Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers
Creation-Date: 2020-04-19
Number: 20-019/II
Author-Name: Lorenzo Ductor
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Granada
Author-Name: Sanjeev Goyal
Author-Workplace-Name: Columbia University
Author-Name: Marco J. van der Leij
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Amsterdam
Author-Name: Gustavo Nicolas Paez
Author-Workplace-Name: Myanmar Development Institute
Title: On the Influence of Top Journals
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 has remained more or less unchanged since 1995. To place these developments in a broader context, we also study trends in sociology. The trends there have gone the other way; the field journals rose in influence, relative to the Top General journals. A model of journals as platforms is developed to understand these trends across time and across disciplines.
Classification-JEL: A14, D85
Keywords: research impact, Top 5 journals, academic publishing, citations
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