Review Article

Longitudinal Study of Credit Union Research: From Credit-Provision to Cooperative Principles, the Urban Economy and Gender Issues

Table 5

The most cited articles.

Panel A: The top 10 most cited articles in the period 1936–2004
TitleAuthor/sJournalTCYearTC/Year

A time to grow and a time to die: Growth and mortality of credit unions in New York City, 1914–1990Barron D.N., West E, Hannan M.T.American Journal of Sociology383199414.19
A comparison of neural networks and linear scoring models in the credit union environmentDesai V.S., Crook J.N., Overstreet G.A. JrEuropean Journal of Operational Research338199613.52
Thy neighbor’s keeper: The design of a credit cooperative with theory and a testBanerjee A.V., Besley T., Guinnane T.W.Quarterly Journal of Economics24519949.07
Availability and cost of credit for small businesses: Customer relationships and credit cooperativesAngelini P., Di Salvo R., Ferri G.Journal of Banking and Finance19919988.65
Evaluating the performance of US credit unionsFried H.O., Knox Lovell C.A., Eeckaut P.V.Journal of Banking and Finance16619936.15
Economies of scale and economies of scope in multiproduct financial institutions: A study of British Columbia credit unionsMurray J.D., White R.W.The Journal of Finance13919833.66
Cooperatives as information machines: German rural credit cooperatives, 1883–1914Guinnane T.W.Journal of Economic History12520016.25
Credit-scoring models in the credit union environment using neural networks and genetic algorithmsDesai V.S., Conway D.G., Crook J.N., Overstreet G.A. JrIMA Journal of Management Mathematics9919974.13
A failed institutional transplant: Raiffeisen’s credit cooperatives in Ireland, 1894–1914Guinnane T.W.Explorations in Economic History9319943.44
The role of groups and credit cooperatives in rural lendingHuppi M., Feder G.World Bank Research Observer7019902.26
Panel B: The top 10 most cited articles in the period 2005–2020
The diversification and financial performance of US credit unionsGoddard J., McKillop D., Wilson J.O.S.Journal of Banking and Finance130200810.00
Credit unions: A theoretical and empirical overviewMckillop D., Wilson J.O.S.Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments6020116.00
Firm operation performance analysis using data envelopment analysis and balanced scorecard: A case study of a credit cooperative bankChen T.-Y., Chen C.-B., Peng S.-Y.International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management4320083.31
The power of networks: Integration and financial cooperative performanceDesrochers M., Fischer K.P.Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics4120052.56
Diversification, fee income, and credit union riskEsho N., Kofman P., Sharpe I.G.Journal of Financial Services Research3520052.19
From tackling poverty to achieving financial inclusion:The changing role of British credit unions in low income communitiesJones P.A.Journal of Socio-Economics3320082.54
Are credit unions too small?Wheelock D.C., Wilson P.W.Review of Economics and Statistics3320113.30
Irish credit unions: Investigating performance determinants and the opportunity cost of regulatory complianceGlass J.C., McKillop D., Rasaratnam S.Journal of Banking and Finance2820102.55
The development of credit unions and their role in tackling financial exclusionMcKillop D., Ward A.M., Wilson J.O.S.Public Money and Management2820072.00
The effect of mergers on credit union performanceBauer K., Miles L.L., Nishikawa T.Journal of Banking and Finance2720092.25

TC: total citations; TC/Year: average number of citations per year since the article was published.