Australian Research Output in Economics and Business: High Volume, Low Impact?
Australian Journal of ManagementPublished 1 December 2005
Anne‐Wil Harzing
Citations50
SJR quartileQ2
SJR score0.73
SNIP1.07
Generate an AI Snapshot to get a quick, structured summary of this paper.
Study Snapshot
ObjectiveStudy objective
MethodsResearch methodology
PopulationPopulation studied
Sample sizeSample sizes
OutcomesStudy outcomes here
ResultsStudy results comes here
LimitationsResearch study limitations comes here
A concise AI-generated summary of the paper will appear here once you click Generate AI Snapshot.
Abstract
This paper investigates publication patterns of Australian academics in Economics & Business. I show that this discipline follows the general Australian trend of declining impact, measured as citations per paper, from the mid-1990s. However, the gap in Australia's ranking of publication quantity (number of papers) and publication quality (impact) is much wider in Economics & Business than in other disciplines. The discipline combines the highest ranking in quantity with the lowest ranking in quality. Seven possible explanations for this pattern are discussed.
Keywords
Decision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and FinanceBusiness, Management and Accounting
NatureThe scientific impact of nations
1,224 Citations2004David A. King
What different countries get for their research spending is illustrated in the chart below, which shows how research spending in these countries has changed over the past 50 years.
The Quarterly Journal of EconomicsWillingness to Pay and Compensation Demanded: Experimental Evidence of an Unexpected Disparity in Measures of Value
1,068 Citations1984Jack L. Knetsch, Jack A. Sinden
EconometricaEquity, Arrow's Conditions, and Rawls' Difference Principle
595 Citations1976Peter J. Hammond
Research PolicyExplaining Australia’s increased share of ISI publications—the effects of a funding formula based on publication counts
441 Citations2002Linda Butler
Research EvaluationModifying publication practices in response to funding formulas
171 Citations2003Linda Butler
ScientometricsPublication types, citation rates and evaluation
72 Citations1996Paul Bourke, Linda Butler
It is argued that, if certain preconditions are met, the choice of citation rate is not critical, and the citation record of research publications appearing in journals indexed by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) is a useable surrogate for the citationrecord within ISI journals of all model of publication.
International Journal of Social EconomicsRejections and the importance of first response times
48 Citations2004Ofer H. Azar
NatureA list of published papers is no measure of value
39 Citations2002Linda Butler
The present system rewards quantity, not quality — but hasty changes could be as bad as the present system.
Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooksProfessors and Hamburgers: An International Comparison of Real Academic Salaries
25 Citations2003Li Ong, Jason Mitchell
Applied EconomicsProfessors and hamburgers: an international comparison of real academic salaries
22 Citations2000Li Ong, Jason Mitchell
ScientometricsIdentifying "highly-rated" journals - an Australian case study
13 Citations2002Linda Butler
The data suggests that the type of impact measure was less important in journal selection than the long-term validity of the rankings, and a group of experts was less likely to include journals that were only highly ranked for a short period in their "top 20".
Australian Economic PapersSUBSTITUTION AND COMPLEMENTARITY IN THE CREATION AND COMMUNICATION OF AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH*
4 Citations2007Claudia Burgio‐Ficca, Hristos Doucouliagos