Article length bias in journal rankings

László Á. Kóczy (), Nichifor Alexandru and Strobel Martin
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No 16, Research Memoranda from Maastricht : METEOR, Maastricht Research School of Economics of Technology and Organization

Abstract: The quality of publications, approximated by the containing journal''s quality indicator, is often the basis for hire and promotion in academic and research positions. Over the years a handful of ranking methods have been proposed. Discussing the most prominent methodswe show that they are inherently biased against journals publishing short papers.

Keywords: Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2009

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