| By: |
Haucap, Justus;
Muck, Johannes |
| Abstract: |
This is paper analyses the interrelationship between perceived journal
relevance and reputation. Based on a survey of 705 members of the German
Economic Association, we find a strong interrelationship between journal
reputation and relevance where a journal's perceived relevance has a stronger
effect on the journal's reputation than vice versa. Moreover, past journal
ratings conducted by the Handelsblatt and the German Economic Association
(GEA) directly affect journals' reputation among German economists and
indirectly also their perceived relevance, but the effect on reputation is
more than twice as large as the effect on perceived relevance. In general,
citations have a non-linear impact on perceived journal reputation and
relevance. While the number of landmark articles published in a journal
increases reputation, an increase in the so-called H-index even tends to
decrease a journal's perceived relevance, as long as this is not
simultaneously reflected in a higher Handelsblatt- and/or GEA-rating. We also
identify significant differences in the views on journal relevance and
reputation between different age groups. -- |
| Keywords: |
Economic Journals,Academic Journals,Reputation,Relevance,Rigor,Economists,Fractional Response Models |
| JEL: |
A11 A14 I23 L82 |
| Date: |
2013 |
| URL: |
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:dicedp:103 |