of Financial Intermediation, Financial Management, and the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance.

Research limitations/implications
– The identification of a unique set of the 23 “best” journals in any academic field is an inherently subjective task. Adding journals to (or removing journals from) this population could cause the ranking of some individual journals to shift.

Originality/value
– Evidence about the average quality of articles appearing in the leading finance journals is useful when evaluating faculty research records for purposes of tenure, promotion, and merit awards.
Journal influence in corporate research
Authors: Borokhovich Kenneth , Lee Allissa , Simkins Betty 
Published: March 2016

Purpose
– Studies of research influence commonly look at the overall field of finance. The purpose of this paper is to examine the sub-field of corporate finance at four different points in time to determine its evolution and range of influence, specifically focussing on the relative influence of seven leading journals.

Design/methodology/approach
– Not all articles appearing in the set of journals are in corporate finance. The authors examine each article published in the journals for four key periods and identify those that are corporate. The impact factors (IFs) published in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) are for all articles appearing in a journal. The authors are interested only in the corporate articles, so the authors calculate separate corporate IFs based on the citations to the corporate articles using the JCR technique.

Findings
– The authors find a broad corporate research environment with influence that extends well beyond finance. The authors also find differences in the relative influence of the journals not only in their total influence, but in where the influence occurs outside finance and other business journals and even more broadly in the social sciences.

Research limitations/implications
– The exclusion of journals outside the seven selected may not uncover other areas where corporate finance articles impact research more broadly. Also, classification of articles is inherently subjective.

Practical implications
– The authors draw comparisons between journals and corporate finance topic areas; indicating the breadth and depth research in these areas attain. These results should prove beneficial to researchers in determining areas of influence for their work, consequently providing opportunities for additional exchanges of ideas resulting in better and more informed research in the overall social sciences. Further, our approach to analyzing journal influence could prove fruitful for additional research.

Originality/value
– The findings allow for a greater understanding of the influence of individual journals and their subsequent rankings by a number of different means. The authors propose that the means and measures employed here can lead to a greater understanding of how influential a journal really is. Further, the authors contend that the study provides comparisons of the scope and depth of influence for each journal in a way that could lead to new avenues of research.
Accounting-education trends by authors from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom
Authors: Bernardi Richard A. , Delande Taylor L. , Zamojcin Kimberly A. 
Published: March 2016

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to examine the trends in accounting-education publications and the influence of journal rankings for authors from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK.

Design/methodology/approach
– The authors included the publications in ten accounting-education journals for the 20-year period from 1993 to 2012.

Findings
– The data provide insights into the perceptions of accounting-education journals by authors from four countries. The authors found that, while the use of Accounting Education as a publication outlet for accounting authors from Australia and the UK was relatively stable, the use of Accounting Education as a publication outlet increased (decreased) for the accounting authors from New Zealand (Canada). The authors also found that, while coauthoring by the accounting authors from Australia and the UK increased slightly, coauthoring by the accounting authors from Canada and New Zealand increased during the 20-year period.

Research limitations/implications
– The data suggests a tendency by the authors from these four countries to publish their accounting-education research in journals that had been ranked as a top accounting journal.

Originality/value
– This paper is the first paper to consider trends in international accounting-education publications. The data in this research can be used by accounting faculty wishing to assess which journals their colleagues publish in most frequently.
You’re getting sacked in the morning: managerial change in the English Premier League
Authors: Flint Stuart William , Plumley Daniel , Wilson Robert 
Published: March 2016

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to highlight and encourage consideration of the ethical and in some instances legal implications of managerial change in the English Premier League (EPL) which often gets overlooked and sidestepped by clubs.

Design/methodology/approach
– Extant literature relating to managerial change is identified and discussed to provide the foundations of the discussion of whether managerial change in the EPL which is primarily focused on performance outcome, is neglecting ethical and legal issues.

Findings
– The loophole that exists in the Employment Rights Act (1996) allows clubs to instantly dismiss a manager and consequently not see out their notice period as agreed in their contract or the statutory notice period. Whilst legally clubs are at will to act in this manner, the instability of EPL management evident today appears to have taken away the rights of an employee.

Research limitations/implications
– Greater consideration of the current managerial change practices in EPL from an ethical and legal perspective appears warranted. The incomparable rights that a player and a manger have relating to their tenure at a club seem somewhat unfair.

Originality/value
– Presents thought-provoking information relating to managerial change in the EPL which appears to have been overlooked in the literature to date which primarily focuses on the impact of change on performance.
Efficient amplitude encoding least‐squares reverse time migration using cosine basis
Authors: Hu Jiangtao , Wang Huazhong , Fang Zhongyu , Li Tiancai , Zhang Jiannan 
Published: March 2016

ABSTRACTLeast‐squares reverse time migration provides better imaging result than conventional reverse time migration by reducing the migration artefacts, improving the resolution of the image and balancing the amplitudes of the reflectors. However, it is computationally intensive. To reduce its computational cost, we propose an efficient amplitude encoding least‐squares reverse time migration scheme in the time domain. Although the encoding scheme is effective in increasing the computational efficiency, it also introduces the well‐known crosstalk noise in the gradient that degrades the quality of the imaging result. We analyse the cause of the crosstalk noise using an encoding correlation matrix and then develop two numerical schemes to suppress the crosstalk noise during the inversion process. We test the proposed method with synthetic and field data. Numerical examples show that the proposed scheme can provide better imaging result than reverse time migration, and it also generates images comparable with those from common shot least‐squares reverse time migration but with less computational cost.
Receiving Hospital Characteristics Associated With Survival in Patients Transported by Emergency Medical Services After Out‐of‐hospital Cardiac Arrest
Authors: Hunter Benton R. , O'Donnell Daniel P. , Kline Jeffrey A. 
Published: March 2016

AbstractObjectiveTo test whether primary emergency medical services (EMS) transport to hospitals with certain characteristics (24/7 percutaneous coronary intervention [PCI] availability, trauma center status, large [>24 bed] intensive care unit [ICU]) versus hospitals without those characteristics is associated with improved hospital survival after out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).MethodsThis is an analysis of a prospectively collected EMS database, which archives patients with OHCA treated by a single large metropolitan EMS system. The database contains Utstein data, EMS transport data, and survival to hospital discharge. EMS providers uniformly apply advanced cardiac life support protocols to OHCA patients in the field. Patients with return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) are transported to one of 10 hospitals in the area. If ROSC is not achieved within 30 minutes, efforts are terminated and the patient is not transported. We used multivariate logistic regression to test if receiving hospital characteristics were independently associated with survival among those transported after ROSC. We excluded patients not transported to a hospital and patients with incomplete outcome data.ResultsBetween January 2011 and December 2014, a total of 1,188 OHCA patients were resuscitated in the field and transported to an area hospital. After patients with missing data were excluded, 1,024 patients were included in the analysis. The mean (±SD) age was 61.1 (±17.0) years, and 57.7% were male. Of transported patients, 76% were taken to 24/7 PCI centers, 46% were taken to trauma centers, and 37% were taken to hospitals with large ICUs. There was considerable overlap in these hospital characteristics. A multivariate logistic regression model including age, sex, shockable rhythm, EMS time to scene, and dispatch complaint of cardiac arrest found that none of the hospital characteristics were independently associated with increased survival to discharge. The odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for survival were as follows: PCI center, 1.28 (0.80 to 2.04); trauma center, 1.44 (0.73 to 2.85); and large ICU, 1.39 (0.69 to 2.80).ConclusionsAfter adjusting for patient demographic data, we found no significant independent association between receiving hospital characteristics and survival to discharge among OHCA patients transported after ROSC by a single EMS agency.
Prevalence of Theileria orientalis types in beef cattle herds on the North Coast of New South Wales
Authors: Proctor AKK , Ball M , Freeman P , Jenkins C , Bogema DR 
Published: March 2016

ObjectiveTo estimate the prevalence of Theileria orientalis infection for Chitose, Ikeda and Buffeli major piroplasm surface protein (MPSP) types at a herd‐ and animal‐level in beef cattle in the North Coast Livestock Health and Pest Authority (NCLHPA) region of New South Wales (NSW).MethodsA total of 24 beef herds in the NCLHPA region containing more than 100 cattle were randomly selected. Blood samples were collected from five animals per herd and tested using Theileria PCR for Chitose, Buffeli and Ikeda. Samples were only taken from female cattle older than 2 years, born in the NCLHPA region and apparently healthy at the time of testing.ResultsThe herd‐level prevalence for all MPSP types (Chitose, Ikeda and Buffeli) was 100%, with a 95% confidence interval of 86.3–99.9%. The mean prevalence at an animal level was 83.3%, 92.5% and 95.0% for Theileria Chitose, Buffeli and Ikeda, respectively. Quantitative PCR testing showed that 81.9% of animals had a low‐level infection, while 17.0% had a moderate level of infection, and only 1.0% had a high level of infection. The majority of animals had a mixed infection of two or three MPSP types and few animals showed single infection.ConclusionThe results indicate endemicity of T. orientalis, especially the Ikeda type, in the NCLHPA region of Australia.
Tp53/p53 status in keratoacanthomas
Authors: Joshi Sarita , Schjølberg Aasa R. , Ekstrøm Per Olaf , De Angelis Paula M. , Zucknick Manuela , Andersen Solveig Norheim , Clausen Ole Petter F. 
Published: March 2016

BackgroundKeratoacanthoma (KA) is a common keratinocytic skin neoplasm that typically develops rapidly and undergoes complete spontaneous regression. As the pro‐apoptotic p53 protein may be involved in the lifecycle of KA, we studied the p53 status throughout the main stages of KA that include proliferation, maturation and regression in a large series of lesions.MethodsOne‐hundred and twenty‐four KAs were characterized with respect to age of the lesions both clinically and histopathologically, in addition to phenotypic characteristics such as cellular atypia, infiltration, inflammation and fibrosis. Tp53 mutations were detected by capillary electrophoresis, and p53 protein levels were assessed by immunohistochemistry.ResultsTp53 mutations were detected in 49 cases (39.5%) and were associated with high p53 protein levels (p = 0.007) and histopathologic age of the lesions (p = 0.044). Significant association was also seen between high p53 protein levels and atypia (p = 0.036), whereas the association with infiltration showed borderline significance (p = 0.057). High p53 protein levels were significantly associated with gene mutations in transplanted, but not in non‐transplanted patients.ConclusionWe show a high frequency of Tp53 mutations in KAs that is associated with increased p53 levels. The results indicate a role for the p53 protein in KA development.
The fludarabine, cytarabine, and granulocyte colony‐stimulating factor (FLAG) chemotherapy regimen is an alternative to anthracycline‐based therapy for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia for patients with pre‐existing cardiac disease
Authors: Saini Lalit , Brandwein Joseph , Turner Robert , Larratt Loree , Hamilton Marlene , Peters Anthea , Wu Cynthia , Zhu Nancy , Patterson Jeffery M. , Bolster Lauren , Mant Michael , Ritchie Bruce , Liew Elena , Ghosh Sunita , Sandhu Irwindeep 
Published: March 2016

AbstractWe conducted a retrospective study assessing FLAG (fludarabine, cytarabine, and granulocyte colony‐stimulating factor) as first‐line treatment in 56 newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia patients considered ineligible for anthracycline‐based treatment due to advanced age, significant comorbidities, or pre‐existing cardiac disease. The median age was 69 (21–80); 46% received FLAG for pre‐existing cardiac disease and others due to age (32%), non‐cardiac comorbidities (20%), or previous anthracycline exposure (2%). The induction mortality was 16% and, among evaluable patients, 48% achieved a complete remission after the first induction course with an additional patient achieving a remission after a second course for a total complete remission rate of 50%. Four patients proceeded to an allogeneic stem cell transplant including two with pre‐existing cardiac disease. Among non‐transplanted patients, the relapse rate (RR) was 47%. When censored at time of stem cell transplant, the median relapse‐free survival was 14.7 months. The median overall survival was 9.3 months with 1‐ and 2‐yr survivals of 44% and 22%, respectively. There was no difference in clinical outcomes between patients treated with FLAG for cardiac reasons vs. other reasons. In conclusion, FLAG is a useful alternative to anthracycline‐based induction for Acute myeloid leukemia in those with significant comorbidities including pre‐existing cardiac disease.
Limited effect of ozone reductions on the 20‐year photosynthesis trend at Harvard forest
Authors: Yue Xu , Keenan Trevor F. , Munger William , Unger Nadine 
Published: March 2016

AbstractOzone (O3) damage to leaves can reduce plant photosynthesis, which suggests that declines in ambient O3concentrations ([O3]) in the United States may have helped increase gross primary production (GPP) in recent decades. Here, we assess the effect of long‐term changes in ambient [O3] using 20 years of observations at Harvard forest. Using artificial neural networks, we found that the effect of the inclusion of [O3] as a predictor was slight, and independent of O3concentrations, which suggests limited high‐frequency O3inhibition ofGPPat this site. Simulations with a terrestrial biosphere model, however, suggest an average long‐term O3inhibition of 10.4% for 1992–2011. A decline of [O3] over the measurement period resulted in moderate predictedGPPtrends of 0.02–0.04 μmol C m−2 s−1 yr−1, which is negligible relative to the total observedGPPtrend of 0.41 μmol C m−2 s−1 yr−1. A similar conclusion is achieved with the widely usedAOT40 metric. Combined, our results suggest that ozone reductions at Harvard forest are unlikely to have had a large impact on the photosynthesis trend over the past 20 years. Such limited effects are mainly related to the slow responses of photosynthesis to changes in [O3]. Furthermore, we estimate that 40% of photosynthesis happens in the shade, where stomatal conductance and thus [O3] deposition is lower than for sunlit leaves. This portion ofGPPremains unaffected by [O3], thus helping to buffer the changes of total photosynthesis due to varied [O3]. Our analyses suggest that current ozone reductions, although significant, cannot substantially alleviate the damages to forest ecosystems.
A protocol to assess the impact of adding nursing support workers to ward staffing
Authors: Duffield Christine , Roche Michael , Twigg Di , Williams Anne , Clarke Sean 
Published: March 2016

AbstractAimTo assess the impact of adding nursing support workers to ward staffing.BackgroundNurses' capacity to provide safe care is compromised by increased workloads and nursing shortages. Use of unregulated workers is an alternative to increasing the number of regulated nurses. The impact of adding nursing support workers on patient, nurse and system outcomes has not been systematically evaluated.DesignA mixed longitudinal and cross‐sectional design using administrative data sets and prospective data from a sample of wards.MethodsPayroll data will identify wards on which unregulated staff work. To assess the impact on nursing‐sensitive outcomes, retrospective analysis of morbidity and mortality data of all patients admitted to Western Australia hospitals for over 24 hours across 4 years will be undertaken. For the cross‐sectional study, a sample of 20 pairs of matched wards will be selected: 10 with unregulated workers added and 10 where they have not. From this sample the impact on patients will be assessed using the Patient Evaluation of Emotional Care during Hospitalisation survey. The impact on nurses will be assessed by a nurse survey used extensively which includes variables such as job satisfaction and intention to leave. The impact on system outcomes will be explored using work sampling of staff activities and the Practice Environment Scale. Interviews will determine nurses' experience of working with nursing support workers.DiscussionThe study aims to provide evidence about the impact of adding nursing support workers to ward staffing for patients, staff and the work environment.
Relationship between periodontal disease and asthma among overweight/obese adults
Authors: Rivera Roberto , Andriankaja Oelisoa M. , Perez Cynthia M. , Joshipura Kaumudi 
Published: March 2016

AbstractAimTo assess the relationship between oral health and asthma.MethodsData from 1315 overweight or obese individuals, aged 40–65 years were used. Asthma was self‐reported, whereas periodontitis, bleeding on probing (BOP) and plaque index were determined by clinical examinations.ResultsUsing logistic regression adjusting for gender, smoking status, age, body mass index, family history of asthma and income level, revealed that the odds ratio (OR) of asthma for a participant with severe periodontitis was 0.44 (95% confidence interval: 0.27, 0.70) that of a participant with none/mild periodontitis. On the other hand, proportion of BOP sites and plaque index were not statistically significant. For a participant with severe periodontitis, the OR of taking asthma medication was 0.20 (95% confidence interval: 0.09, 0.43) that of a participant with none/mild periodontitis. Moreover, proportion of BOP sites was statistically associated with use of asthma medication, whereas plaque index still remained non‐significant.ConclusionParticipants with severe periodontitis were less likely to have asthma. Stronger evidence of an inverse association was found when using asthma medication as outcome.
Health claims using the term ‘sustained energy’ are trending but glycaemic response data are being used to support: is this misleading without context?
Authors: Marinangeli C. P. F. , Harding S. V. 
Published: March 2016

AbstractOne of the most recent food trends is the quest for products that provide ‘sustained energy’; a term that is garnering considerable attention within the marketplace. Often, ‘sustained energy’ health claims are based on a food's post‐prandial glycaemic response. However, are generalised health claims regarding ‘sustained energy’ valid when only supported by glycaemic response data? Without context, the short answer is: probably not. Health claims that link sustained energy to a glycaemic response, or any other attribute of a food or diet, require context to ensure that the public correctly interprets and experiences the claimed effect and is not misled in their quest for healthy foods that impose the desired physiological benefit.