Is peer review in decline?
By: Glenn Ellison
Contributors: National Bureau of Economic Research
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 13272; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 13272.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Description: "Over the past decade there has been a decline in the fraction of papers in top economics journals written by economists from the highest-ranked economics departments.  This paper documents this fact and uses additional data on publications and citations to assess various potential explanations.  Several observations are consistent with the hypothesis that the Internet improves the ability of high-profile authors to disseminate their research without going through the traditional peer-review process"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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