Evaluating Economic Research in a Contested Discipline (Paperback, New)

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This book challenges the view that using SSCI journal citations (especially its impact factor score) and peer review/evaluation are the best ways (in that they are the most objective ways) to evaluate economic research. * First extensive ranking of heterodox economics journals * First ranking of mainstream and heterodox journals * Ranking of mainstream and heterodox graduate programs in the US * Impact of national research assessment exercises on heterodox economics in Italy and Australia * Use of social network analysis to examine the diffusion of heterodox economicsCritique of the use of citation metrics and heterodox economics; Social Science Citation Index with respect to economics is deliberately biased in favour of mainstream journals

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This book challenges the view that using SSCI journal citations (especially its impact factor score) and peer review/evaluation are the best ways (in that they are the most objective ways) to evaluate economic research. * First extensive ranking of heterodox economics journals * First ranking of mainstream and heterodox journals * Ranking of mainstream and heterodox graduate programs in the US * Impact of national research assessment exercises on heterodox economics in Italy and Australia * Use of social network analysis to examine the diffusion of heterodox economicsCritique of the use of citation metrics and heterodox economics; Social Science Citation Index with respect to economics is deliberately biased in favour of mainstream journals

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Imprint

Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

March 2011

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First published

2011

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Dimensions

229 x 157 x 12mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

200

Edition

New

ISBN-13

978-1-4443-3946-8

Barcode

9781444339468

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LSN

1-4443-3946-X



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