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Article length bias in journal rankings

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  • Kóczy, L.Á.

    (Microeconomics & Public Economics)

  • Nichifor, A.

    (Microeconomics & Public Economics)

  • Strobel, M.

    (Microeconomics & Public Economics)

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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  • Kóczy, L.Á. & Nichifor, A. & Strobel, M., 2009. "Article length bias in journal rankings," Research Memorandum 016, Maastricht University, Maastricht Research School of Economics of Technology and Organization (METEOR).
    • Handle: RePEc:unm:umamet:2009016
    DOI: 10.26481/umamet.2009016
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