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Impact-adjusted citations as a measure of journal quality

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AMIR, Rabah

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We provide a simple theoretical foundation, based on the theory of Markov chains, for the objective empirical procedure for journal ranking devised by Liebowitz and Palmer.An elementary characterization is derived that substantially clarifies the meaning, scope and underlying intuition of the procedure, and allows a precise illustrative discussion of its strengths and weaknesses. Several suggestions are made to correct its shortcomings, which may prove useful in much-needed future rankings. The present analysis suggests that asuitably amended version of the LP procedure would emerge as a highly adequate measure for ranking journals.

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Paper provided by Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) in its series CORE Discussion Papers with number 2002074.

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Date of creation: 01 Dec 2002
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Keywords: journal ranking; impact-adjusted citations; stationary Markov chains; invariant distribution;

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A10 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - General
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C40 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - General

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  1. Rabah, AMIR & Malgorzata, KNAUFF, 2005. "Ranking economics departments worldwide on the basis of PhD placement," Discussion Papers (ECON - Département des Sciences Economiques) 2005041, Université catholique de Louvain, Département des Sciences Economiques. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Ignacio Palacios-Huerta & Oscar Volij, 2002. "The Measurement of Intellectual Influence," Economic theory and game theory 015, Oscar Volij. [Downloadable!]
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  3. BAUWENS, Luc & KIRMAN, Alan & LUBRANO, Michel & PROTOPOPESCU, Camelia, 2003. "Ranking economics departments in Europe: a statistical approach," CORE Discussion Papers 2003050, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE). [Downloadable!]
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