for improvement. Moreover, except for the CJE and JEI, the distribution of the HJQSs is so compact (as indicated by their Z scores) that their differences are not very significant. Therefore it is perhaps more appropriate to view the rankings as simply showing that all heterodox journals contribute to the development of heterodox economics (which is after all what is important) although in different amounts. Table 1 Research Quality Ranking of the 62 Heterodox Journals Journal Name Type of Journal Bibliometric Ranking Social Network Ranking Total Citation Ranking Peer Evaluation Ranking Final Ranking – HJQS (Z Score) Journal of Economics General 24 2 5 1 1 0.5419 (3.43) Journal of Economic Issues General 5 19 6 3 2 0.4412 (2.32) Journal of Post Keynesian Economics General 18 30 23 2 3 0.3931 (1.79) Review of Radical Political Economics General 14 15 8 4 4 0.3802 (1.65) Economy and Society Interdisciplinary 9 7 4 13 5 0.3521 (1.34) Development and Change Specialist 1 12 2 28 6 0.3480 (1.29) Review of Political Economy General 46 5 17 5 7 0.3373 (1.17) Review of International Political Economy Specialist 11 1 1 34 8 0.3277 (1.07) Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization General 23 20 15 6 9 0.3211 (0.99) International Labour Review Interdisciplinary 6 4 3 38 10 0.3062
(0.83) American Journal of Economics and Sociology General 26 3 7 26 11 0.3022 (0.79) Capital and Class General 16 14 9 20 12 0.3009 (0.77) Metroeconomica: International Review of Economics General 35 9 21 10 13 0.2991 (0.75) European Journal of the History of Economic Thought Specialist 41 13 26 8 14 0.2964 (0.72) Review of Social Economy General 25 10 14 18 15 0.2936 (0.69) Journal of the History of Economic Thought Specialist 21 26 24 12 16 0.2919 (0.67) Science and Society Interdisciplinary 3 32 10 24 17 0.2910 (0.66) Feminist Economics General 4 31 11 23 18 0.2905 (0.66) Journal of Evolutionary Economics General 36 17 25 11 19 0.2882 (0.63) Rethinking Marxism Interdisciplinary 12 21 12 27 20 0.2824 (0.57) Journal of Development Studies Interdisciplinary 7 38 19 21 21 0.2742 (0.48) Journal of Economic Methodology Specialist 22 45 30 14 22 0.2547 (0.26) History of Political Economy Specialist 39 40 40 9 23 0.2538 (0.25) Structural Change and Economic Dynamics Specialist 20 46 31 16 24 0.2502 (0.21) International Review of General 34 27 29 17 25 0.2495
Applied Economics (0.20) Economics and Philosophy Specialist 31 36 34 15 26 0.2466 (0.17) International Journal of Social Economics Interdisciplinary 32 6 13 42 27 0.2447 (0.15) Capitalism, Nature, Socialism Interdisciplinary 2 53 16 40 28 0.2347 (0.04) International Journal of Political Economy General 55 8 32 22 29 0.2342 (0.04) New Left Review Interdisciplinary 62 24 55 7 30 0.2292 (-0.02) Contributions to Political Economy General 53 22 37 25 31 0.2225 (-0.09) New Political Economy Interdisciplinary 15 39 27 36 32 0.2203 (-0.12) Journal of Interdisciplinary 19 51 36 29 33 0.2192 (-0.13) Journal of Institutional Economics General 43 42 46 19 34 0.2174 (-0.15) Constitutional Political Economy General 8 37 18 53 35 0.2147 (-0.18) Antipode Interdisciplinary 30 16 22 47 36 0.2120 (-0.21) Review of Austrian Economics General 17 29 20 54 37 0.2101 (-0.23) Historical Materialism Interdisciplinary 45 23 35 31 38 0.2052 (-0.28) History of Economics Review Specialist 37 28 33 33 39 0.1994 (-0.35) Journal of Income Distribution Specialist 10 46 28 49 40 0.1881 (-0.47) Development Studies Interdisciplinary 57 18 39 35 41 0.1848
(-0.51) Ecological Economics Interdisciplinary 47 43 51 30 42 0.1838 (-0.52) Cepal Review Specialist 58 25 50 32 43 0.1765 (-0.60) Studies in Political Economy Interdisciplinary 13 61 38 48 44 0.1704 (-0.67) Review of African Political Economy Specialist 27 50 41 44 45 0.1677 (-0.70) Revista de Economia Politica/Brazilian Journal of Political Economy General 61 11 42 43 46 0.1674 (-0.70) Forum for Social Economics General 49 41 51 37 47 0.1629 (-0.75) Econ Journal Watch General 28 54 43 45 48 0.1602 (-0.78) Economic Systems Research General 29 52 44 46 49 0.1582 (-0.80) Journal of Australian Political Economy General 50 33 47 51 50 0.1504 (-0.89) Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics General 33 49 45 57 51 0.1460 (-0.94) Critical Sociology Interdisciplinary 40 48 49 55 52 0.1443 (-0.96) Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology Specialist 60 34 58 41 53 0.1363 (-1.04) Organization and Environment Interdisciplinary 54 35 48 60 54 0.1355 (-1.05) Work, Employment and Society Interdisciplinary 42 57 56 50 55 0.1320 (-1.09) Advances in General 48 47 54 56 56
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