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Lars Jonung. Photo.

Lars Jonung

Professor emeritus

Lars Jonung. Photo.

Not just the top five journals: A recipe for European economists

Author

  • Magnus Henrekson
  • Lars Jonung
  • Mats Lundahl

Summary, in English

Recently, the incentive structure facing doctoral students and researchers in economics has changed significantly in many European countries as a result of the adoption of the US approach to evaluating research output. This poses a threat to the development and position of the subject of economics in Europe since evaluation for promotion is characterised by an excessive focus on publishing in the five most highly ranked journals, all but one located in the United States. However, the probability of getting an article into the top five is low and the social cost of the promotion system is consequently high. Promotion criteria other than just top-five publications should be used as a guide.

Department/s

  • Department of Economics

Publishing year

2025-01-28

Language

English

Pages

123-131

Publication/Series

Economic Affairs

Volume

45

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Topic

  • Economics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1468-0270