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The Measurement of Intellectual Influence: the Views of a Sceptic

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Roberto Serrano () (Brown University)

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In an extremely interesting paper, Palacios-Huerta and Volij (2004) [PV] introduce the axiomatic method to the problem of how to rank academic journals on the basis of their mutual citations. They characterize the invariant method as the only one satisfying a list of five appealing properties. In this note, I show an impossibility result, by identifying a sixth property that is violated by the invariant method. Further, I question the appeal of the PV axioms, when applied over larger domains of problems that take into account making distinctions among types of citations.

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Volume (Year): 1 (2004)
Issue (Month): 3 ()
Pages: 1-6
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Keywords: axiomatic method. impossibility result invariant method journal rankings

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  1. Roberto Serrano, 2004. "The Measurement of Intellectual Influence: the Views of a Sceptic," Economics Working Papers 0040, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Ignacio Palacios-Huerta & Oscar Volij, 2004. "The Measurement of Intellectual Influence," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 72(3), pages 963-977, 05. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Roberto Serrano, 2004. "The Measurement of Intellectual Influence: the Views of a Sceptic," Economics Bulletin, Economics Bulletin, vol. 1(3), pages 1-6. [Downloadable!]
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