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A menagerie of rankings: a look in RePEc’s factory

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  • Laurent Linnemer

    (Centre de Recherche en Économie et de Statistiques (CREST), CNRS, École polytechnique, GENES, ENSAE Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris)

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This paper provides an overview of RePEc a digital platform for the dissemination of research in economics. Specifically, the focus is on RePEc’s main author ranking, which aggregates 36 different rankings based on a range of criteria. I first describe the logic behind the ranking and then presents some key descriptive statistics on the top 5% of authors. Notably, the ranking is dominated by English-speaking authors, particularly those affiliated with institutions in the USA. Moreover, less than 9% of authors are female, while around 6% are deceased. Among the living authors, the estimated average age is 60, with over 21% of them aged 70 or above. Next, I discuss the aggregation of the 36 rankings using the harmonic mean—RePEc’s preferred method. Some counterintuitive properties are highlighted. Finally, I propose a simpler ranking system based on two criteria—number of journal pages and number of citations—that weight journals and citations according to their qualities and also correct for the number of authors.

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  • Laurent Linnemer, 2024. "A menagerie of rankings: a look in RePEc’s factory," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 129(1), pages 321-372, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:129:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1007_s11192-023-04879-z
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-023-04879-z
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    Economists; RePEc; Rankings;
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    • A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics
    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
    • R32 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - Other Spatial Production and Pricing Analysis

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