Abstract
Journal rankings are important for evaluating research output, for academic promotions, and for allocating funds. Examining the assignment of economics journals to different quartiles of citation-based rankings, the authors found that about 60% of journals remain in the same quartile and about 95% of journals remain in the same or move in a neighborhood quartile within 5- to 10-year intervals. Top journal rankings exhibit even more inertia, which is a desirable property for decisions on promotion, tenure, or institutional evaluation. A reexamination of journal assignment to different quality categories every 5 or 10 years, therefore, suffices for practical evaluation purposes.
| Item Type: | Journal article |
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| Form of publication: | Publisher's Version |
| Faculties: | Economics Economics > Chairs > Chair of Empirical Economics |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
| Alliance/National Licence: | This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively. |
| Language: | English |
| Item ID: | 18222 |
| Date Deposited: | 06. Feb 2014 15:29 |
| Last Modified: | 04. Nov 2020 12:59 |
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