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Bias against Novelty in Science : A Cautionary Tale for Users of Bibliometric Indicators
Wang, Jian - 2016
Research which explores unchartered waters has a high potential for major impact but also carries a higher uncertainty of having impact. Such explorative research is often described as taking a novel approach. This study examines the complex relationship between pursuing a novel approach and...
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Unpacking P-Hacking and Publication Bias
Brodeur, Abel; Carrell, Scott E.; Figlio, David N.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We use unique data from journal submissions to identify and unpack publication bias and p-hacking. We find that initial … publication bias in peer review. Desk-rejected manuscripts display greater heaping than those sent for review i.e. marginally …
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It's Good to be First : Order Bias in Reading and Citing NBER Working Papers
Feenberg, Daniel R. - 2015
individuals can exhibit both primacy bias towards the first option and recency bias towards the last option. We examine this …; however, there is also some recency bias, with the last paper listed receiving more views, downloads and cites. The results …
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A Note on the Global Distribution of Authorship in Economics Journals
Greenspon, Jacob; Rodrik, Dani - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Using Fontana et al.'s (2019) database, we analyze levels and trends in the global distribution of authorship in economics journals, disaggregating by country/region, quality of journal, and fields of specialization. We document striking imbalances. While Western and Northern European authors...
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Power and Publications in Chinese Academia
Jia, Ruixue - 2019
In power-oriented societies, academia may not be immune to the influence of power. This paper studies the power-publication link by applying an event-study strategy to a panel dataset of the publication and biographical information of deans of economics schools in Chinese universities. We find...
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Differences in citation patterns across journal tiers : The case of economics
Anauati, María Victoria - 2018
We study how citation patterns differ between journal tiers in economics. Concretely, we analyze citations patterns of more than 6,000 economics research articles published in top five, second tier, and top field economics journals between 1992 and 1996. In line with previous literature, we find...
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Research Funding and Collaboration
Davies, Benjamin - 2020
We analyse whether research funding contests promote co-authorship. Our analysis combines Scopus publication records with data on applications to the Marsden Fund, the premiere source of funding for basic research in New Zealand. On average, and after controlling for observable and unobservable...
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Do Conflict of Interests Disclosures Work? : Evidence from Citations in Medical Journals
Leuz, Christian; Malani, Anup; Muhn, Maximilian; Jakab, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Financial ties between drug companies and medical researchers are thought to bias studies published in medical journals …. To enable readers to account for such bias, most medical journals require authors to disclose potential conflicts of … tests. First, we show that the positive association is weaker for review articles, which are more susceptible to bias …
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AGING IN STYLE : Seniority and Sentiment in Scholarly Writing
Kosnik, Lea-Rachel; Hamermesh, Daniel S. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The scholarly impact of academic research matters for academic promotions, influence, relevance to public policy, and others. Focusing on writing style in top-level professional journals, we examine how it changes with age, and how stylistic differences and age affect impact. As top-level...
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Why Do Older Scholars Slow Down?
Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Kosnik, Lea-Rachel - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Using data describing all "Top 5" economics journal publications from 1969-2018, we examine what determines which authors produce less as they age and which retire earlier. Sub-field has no impact on the rate of production, but interacts with it to alter retirement probabilities. A positive,...
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