Journal as a Self-Reinforcing Mechanism
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Data de Publicação: | 1992 |
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Resumo: | We look at the journal publishing activity from an industrial organization perspective. We show that if product differentiation is not too large and refereeing not too noisy, then journal reputation is a path-dependent process, that is, the reputation of a journal converges to some value which depends on the (random) pattern of submissions during the journals' first periods of life. Empirical evidence of path-dependence for Economics periodicals is provided. Next, we explore the implications of these results in a model of sequential choice of scope of a new journal. The path-dependent nature of journal reputation leads to a bias towards specialization, which in turn implies that the increase in the number of publications is greater than the increase in the number of "good" papers written. |
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Journal as a Self-Reinforcing MechanismWe look at the journal publishing activity from an industrial organization perspective. We show that if product differentiation is not too large and refereeing not too noisy, then journal reputation is a path-dependent process, that is, the reputation of a journal converges to some value which depends on the (random) pattern of submissions during the journals' first periods of life. Empirical evidence of path-dependence for Economics periodicals is provided. Next, we explore the implications of these results in a model of sequential choice of scope of a new journal. The path-dependent nature of journal reputation leads to a bias towards specialization, which in turn implies that the increase in the number of publications is greater than the increase in the number of "good" papers written.Nova SBERUNCabral, Luís M. B.2019-10-30T15:29:53Z1992-071992-07-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/85867engCabral, Luís, Journal as a Self-Reinforcing Mechanism (July, 1992). FEUNL Working Paper Series No. 190info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T04:38:38Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/85867Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:36:39.236901Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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We look at the journal publishing activity from an industrial organization perspective. We show that if product differentiation is not too large and refereeing not too noisy, then journal reputation is a path-dependent process, that is, the reputation of a journal converges to some value which depends on the (random) pattern of submissions during the journals' first periods of life. Empirical evidence of path-dependence for Economics periodicals is provided. Next, we explore the implications of these results in a model of sequential choice of scope of a new journal. The path-dependent nature of journal reputation leads to a bias towards specialization, which in turn implies that the increase in the number of publications is greater than the increase in the number of "good" papers written. |
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