Subdiscipline-Specific Journal Rankings: Whither Applied Economics?

28 Pages Posted: 13 Jan 1999

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Christopher B. Barrett

Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

Aliakbar Olia

Utah State University - College of Business - Department of Economics

DeeVon Bailey

Utah State University - College of Business - Department of Economics

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Date Written: April 1998

Abstract

In light of widespread specialization of research and teaching, it seems appropriate to supplement the existing general rankings of economics journals with subdiscipline-specific rankings. That is the primary objective of this paper. The availability of subdiscipline-specific rankings also permits both (i) alternative journal ranking methods for the general discipline that account for the breadth of a journal's impact across specialized fields, and (ii) estimation of the relative weights implicitly associated with each field in traditional disciplinary journal rankings. The results are robust to the exclusion of self-citations.

JEL Classification: A1

Suggested Citation

Barrett, Christopher B. and Olia, Aliakbar and Bailey, DeeVon, Subdiscipline-Specific Journal Rankings: Whither Applied Economics? (April 1998). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=141222 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.141222

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Aliakbar Olia

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