impact is the standard method in bibliometrics. Since citation rates for journal papers differ substantially across …This study is intended to facilitate fair research evaluations in economics. Field- and timenormalization of citation … publication years and Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) classification codes, citation rates should be normalized for the …

We present Mendeley-readership information for 30 journals from the German Handelsblatt ranking for Economics and … publication activity. The analysis focusses on journal output, reader counts, scientific disciplines, academic status as well as … found between journals’ reader numbers and impact factors. The results suggest that Mendeley readership data on journal …