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Author-Name: Chia-Lin Chang
Author-Email: changchialin@nchu.edu.tw
Author-Person: pch286 
Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Applied Economics, Department of Finance, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
Author-Name: Michael McAleer
Author-Person: pmc90 
Author-Workplace-Name: Econometric Institute, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Tinbergen Institute,
	The Netherlands, Department of Quantitative Economics, Complutense University of Madrid, and Institute of
	Economic Research, Kyoto University. 
Title: Ranking Economics and Econometrics ISI Journals by Quality Weighted Citations
Abstract: The paper analyses academic journal quality and impact using quality weighted citations that are based 
	on the widely-used Thomson Reuters ISI Web of Science citations database (ISI). A recently developed Index 
	of Citations Quality (ICQ), based on quality weighted citations, is used to analyse the top 276 Economics 
	and top 10 Econometrics journals in the ISI Economics category using alternative quantifiable Research 
	Assessment Measures (RAMs). It is shown that ICQ is a useful additional measure to the 2-Year Impact 
	Factor (2YIF) and other well known RAMs available in ISI for the purpose of evaluating journal impact and 
	quality, as well as ranking, of Economics and Econometrics journals as it contains information that has 
	very low correlations with the information contained in alternative well-known RAMs. Among other findings, 
	the top Econometrics journals have some of the highest ICQ scores in the ISI category of Economics.
Classification-JEL: C18, C81, Y10.
Keywords: Research assessment measures; Impact factors; Eigenfactor; Article Influence; Quality weighted citations; 
	Index of citations quality; Economics journal rankings. 

Length: 26 pages 
Creation-Date: 2014-02  
Number: 2014-03 
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