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CESifo Economic Studies
H-index 6

CESifo Economic Studies

1610-241X

Published by: Oxford University Press

https://academic.oup.com/cesifo

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Economics and Finance 371 15 14 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 16
Documents by Best Scientists*: 14
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 36
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.269
Impact Factor: 0.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at CESifo Economic Studies?

Labour economics, Monetary economics, Public economics, Demographic economics and Macroeconomics are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. It explores topics in Labour economics which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Incentive and Unemployment. CESifo Economic Studies focuses on Public economics research which is adjacent to topics in Welfare.

The journal is focused mainly on Macroeconomics, particularly Monetary policy.

  • Labour economics (12.18%)
  • Monetary economics (11.59%)
  • Public economics (11.20%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Privatization and Its Benefits: Theory and Evidence (214 citations)
  • On the Yuan: The Choice between Adjustment under a Fixed Exchange Rate and Adjustment under a Flexible Rate (198 citations)
  • Income Inequality in OECD Countries: Data and Explanations (176 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at CESifo Economic Studies:

The journal papers investigate studies in Macroeconomics, Monetary economics, Labour economics, Incentive and Demographic economics. The published articles explore topics in Macroeconomics which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Tax reform and Social inequality. The most cited publications explore themes in Labour economics like Wage and link them with other fields of study like Nursing homes.

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

  • Law
  • China
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

CESifo Economic Studies mostly deals with topics like Monetary economics, Monetary policy, Demographic economics, Labour economics and Public economics. Issues in Monetary economics were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Tariff, Globalization, General equilibrium theory and Ex-ante. The work on Monetary policy tackled in CESifo Economic Studies brings together disciplines like Market data, Independence, Interest rate and Financial market.

Topics in Demographic economics were tackled in line with various other fields like Endogeneity, Mortality rate and Wage growth. The journal explores research in Pension and overlapping concepts in Order (exchange) to expand the discourse in Labour economics. The Public economics study presented in the journal encompasses related topics like Wealth tax and Income tax and also examines its connection to subjects such as Quantitative assessment and Context (language use).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Did Lockdown Work? An Economist's Cross-Country Comparison (7 citations)
  • Debt Managers’ Reaction to Sovereign Risk in the Euro Area: Evidence and Policy Implications (1 citations)
  • Tax Reform, Trade Openness and Export Product Diversification in Developing Countries (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 CESifo Economic Studies (based on the number of publications) are:

  • John Whalley (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Alessandro Cigno (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Pierre Pestieau (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Assaf Razin (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Paola Profeta (5 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 CESifo Economic Studies (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ifo Institute for Economic Research (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • International Monetary Fund (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tel Aviv University (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bocconi University (10 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, 10.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.56% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.22% of all publications and 72.22% 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.

Career Opportunities in Economic Studies

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Top Publications

  • COVID: Not a Great Equalizer

    Vincenzo Galasso

    (2020)
    54 Citations
  • Did Lockdown Work? An Economist's Cross-Country Comparison

    Christian Bjørnskov

    (2021)
    43 Citations
  • Gender Equality and Public Policy during COVID-19

    Paola Profeta

    (2020)
    40 Citations
  • Do Audits Deter or Provoke Future Tax Noncompliance? Evidence on Self-Employed Taxpayers

    Sebastian Beer;Matthias Kasper;Matthias Kasper;Erich Kirchler;Brian Erard

    (2020)
    34 Citations
  • Populism and Social Polarization in European Democracies

    Victor Ginsburgh;Victor Ginsburgh;Sergio Perelman;Pierre Pestieau;Pierre Pestieau

    (2021)
    13 Citations

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