Some useful links for young economists
Structure and characteristics of academic articles
- “Scholarly vs Popular Articles” from Thomas Library, Wittenberg University: http://www6.wittenberg.edu/lib/help/schol-pop.php
- “What is a Scholarly Article?” from Umea University Library, Sweden: https://www.ub.umu.se/en/write/scholarly-articles
Indexes of Economics Journals
- Journal Citation Report-Social Science Citation Index (JCR-SSCI): http://mjl.clarivate.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jloptions.cgi?PC=SS
- Scopus: http://www.scimagojr.com/journalrank.php
- Conacyt (Índice de Revistas Mexicanas de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica): http://www.revistascytconacyt.mx/
- Index of Heterodox Journals: Lee, F.; Cronin, B. (2010): “Research Quality Rankings of Heterodox Economic Journals in a Contested Discipline” in American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 69(5), 1409-1452.: http://heterodoxnews.com/document/ajes-ranking-journals.pdf
- Latindex database: https://www.latindex.org/
List of Predatory Publishers by Jeffrey Beall (avoid these publishers and journals!!!)
- http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/01/02/list-of-predatory-publishers-2014/
Get your article published (some suggetions from editors)
- http://elgarblog.wordpress.com/2014/10/09/editors-note-getting-your-articles-published-in-economics-journals-editors-offer-some-advice/
Replicability of economic studies
- http://www.businessinsider.com/federal-reserve-paper-on-the-replicability-of-economic-studies-2015-10
- https://www.aeaweb.org/econlit/jelCodes.php?view=jel
What if my paper is rejected
- The famous case of Akerlof: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economic-sciences/laureates/2001/akerlof-article.html
- Other examples from Xavier Sala-i-Martin: http://salaimartin.com/about-xsm/nostalgia/74-other/165-have-you-had-a-paper-rejected-recently.html
Time to first response in economics journals
- http://www.econjobrumors.com/journals.php
An interesting paper about the productivity of new graduates from top North American universities in top journals
- From The Economist: http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2014/11/productivity-phds
- The full paper: https://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/jep.28.3.205
(Almost) free pages to detect plagiarism (article in Spanish)
- http://mba.americaeconomia.com/articulos/notas/4-herramientas-gratuitas-para-detectar-plagios?utm_source=socialnetwork&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=shareaholic
Journal Title Abbreviations (Web of Science)
- https://www.library.caltech.edu/journal-title-abbreviations
Reasons for rejecting a paper (by a journal editor)
- https://www.elsevier.com/connect/8-reasons-i-rejected-your-article
An interesting paper on how teaching quality of researchers is higher than nonresearchers
- https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/applec/v47y2015i45p4868-4883.html
Tips on how to write an academic peer review
- https://inomics.com/tips-how-write-academic-peer-review-journals
Choosing the right journal
- http://thinkchecksubmit.org/
Tips to increase citations
- https://www.aje.com/arc/10-easy-ways-increase-your-citation-count-checklist/
Criteria each author of a paper should meet (ethics of authorship)
- https://www.aje.com/en/arc/ethics-manuscript-authorship/
Some JEP Articles Recommended for Classroom Use
- https://www.aeaweb.org/journals/jep/classroom