Amin Shams

829 total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 519 citations indexed

About

Amin Shams is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Finance and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Amin Shams has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 519 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 5 papers in Finance and 3 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Amin Shams's work include Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (4 papers), Blockchain Technology Applications and Security (3 papers) and Market Dynamics and Volatility (3 papers). Amin Shams is often cited by papers focused on Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (4 papers), Blockchain Technology Applications and Security (3 papers) and Market Dynamics and Volatility (3 papers). Amin Shams collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Austria. Amin Shams's co-authors include John M. Griffin, Wenjie Zhang and James K. Galbraith and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, Management Science and Review of Financial Studies.

In The Last Decade

Amin Shams

8 papers receiving 493 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Is Bitcoin Really Untethered?

2020 331 citations John M. Griffin, Amin Shams The Journal of Finance profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Amin Shams United States	6	336	327	240	74	43	8	519
Nicola Borri Italy	12	457 1.4×	292 0.9×	385 1.6×	44 0.6×	37 0.9×	36	665
Martin Haferkorn Germany	7	260 0.8×	284 0.9×	165 0.7×	61 0.8×	47 1.1×	23	436
Niranjan Sapkota Finland	9	316 0.9×	288 0.9×	213 0.9×	47 0.6×	50 1.2×	24	434
Klaus Grobys Finland	14	562 1.7×	397 1.2×	445 1.9×	64 0.9×	92 2.1×	84	787
Alexander Brauneis Austria	10	544 1.6×	423 1.3×	345 1.4×	53 0.7×	73 1.7×	26	682
Radosław Kotkowski Poland	6	246 0.7×	277 0.8×	80 0.3×	86 1.2×	49 1.1×	13	434
Matthieu Bouvard France	10	205 0.6×	148 0.5×	283 1.2×	47 0.6×	46 1.1×	17	475
Jonathan R. Karlsen Australia	4	308 0.9×	548 1.7×	168 0.7×	179 2.4×	25 0.6×	7	713
Emna Mnif Tunisia	11	365 1.1×	232 0.7×	152 0.6×	41 0.6×	35 0.8×	29	485
Linda Schilling United States	10	370 1.1×	296 0.9×	226 0.9×	63 0.9×	30 0.7×	24	568

Countries citing papers authored by Amin Shams

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Fields of papers citing papers by Amin Shams

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amin Shams

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Amin Shams. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Amin Shams based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Amin Shams. Amin Shams is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Shams, Amin, et al.. (2024). Rise of the Machines: The Impact of Automated Underwriting. Management Science. 71(2). 955–975. 5 indexed citations

2.

Shams, Amin, et al.. (2020). Human vs. Machine: Underwriting Decisions in Finance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations

3.

Shams, Amin. (2020). The Structure of Cryptocurrency Returns. SSRN Electronic Journal. 18 indexed citations

4.

Griffin, John M. & Amin Shams. (2020). Is Bitcoin Really Untethered?. The Journal of Finance. 75(4). 1913–1964. 331 indexed citations breakdown →

5.

Griffin, John M. & Amin Shams. (2018). Is Bitcoin Really Un-Tethered?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 85 indexed citations

6.

Griffin, John M. & Amin Shams. (2017). Manipulation in the VIX?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Griffin, John M. & Amin Shams. (2017). Manipulation in the VIX?. Review of Financial Studies. 31(4). 1377–1417. 47 indexed citations

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Galbraith, James K., et al.. (2014). UTIP Global Inequality Data Sets 1963-2008: Updates, Revisions and Quality Checks. SSRN Electronic Journal. 26 indexed citations

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