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Powdthavee, Nick, Riyanto, Yohanes E. and Knetsch, Jack L. (2018) Lower-rated publications do lower academics’ judgments of publication lists : evidence from a survey experiment of economists. Journal of Economic Psychology, 66 . pp. 33-44. doi:10.1016/j.joep.2018.04.003
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2018.04.003
Abstract
Publications in leading journals are widely known to have a positive impact on economists’ judgments of the value of authors’ contributions and professional reputations. While conjectures that publications in lower-rated journals likely have a negative impact on such judgments are common, there have been virtually no direct tests of their validity. Our intent is to provide results from such a test, one that involved asking economists from 44 universities throughout the world to rate either a publication list with only higher-rated journals or a list with all of these but with additional publications in lower-rated journals. Our primary finding was that, holding other things constant, adding publications in lower-rated journals to what is typically considered a good publication record does have a significant negative impact on economists’ judgments of the value of the author’s contribution. Most implications of this bias suggest negative impacts on social welfare.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z004 Books. Writing. Paleography |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Behavioural Science Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Scholarly publishing, Economists -- Attitudes | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Economic Psychology | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier BV | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0167-4870 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | June 2018 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 66 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 33-44 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.joep.2018.04.003 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
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