Academic Rankings with RePEc

Christian Zimmermann ()

No 2007-36, Working papers from University of Connecticut, Department of Economics

Abstract: This documents describes the data collection and use for the computation of rankings within RePEc (Research Papers in Economics). This encompasses the determination of impact factors for journals and working paper series, as well as the ranking of authors, institutions and geographic regions. The various ranking methods are also compared, using a snapshot of the data.

Keywords: RePEc; rankings; impact factors; working papers; h-index; citations. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A14 A10 A11 A13 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-edu, nep-hpe, nep-knm and nep-sog
Date: 2007-09
Note: This paper benefited from discussions and electronic correspondence with Kit Baum, Oded Galor, Bill Goffe, N. Gregory Mankiw, and Ekkehard Schlicht. The data used in these rankings would not exist without the major contributions of Jose Manuel Barrueco Cruz, Kit Baum, Sune Karlsson, Thomas Krichel, Ivan Kurmanov and all the other volunteers working on RePEc
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