On the Inuence of Top Journals

Lorenzo Ductor, Sanjeev Goyal, Marco van der Leij and Gustavo Nicolas Paez
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Gustavo Nicolas Paez: Myanmar Development Institute

No 20/11, ThE Papers from Department of Economic Theory and Economic History of the University of Granada.

Abstract: We study the evolution of the influence of journals over the period 1970-2017. In the early 1970's, a number of journals had similar influence. But by 1995, the `Top 5' journals - QJE, AER, RES, Econometrica, and JPE - had acquired a major lead; this dominance persists (with small changes) until 2017. To place these developments in a broader context we also study journal influence in sociology. The trends there have gone the other way - the field journals rose in influence relative to the top general journals, over the same period. We present a model of journals as platforms to help explain the different trajectories of journal influence across time and across disciplines.

Keywords: research impact; Top 5 journals; academic publishing; citations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A14 D85 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 52 pages
Date: 2020-10-15
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Working Paper: On the Influence of Top Journals (2020)
Working Paper: On the Influence of Top Journals (2020)
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