Publishing trends in economics across colleges and universities, 1991 - 2007

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There is good reason to think that non-elite programs in economics may be producing relatively more research than in the past: Research expectations have been ramped-up at non-PhD institutions and new information technologies have changed the way academic knowledge is produced and exchanged. This study investigates this question by examining publishing productivity in economics (and business) using data from the Web of Science (Knowledge) for a broad set of institutions both elite and non-elite over a 17-year period, from 1991 through 2007. Institutions are grouped into six tiers using a variety of sources. The analysis provides evidence that non-elite institutions are gaining on their more elite counterparts, but the magnitude of the gains are small. Thus, the story is more of constancy than of change, even in the face of changing technology and rising research expectations.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 6082

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Sociology of Economics ; Higher Education; Research Institutions
• Subject: higher education ; research productivity ; publishing trends ; inequality ; Wirtschaftswissenschaft ; Wirtschaftshochschule ; Bibliometrie ; Welt

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Winkler, Anne E. ; Levin, Sharon G. ; Stephan, Paula E. ; Glänzel, Wolfgang
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/58814
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-201111213034
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET