Analysis of Academic Meetings Using Meeting Proceedings Publications

Abstract

The future of the academic meetings is highly dependent upon their perceived quality and impact on member’s career. In an age of tight travel budgets, the sustainability of academic associations is even more dependent upon the annual meetings’ ability to service member needs to share research, incubate ideas for future research, and network with colleagues. One measure of the annual meeting’s ability to service its membership is the quality of its proceedings issues. This report examines the annual Proceedings of the Academy of Finance’s over its first fifteen years in terms of authors, employers, and topics. Both recent participation and authorship trends are examined. Information will help academic administrators and authors gain fresh insight to this type of intellectual contribution. Furthermore, readers who are members of other professional organizations can put their association’s proceedings publication into perspective.