because it is about to appear in prestigious journal X. Moreover, those who allocate levels of research funding, such as in … the multi-billion pound Research Assessment Exercise in UK universities, often come under pressure to assess research … quality in a mechanical way by using journal prestige ratings. The results in this paper suggest that such tendencies are …

selected) scientific evaluators lack research expertise. Overall, our analysis suggests that the proliferation of 'predatory …

Two of the top economics journals have institutional ties to a specific university, the Quarterly Journal of Economics … (QJE) to Harvard University and the Journal of Political Economy (JPE) to the University of Chicago. Researchers from … articles in their respective home journal. Such home ties and publication bias may harm, but also benefit, article quality. We …

The scholarly impact of academic research matters for academic promotions, influence, relevance to public policy, and … research. Scholars produce less top-flight work as they age, especially those who have produced less in the recent past, whose …

This study is a review of the recent trends in development economics research. The focus is on the development in the …. In addition I briefly elaborate on the role of education, research, and training to enhance development capability and …