Data and Code for 2025 Update to 'Six Decades of Top Economics Publishing: Who and How?,' published in the Journal of Economic Literature 51(1)
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Daniel S. Hamermesh, University of Texas at Austin
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Project Citation:
Hamermesh, Daniel S. Data and Code for 2025 Update to “Six Decades of Top Economics Publishing: Who and How?,” published in the Journal of Economic Literature 51(1). Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2025. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-08-08. https://doi.org/10.3886/E229865V1
Project Description
Summary:
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This study examines publications in three
leading general economics journals from the 1960s through the 2020s,
considering levels and trends in the demographics of authors, methodologies of
the studies, and patterns of co-authorship. The average age of authors has
increased nearly steadily; there has been a sharp increase in the fraction of
female authors; the number of authors per paper has risen steadily; and there
has been a pronounced shift to articles using newly generated data. All but the
first of these trends have been sharpest in the most recent decade. The study
also examines the relationships among these trends.
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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A14 Sociology of Economics
A14 Sociology of Economics
Time Period(s):
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1963 – 2024
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