Australian Research Output in Economics and Business: High Volume, Low Impact?

Anne-Wil Harzing
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Anne-Wil Harzing: The University of Melbourne, Parkville Campus, VIC, 3010.

Australian Journal of Management, 2005, vol. 30, issue 2, 183-200

Abstract: This paper investigates publication patterns of Australian academics in Economics & Business. I show that this discipline follows the general Australian trend of declining impact, measured as citations per paper, from the mid-1990s. However, the gap in Australia's ranking of publication quantity (number of papers) and publication quality (impact) is much wider in Economics & Business than in other disciplines. The discipline combines the highest ranking in quantity with the lowest ranking in quality. Seven possible explanations for this pattern are discussed.

Keywords: RESEARCH OUTPUT; ACADEMIC RESEARCH; AUSTRALIAN ACADEMICS; PUBLICATION PATTERNS; PUBLICATION QUALITY (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1177/031289620503000201

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