Ranking Economics Journals, Economics Departments, and Economists Using Teaching‐Focused Research Productivity

C-Tier
Journal: Southern Economic Journal
Year: 2008
Volume: 74
Issue: 3
Pages: 894-906

Authors (3)

Melody Lo (not in RePEc) M. C. Sunny Wong (not in RePEc) Franklin G. Mixon (Columbus State University)

Score contribution per author:

0.335 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper constructs new rankings of economics journals, economics departments, and economists that employ a measure of teaching‐focused research productivity, an area of growing importance in recent years. The ranking methodologies presented here use information from articles that were published from 1991 through the early part of 2005 within the Journal of Economic Literature's “economic education” classifications (A200‐A290). The Journal of Economic Literature tops the list of journals, followed by the Review of Economics and Statistics and the American Economic Review. Among the top institutions are Vanderbilt University, Indiana University, and the University of Wisconsin. Others that rank high here, such as Oberlin College and Denison University, do not often fare as well using methodologies that evaluate more traditional types of economics research. Finally, among the economists we find that John Siegfried, William Becker, and Michael Watts are ranked above other economists.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:wly:soecon:v:74:y:2008:i:3:p:894-906
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-26