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A Citation-Analysis of Economic Research Institutes

Ketzler, Rolf; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

The citation analysis of the research output of the German economic research institutes presented here is based on publications in peer-reviewed journals listed in the Social Science Citation Index for the 2000 - 2009 period. The novel feature of the paper is that a count data model quantifies...

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The Evaluation of Citation Distributions

Ruiz-Castillo, Javier - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper reviews a number of recent contributions that demonstrate that a blend of welfare economics and statistical analysis is useful in the evaluation of the citations received by scientific papers in the periodical literature. The paper begins by clarifying the role of citation analysis in...

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Multiplicative and fractional strategies when journals are assigned to several sub-fields

Herranz, Neus; Ruiz-Castillo, Javier - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

In many datasets, articles are classified into sub-fields through the journals in which they have been published. The problem is that many journals are assigned to a single sub-field, but many others are assigned to several sub-fields. This paper discusses a multiplicative and a fractional...

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The end of the European Paradox

Herranz, Neus; Ruiz-Castillo, Javier - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper evaluates the European Paradox according to which Europe plays a leading world role in terms of scientific excellence, measured in terms of the number of publications, but lacks the entrepreneurial capacity of the U.S. to transform this excellent performance into innovation, growth,...

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Sub-field normalization in the multiplicative case: Average-based citation indicators

Herranz, Neus; Ruiz-Castillo, Javier - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper investigates the citation impact of three large geographical areas -- the U.S., the European Union (EU), and the rest of the world (RW) -- at different aggregation levels. The difficulty is that 42% of the 3.6 million articles in our Thomson Scientific dataset are assigned to several...

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Sub-field normalization in the multiplicative case: High- and low-impact citation indicators

Herranz, Neus; Ruiz-Castillo, Javier - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper uses high- and low-impact citation indicators for the evaluation of the citation performance of research units at different aggregate levels. To solve the problem of the assignment of individual articles to multiple sub-fields, it follows a multiplicative strategy according to which...

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The Evaluation of Citation Distributions from an Economic Perspective

Ruiz-Castillo, Javier - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

The main aim of this paper is to demonstrate that a blend of welfare economics and statistical analysis is useful in the evaluation of the distribution of the citations received by scientific papers in the periodical literature. The paper begins by reviewing the connection between basic...

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The Skewness of Science in 219 Sub-Fields and a Number of Aggregates

Albarrán, Pedro; Crespo, Juan A.; Ortuño-Ortín, Ignacio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

This paper studies evidence from Thomson Scientific about the citation process of 3.7 million articles published in the period 1998-2002 in 219 Web of Science categories, or sub-fields. Reference and citation distributions have very different characteristics across sub-fields. However, when...

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When Strong Ties are Strong: Networks and Youth Labor Market Entry

Kramarz, Francis; Nordström Skans, Oskar - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

The conditions under which young workers find their first real post-graduation jobs are both very important for the young’ future careers and insufficiently documented given their potential importance for young workers welfare. To study these conditions, and in particular the role played by...

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Networks in Conflict: Theory and Evidence from the Great War of Africa

König, Michael; Rohner, Dominic; Thoenig, Mathias; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

We study from both a theoretical and an empirical perspective how a network of military alliances and enmities affects … the intensity of a conflict. The model combines elements from network theory and from the politico-economic theory of … characterization of the Nash equilibrium of the fighting game, and of how the network structure affects individual and total fighting …

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