What are the top five journals in economics? A new meta-ranking

Bornmann, Lutz; Butz, Alexander; Wohlrabe, Klaus

doi:10.1080/00036846.2017.1332753

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“…Bornmann et al . () reconfirmed the impact of these five journals in economics. In addition, Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Finance and the Review of Financial Studies are considered the top three finance journals (http://jfe.rochester.edu/index.htm).…”

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confidence: 76%

“…Bornmann et al . () constructed a meta‐ranking of 277 economics journals based on 22 different rankings and suggested that the top five journals are Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Economic Literature, Journal of Finance and Econometrica . However, by leaving out the JEL as a survey journal and the finance journals from their top 10, they confirmed the perceived top 5 journals (AER, JPE, ECA, QJE and RES) in the economics profession.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Pieters and Baumgartner (2002), Card and DellaVigna (2013) and Hamermesh (2015) suggested that the 'top five' economics journals are American Economic Review (AER), Econometrica (ECA), Journal of Political Economy (JPE), Quarterly Journal of Economics (QJE) and Review of Economic Studies (RES). However, Bornmann et al (2017) constructed a meta-ranking of 277 economics journals based on 22 different rankings and suggested that the top five journals are Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Economic Literature (JEL), Journal of Finance and Econometrica.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Are the so‐called top five economics journals in dispute? Notably, in their words, ‘Acknowledging the JEL as a survey journal and taking the finance journals aside, we confirm the perceived best five journals in the economics profession: Quarterly Journal of Economics, American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economic Studies , and Econometrica ’ (Bornmann et al ., , p. 22). Bornmann et al .…”

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confidence: 95%

“…However, Bornmann et al . () constructed a meta‐ranking of 277 economics journals based on 22 different rankings and suggested that the top five journals are Quarterly Journal of Economics , Journal of Financial Economics , Journal of Economic Literature (JEL), Journal of Finance and Econometrica . Are the so‐called top five economics journals in dispute?…”

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confidence: 99%

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A Bibliometric Analysis of the Top Five Economics Journals During 2012–2016

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This study presents a bibliometric analysis of the top five economics journals during the period 2012–2016 and provides helpful insights into the document types, the distribution of country/territories, the distribution of institutions, the geographical distribution of authors, the most active authors and their research interests or fields, the co‐authorship network, and global/local cooperation. This paper also provides valuable information about the core historical references and the hottest new papers through co‐citation analysis and citation analysis. A co‐word analysis based on the keywords and thematic noun‐phrases in the titles and abstracts of the sample papers was used to explore the hot research topics in the top five journals (e.g. ‘price’, ‘game’, ‘consumption’, ‘income’, ‘international trade’, ‘employment’, ‘monetary policy’, ‘welfare effects’ and ‘developing countries’). In addition, a comparative keyword analysis was used to explore the differences in the directions and characteristics of each journal and the changes in research focuses between ‘new’ and ‘old’ studies. The analytical methods of this study differ from those of reviews or previous studies, and the results fill the gaps not covered by those works.

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