The intellectual influence of economic journals: Quality versus quantity

Economic Theory

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 863-884

  Kóczy, László Á ^a   Nichifor, Alexandru ^b  

^a ÓBUDA UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Impact factor; Influence of economic journals; Invariance to article splitting; Invariant method; LP method; Modified invariant method

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876337258     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-012-0708-0     Document Type: Article

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