Article length bias in journal rankings

The quality of publications, approximated by the containing journal's quality indicator, is often the basis for hire and promotion in academic and research positions. Over the years a handful of ranking methods have been proposed. Discussing the most prominent methods we show that they are inherently biased against journals publishing short papers.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Kóczy, László Á. ; Nichifor, Alexandru ; Strobel, Martin
Institutions:	Keleti Károly Gazdasági Kar, Óbudai Egyetem
Subject:	quality ranking \| paper length \| impact factor \| invariant method \| LP method

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Paper Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 0902 7 pages
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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