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Annual Review of Resource Economics
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Annual Review of Resource Economics

1941-1340

Published by: Annual Reviews

https://www.annualreviews.org/journal/resource

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Economics and Finance 78 67 65 21

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 87
Documents by Best Scientists*: 76
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 60
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.492
Impact Factor: 8.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Annual Review of Resource Economics?

Annual Review of Resource Economics covers a variety of subjects, including Natural resource economics, Agriculture, Public economics, Environmental economics and Microeconomics. The Natural resource economics works featured in Annual Review of Resource Economics incorporate elements from Production (economics), Subsidy, Climate change, Greenhouse gas and Fossil fuel. The concepts on Climate change presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Deforestation and Environmental resource management.

While the journal focused on Agriculture, it was also able to explore topics like Industrial organization and Agricultural economics. Public economics research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Cost–benefit analysis, Willingness to pay, Externality, Developing country and Valuation (finance). Annual Review of Resource Economics focuses on Environmental economics but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Natural resource and Sustainability.

Some problems in Microeconomics that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Econometrics and Welfare.

  • Natural resource economics (20.07%)
  • Agriculture (16.05%)
  • Public economics (14.05%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Energy Efficiency Economics and Policy (521 citations)
  • The Economics of Genetically Modified Crops (342 citations)
  • The Social Cost of Carbon (204 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Annual Review of Resource Economics:

The most cited publications mostly deal with topics like Public economics, Developing country, Economic growth, Environmental resource management and Willingness to pay. The journal articles focus on Public economics but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Contingent valuation, Empirical evidence, Subsidy and Law and economics. While the most cited publications focused on Developing country, they were also able to explore topics like Developed country, Natural resource economics, Indemnity and Index (economics).

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Agriculture

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main points discussed in Annual Review of Resource Economics deals with Natural resource economics, Agriculture, Climate change, Space (commercial competition) and Environmental resource management. Some problems in Natural resource economics that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Production (economics), Fossil fuel, Sustainability and Externality. The Agriculture works featured in it incorporate elements from Developing country, Regional science, Agricultural economics and Information and Communications Technology.

The journal focuses on Climate change but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Greenhouse gas which is concerned with Special Interest Group, Strategic delegation and Empirical evidence. The presented Space (commercial competition) research focuses mostly on Industrial organization and, on occasion, topics in Product market and Food market. The research on Environmental resource management featured in Annual Review of Resource Economics combines topics in other fields like Ecological systems theory, Spatial analysis and Land use.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The Economics of Variable Renewable Energy and Electricity Storage (2 citations)
  • Environmental Benefit-Cost Analysis: A Comparative Analysis Between the United States and the United Kingdom (1 citations)
  • Agricultural Trade and Environmental Sustainability (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Annual Review of Resource Economics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Gordon C. Rausser (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • David Zilberman (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Catherine L. Kling (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Johan F.M. Swinnen (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gardner Brown (3 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Annual Review of Resource Economics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of California, Berkeley (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Davis (14 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Duke University (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Cornell University (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National Bureau of Economic Research (11 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.81% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 33.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 28.57% of all publications and 14.29% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Related Studies and Academic Programs

In addition to the wealth of research available in the Annual Review of Resource Economics, there is no shortage of academic programs further dedicated to these various economic concepts. For instance, those looking to delve deeper into these subjects might consider a special focus in a college program that specializes in economics. A perfect example of such programs would be the best accounting programs in Louisiana.

This can serve as a launching pad for prospective students interested in studying aspects of resource economics, agriculture, public economics, environmental economics, and others. Undertaking such a program would offer a more in-depth understanding of the theories and frameworks discussed in the Annual Review of Resource Economics.

Taking part in one of these programs might initiate new and profound insights that you then could contribute to the resources discussed in our review. Such a beneficial cycle fuels the continuous growth and refinement of research in the field of economics.

Top Publications

  • Environmental, Economic, and Social Consequences of the Oil Palm Boom

    Matin Qaim;Kibrom T. Sibhatu;Hermanto Siregar;Ingo Grass;Ingo Grass

    (2020)
    312 Citations
  • The Effectiveness of Forest Conservation Policies and Programs

    Jan Börner;Dario Schulz;Sven Wunder;Sven Wunder;Alexander Pfaff

    (2020)
    190 Citations
  • Meat Consumption and Sustainability

    (2022)
    173 Citations
  • Stranded Assets in the Transition to a Carbon-Free Economy

    Frederick van der Ploeg;Frederick van der Ploeg;Armon Rezai

    (2020)
    114 Citations
  • This Is Air: The “Nonhealth” Effects of Air Pollution

    (2022)
    82 Citations

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