This paper takes a fresh look at citation counts and publications in top-rank journals, which the academic economics … variance in citation counts among articles of the same journal, implying that those articles themselves must vary greatly in … application of citation counts to evaluate economic literature. Finally, the paper provides an opportunity for economists to …

This is paper analyses the interrelationship between perceived journal relevance and reputation. Based on a survey of … 705 members of the German Economic Association, we find a strong interrelationship between journal reputation and … relevance where a journal's perceived relevance has a stronger effect on the journal's reputation than vice versa. Moreover …