On the Influence of Top Journals
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Ductor, L.
Goyal, S.
van der Leij, M.
PaezŸ, G. N.
Abstract
We study the evolution of the influence of journals over the period 1970-2017. In the early 1970's, a number of journals had similar influence, but by 1995, the `Top 5' journals ?? QJE, AER, RES, Econometrica, and JPE ?? had acquired a major lead. This dominance has remained more or less unchanged since 1995. To place these developments in a broader context, we also study trends in sociology. The trends there have gone the other way ?? the field journals rose in influence, relative to the Top General journals. A model of journals as platforms is developed to understand these trends across time and across disciplines.
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research impact, Top 5 journals, academic publishing, citations
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Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge