Title
Top to bottom: an expanded ranking of economics journals
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2020
Publication Title
Applied Economics Letters
Keywords
Economics journals, economics research, Google Scholar citations, rankings, scientometrics
Abstract
© 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. In what we believe is the largest ranking of its kind in economics, this study extends the economics journal ranking literature by examining the impact of papers published in more than 550 economics journals. Based on Google Scholar citations per article to all articles published in the 15-year period from 2001 through 2015, we find that the top five journals are the American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Political Economy and Journal of Economic Perspectives. Moreover, three of the American Economic Association’s newest journals–American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, and American Economic Journal: Economic Policy–are ranked among the top 30 economics journals. An expanded ranking such as that provided in this study is likely a useful tool for researchers, particularly the new ones, in navigating the field of economics.
Recommended Citation
Mixon, Franklin G. and Upadhyaya, Kamal P., "Top to bottom: an expanded ranking of economics journals" (2020). Faculty Bibliography. 2711.
https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/bibliography_faculty/2711
