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Article length bias in journal rankings

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László Á. Kóczy () (Budapest Tech)
Alexandru Nichifor () (Department of Economics, Maastricht University)
Martin Strobel () (Department of Economics, Maastricht University)

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Abstract

The quality of publications, approximated by the containing journal's quality indicator, is often the basis for hire and promotion in academic and research positions. Over the years a handful of ranking methods have been proposed. Discussing the most prominent methods we show that they are inherently biased against journals publishing short papers.

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Paper provided by Budapest Tech, Keleti Faculty of Economics in its series Working Paper Series with number 0902.

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Date of creation: 2009
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Keywords: quality ranking; paper length; impact factor; invariant method; LP method;

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  1. Pantelis Kalaitzidakis & Theofanis P. Mamuneas & Thanasis Stengos, 2003. "Rankings of Academic Journals and Institutions in Economics," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 1(6), pages 1346-1366, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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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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