Monthly Archives: February 2010

LSIBF’s Staff The Recipient of 2009 UMS Young Researcher Award

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In recognition of outstanding achievement and to stimulate quality research among researchers in Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), the university’s Center for Research and Innovation launched a new annual award in 2009. There are three categories of this annual award:

(A)  Expert Researcher

(B)  Researcher Award

(C) Young Researcher Award

These awards are open to all Schools, Centers, and Centers of Excellence in the university. Winners in each category received cash prize, plaques, and certificates of participation.  The awards were conferred to researchers based on their potential impact in their respective areas of research. Among the evaluation criteria employed by the selection panel are research excellence shown for the past three years, research projects that were conducted in Malaysia, doctoral research was not considered, and the winner should not be conferred any awards in the same category for a duration of three years.

Labuan School of International Business and Finance (LSIBF) submitted two applications for the Young Researcher Award category. It was another proud moment for LSIBF when Mr. Hanudin Amin was selected among the many hopefuls to receive the award last year. The prize consisted of MYR3000.00, a plaque, and a certificate of participation. Hanudin’s research profile is available here and he also maintains his research blog.

Article contributed by Dr. Magdalene Ang

Upcoming Conference at LSIBF

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LSIBF, in collaboration with Labuan Offshore Financial Service Authority and International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance, will organize the International Islamic Finance Conference (IIFC) on March 18-20, 2010. This conference carries the theme “Towards an Innovative, Stable and Global Islamic Finance.  Further details on the IIFC are available here.

ScienceDirect Most Downloaded Article by LSIBF’s Staff

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An article by LSIBF’s staff, Kian-Ping Lim (co-authored with Robert Brooks and Jae Kim), is ranked 1st in ScienceDirect Top25 Hottest Articles (International Review of Financial Analysis) for the current quarter July-September 2009. This article “Financial crisis and stock market efficiency: empirical evidence from Asian countries”  has been listed in the Top25 chart for 10 consecutive quarters since April-June 2007. Notably, the paper occupied the top spot since Oct-Dec 2008.

Submission Fees I

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When submitting a manuscript to an international journal, it is  not unusual to read from the Guide for Authors (especially for journals in the area of business):

“Each submission must be accompanied by a submission fee of US$ XXX“.

At present, it is unclear what is the university’s policy on submission fees. Nevertheless, I have compiled a list of journals, related to the field of economics and finance, in which no submission fee and page charge are imposed. The list is here.