nep-sog New Economics Papers
on Sociology of Economics
Issue of 2015‒09‒18
two papers chosen by
Jonas Holmström
Axventure AB

  1. Measuring the attractiveness of academic journals: A direct influence aggregation model By Cornillier, Fabien; Charles, Vincent
  2. What do We Know of the Mobility of Research Scientists and of its Impact on Scientific Production. By Fernandez-Zubieta, Ana; Geuna, Aldo; Lawson, Cornelia

  1. By: Cornillier, Fabien; Charles, Vincent
    Abstract: Various journal-ranking algorithms have been proposed, most of them based on citation counts. This article introduces a new approach based on the reciprocal direct influence of all pairs of a list of journals. The proposed method is assessed against an opinion-based ranking published in 2005 for 25 operations research and management science (OR/MS) journals, and five existing approaches based on citation counts. The results show a strong correlation with the opinion-based ranking.
    Keywords: Journal ranking;citations;invariant method;LP-method;impact factor;PageRank method
    JEL: C02 I23 Z00
    Date: 2015–03
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:66556&r=all
  2. By: Fernandez-Zubieta, Ana; Geuna, Aldo; Lawson, Cornelia (University of Turin)
    Abstract: In this chapter we review the literature on the analysis of researcher mobility and productivity highlighting recent changes in the research system - internationalization, inter-sector mobility and collaboration and career diversification which make researcher mobility more relevant for the dynamics of knowledge creation and dissemination. Our review reveals that to date we still know little about the consequences and motivations of increased mobility for individual researchers. We contribute by presenting a typology of researcher mobility, and considering the relevance of multiple mobility events throughout a researcher career. Finally, we review the modeling problems related to analyzing the effect of mobility on academic performance at the individual level, and suggest various solutions.
    Date: 2015–06
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:uto:labeco:201508&r=all

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