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Abstract:

Does the life cycle of economic papers differ across fields of economic research? By constructing and analyzing a large dataset that combines information on 9,672 articles published in the top five economic journals from 1970 to 2000 with detailed yearly citation data obtained from Google Scholar, we find that published articles do have a life cycle that differs across fields of economic research (which we divide into the categories of applied, applied theory, econometric methods, and theory). Applied and applied theory papers are the clear winners in terms of citation counts. For the first years after their publication, they receive higher numbers of citations per year than papers in other fields of research do. They also reach a higher peak number of citations per year and apparently sustain those peak levels for longer, in addition to being cited over longer periods of time (i.e., they have a longer lifespan). Citation patterns are much less favorable for theoretical papers, which are the object of fewer citations per annum in the first years following publication, have lower peak numbers and a shorter lifespan. Econometric method papers are a special case; the pattern for most of these papers is similar to the pattern for theory papers, but the most successful papers (as measured by the number of citations) on econometric methods are also the most successful papers in the entire discipline of economics. © 2016 Western Economic Association International.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Quantifying the life cycle of scholarly articles across fields of economic research
Autor:Anauati, V.; Galiani, S.; Gálvez, R.H.
Filiación:Departamento de Economía, Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, United States
Departamento de Computación, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Año:2016
Volumen:54
Número:2
Página de inicio:1339
Página de fin:1355
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12292
Título revista:Economic Inquiry
Título revista abreviado:Econ. Inq.
ISSN:00952583
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00952583_v54_n2_p1339_Anauati

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Citas:

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Anauati, V., Galiani, S. & Gálvez, R.H. (2016) . Quantifying the life cycle of scholarly articles across fields of economic research. Economic Inquiry, 54(2), 1339-1355.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12292
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Anauati, V., Galiani, S., Gálvez, R.H. "Quantifying the life cycle of scholarly articles across fields of economic research" . Economic Inquiry 54, no. 2 (2016) : 1339-1355.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12292
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Anauati, V., Galiani, S., Gálvez, R.H. "Quantifying the life cycle of scholarly articles across fields of economic research" . Economic Inquiry, vol. 54, no. 2, 2016, pp. 1339-1355.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12292
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Anauati, V., Galiani, S., Gálvez, R.H. Quantifying the life cycle of scholarly articles across fields of economic research. Econ. Inq. 2016;54(2):1339-1355.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12292