Establishing a Pecking Order forFinanceAcademics: Ranking of U.S.FinanceDoctoral Programs
Establishing a Pecking Order forFinanceAcademics: Ranking of U.S.FinanceDoctoral Programs ArXiv ID: ssrn-969413 “View on arXiv” Authors: Unknown Abstract Ranking of colleges, programs, departments and faculty has reached a feverish pitch in recent years. Missing from the vast list of rankings is research covering Keywords: college rankings, research productivity, academic performance, higher education metrics, Intangible Assets / Education Complexity vs Empirical Score Math Complexity: 0.0/10 Empirical Rigor: 3.0/10 Quadrant: Philosophers Why: The paper is a survey-based ranking study with no mathematical derivations or formulas, placing it in the low math category. While it involves data collection and statistical tabulations, the methodology is descriptive rather than experimental, resulting in moderate empirical rigor. flowchart TD A["Research Goal<br>Rank U.S. Finance Doctoral Programs<br>by Research Productivity"] --> B["Methodology<br>Faculty Author Count Analysis"] B --> C["Data Inputs<br>Finance Doctoral Faculty<br>SSRN & JSTOR Publications"] C --> D["Computational Process<br>Weighted Author Affiliation<br>& Publication Citation Metrics"] D --> E["Key Findings<br>Established Pecking Order<br>Top Programs Identified"]