Achievement drive hypothesis indicates that individuals with higher facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) are biologically associated with stronger achievement-drive incentives and are hence likely to exhibit better performance. In this study, we examine the relationship between editors' fWHR, an established proxy for achievement drive, and journal performance. Using finance journals as the research setting, we find a positive association between editors' fWHR and journal impact factor. The observed positive association is more pronounced for editors with shorter editorship tenure and professional career, implying that editors of relatively lower social status are more motivated to pursue better performance. These results are robust to alternative specification of independent variable, alternative journal performance measures, and different sample selection criteria. This study makes the first attempt to provide evidence on the relationship between editors' behavioral traits and journal performance from a neurological perspective.

成就驱动假设表明，面部宽高比（fWHR）较高的个体在生物学上与更强的成就驱动激励相关，因此可能表现出更好的表现。在这项研究中，我们研究了编辑的 fWHR（一种既定的成就驱动指标）与期刊绩效之间的关系。使用金融期刊作为研究环境，我们发现编辑的 fWHR 与期刊影响因子之间存在正相关关系。对于编辑任期和职业生涯较短的编辑，观察到的正相关更为明显，这意味着社会地位相对较低的编辑更有动力追求更好的表现。这些结果对于自变量的替代规范、替代期刊绩效衡量标准、和不同的样本选择标准。本研究首次尝试从神经学角度为编辑行为特征与期刊绩效之间的关系提供证据。