Six Decades of Top Economics Publishing: Who and How?

Volume: 51, Issue: 1, Pages: 162 - 172
Published: Mar 1, 2013
Abstract
Presenting data on all full-length articles in the three top general economics journals for one year in each decade 1960s–2010s, I analyze changes in patterns of coauthorship, age structure and methodology, and their possible causes. The distribution of number of authors has shifted steadily rightward. In the last two decades, the fraction of older authors has almost quadrupled. Top journals are publishing many fewer papers that represent pure...
Paper Details
Title
Six Decades of Top Economics Publishing: Who and How?
Published Date
Mar 1, 2013
Volume
51
Issue
1
Pages
162 - 172
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