the economics world has the structure it does. The second part of the paper develops a simple theoretical model of co-authorship … 1970's the world of economics was a collection of islands. Two decades later, in the 1990's the world of economics was much … individuals on the largest island had fallen significantly. Thus we believe that economics is an emerging small world …

-2000. We find that in the 1970's the world of economics was a collection of islands. Two decades later, in the 1990's the world … emerging small world.An exploration of the micro aspects of the network yields three findings: one, the average number of co … `stars', individuals who have a large number of co-authors. Thus the economics world is a set of inter-connected stars …

the economics world has the structure it does. The second part of the paper develops a simple theoretical model of co-authorship … 1970's the world of economics was a collection of islands. Two decades later, in the 1990's the world of economics was much … individuals on the largest island had fallen significantly. Thus we believe that economics is an emerging small world. An …

believe that economics is an emerging small world. What is it about the network structure that makes the world small? An … 1970's the world of economics was a collection of islands, with the largest island having about 15% of the population. Two … decades later, in the 1990's, the world of economics was much more integrated, with the largest island covering close to half …

, leading us to conclude that economics is an emerging small world. A crucial stable feature of the network over this period is … themselves). The world of economics is thus a collection of inter-linked stars. We also find that a growth in the average number … time? We examine interaction among economists by looking at the evolution of co-authorship relations over a thirty …

believe that economics is an emerging small world. What is it about the network structure that makes the world small? An … 1970's the world of economics was a collection of islands, with the largest island having about 15% of the population. Two … decades later, in the 1990's, the world of economics was much more integrated, with the largest island covering close to half …

, leading us to conclude that economics is an emerging small world. A crucial stable feature of the network over this period is … themselves). The world of economics is thus a collection of inter-linked stars. We also find that a growth in the average number … time? We examine interaction among economists by looking at the evolution of co-authorship relations over a thirty year …

This study is intended to facilitate fair research evaluations in economics. Field- and timenormalization of citation … impact is the standard method in bibliometrics. Since citation rates for journal papers differ substantially across … independent of research quality bias the results of citation analyses. We introduce two normalized indicators in economics, which …

This articles investigates the recent trends in co-authorship in economics. Using data from more than 700.000 journal …

In this paper we explore three claims concerning the disciplinary character of economics by means of citation analysis …. The three claims under study are: (1) economics exhibits strong forms of intellectual stratification and, as a byproduct …, a rather pronounced internal hierarchy, (2) economists strongly conform to institutional incentives and (3) modern …