Publishing Trends in Economics across Colleges and Universities, 1991-2007

Anne Winkler, Sharon Levin, Paula Stephan and Wolfgang Glänzel ()
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Wolfgang Glänzel: KU Leuven

No 6082, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: There is good reason to think that non-elite programs in economics may be producing relatively more research than in the past: Research expectations have been ramped-up at non-PhD institutions and new information technologies have changed the way academic knowledge is produced and exchanged. This study investigates this question by examining publishing productivity in economics (and business) using data from the Web of Science (Knowledge) for a broad set of institutions – both elite and non-elite – over a 17-year period, from 1991 through 2007. Institutions are grouped into six tiers using a variety of sources. The analysis provides evidence that non-elite institutions are gaining on their more elite counterparts, but the magnitude of the gains are small. Thus, the story is more of constancy than of change, even in the face of changing technology and rising research expectations.

Keywords: higher education; research productivity; publishing trends; inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A14 I23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 43 pages
Date: 2011-10
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Published - published in: Eastern Economic Journal, 2014, 40, 560–582

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