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Economic journals in the optics of scientometrics

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  • Rubinstein, A.

    (Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia)

  • Burakov, N.

    (Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
    National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia)

Abstract

The paper discusses the ranking of journals based on the alternative to Scientometrics, where the basic unit of information is not the citation rate of publications, but their qualitative characteristics, obtained on the basis of the regular sociological survey of the economists' community conducted by the "Journal of NEA" in 2020. The empirical data obtained made it possible to determine the size of the audience of each journal. The paper shows that the size of the journals' readership has a direct impact on the respondents' assessments of the quality of publications and scientific authority of the journals. The ranking of economics journals by each particular criterion - "Interest in Journal Publications", "Scientific Level of Journals" and "Public Prestige of Journals" is presented. Use of the "Multiway data analysis" methodology has provided measurement not only of particular criteria that reflect hidden relations between their characteristics, but also determined the weight function of their aggregation in the aggregate ranking of journals - the "Ranking-2020". The article also contains a comparative analysis of ranking the journals on the basis of the "Rating-2020" and re-rating of the RSCI and criticizes RSCI criteria "Science Index" and "Public Examination".

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  • Rubinstein, A. & Burakov, N., 2021. "Economic journals in the optics of scientometrics," Journal of the New Economic Association, New Economic Association, vol. 50(2), pages 205-215.
    • Handle: RePEc:nea:journl:y:2021:i:50:p:205-215
    DOI: 10.31737/2221-2264-2021-50-2-13
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    1. Rubinstein, A., 2016. "Ranking of Russian Economic Journals: The Scientific Method or "Numbers Game"," Journal of the New Economic Association, New Economic Association, vol. 30(2), pages 162-175.
    2. Rubinstein, Alexander & Slutskin, Lev, 2018. "«Multiway data analysis» and the general problem of journals’ ranking," Applied Econometrics, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), vol. 50, pages 90-113.
    3. Aleksandr Y. Rubinshtein, 2018. "Russian Economic Journals: Table of Ranks," Economics of Contemporary Russia, Regional Public Organization for Assistance to the Development of Institutions of the Department of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, issue 1.
    4. Rubinstein, A., 2019. "Man shall not live by RSCI alone..," Journal of the New Economic Association, New Economic Association, vol. 44(4), pages 245-259.
    5. Rubinstein, A., 2011. "The Journal of the New Economic Association and its Readership: A Sociological Study," Journal of the New Economic Association, New Economic Association, issue 12, pages 150-160.
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    Keywords

    economic journals; ratings; ranking; bibliometric indicators; sociological survey; MW-analysis; journal clusters; Science Index; Public Examination;
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    JEL classification:

    • A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists
    • A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
    • A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy

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