An important recent event in the economics field is the introduction of seven new society journals. Using standard iterative ranking methodologies from economics, as well as some new methodologies, we demonstrate the spectacular rise of these journals while updating journal rankings for all...

An important recent event in the economics field is the introduction of seven new society journals. Using standard iterative ranking methodologies from economics, as well as some new methodologies, we demonstrate the spectacular rise of these journals while updating journal rankings for all...

We update citation-based rankings of economics journals to study the relative ranking of new society journals. We employ two ranking methods: a standard iterative eigenfactor methodology adjusted for reference intensity and a novel top-5 citation alternative. We find that the American Economic...