On the use and abuse of economics journal rankings

Economic Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 570, 2013, Pages

  Laband, David N ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; INFORMATION; PUBLISHING; RANKING;

EID: 84883378522     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12067     Document Type: Article

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