Subdiscipline-Specific Journal Rankings: Whither Applied Economics?
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Applied Economics
Volume
32
Publication Date
2000
First Page
239
Last Page
252
Abstract
In light of widespread specialization of research and teaching, it seems appropriate to supplement the existing general rankings of economics journals with subdiscipline-specific rankings. That is the primary objective of this paper. The availability of subdiscipline-specific rankings also permits both (i) alternative journal ranking methods for the general discipline that account for the breadth of a journal's impact across specialized fields, and (ii) estimation of the relative weights implicitly associated with each field in traditional disciplinary journal rankings. The results are robust to the exclusion of self-citations.
Recommended Citation
Barrett, Christopher B., Aliakbar Olia, and DeeVon Bailey. Subdiscipline-Specific Journal Rankings: Whither Applied Economics? Applied Economics 32(2000):239-52.