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Challenge
H-index 5

Challenge

0577-5132

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/mcha20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Economics and Finance 582 5 8 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 11
Documents by Best Scientists*: 16
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Challenge?

Challenge facilitates discussions on Labour economics, Political economy, Monetary economics, Keynesian economics and Economy.

  • Labour economics (5.89%)
  • Political economy (5.59%)
  • Monetary economics (4.79%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • How Big Is the Irregular Economy (319 citations)
  • The Financial Instability Hypothesis: An Interpretation of Keynes and an Alternative to“Standard” Theory (243 citations)
  • The Freefall That Isn't Free: A review of Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy, by Joseph E. Stiglitz. New York: W.W. Norton, 2010 (233 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Challenge:

The most cited publications primarily tackle Political economy, Market economy, Development economics, Labour economics and Keynesian economics. The published articles explore issues in Political economy which can be linked to other research areas like Economic growth and China. Issues in Labour economics were discussed in the most cited papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Work (electrical) and Inequality.

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

  • World War II
  • Law
  • China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Challenge generally zeroes in on subjects such as Political economy, Economic history, Development economics, Keynesian economics and Inequality. It facilitates discussions on Political economy that incorporate concepts from other fields like Political spectrum, Orban, Hearth, Government and Referendum. The work on Economic history tackled in Challenge brings together disciplines like Renting, Workplace democracy, Haven, Abolitionism and Soul.

Issues in Development economics were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Unjust enrichment, Depression (economics), Capitalism and Damages. Topics in Keynesian economics explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Unemployment rate and Matrix (mathematics). It explores issues in Inequality which can be linked to other research areas like Climate change, CLIPS, Positive economics and Heterodox economics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • How to Change Economics 101 (1 citations)
  • Overcoming the Challenge of Communicating the Concept and Science of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 to Non-Experts (1 citations)
  • Serious Financial Burdens Facing U.S. Households with Employment Loss During COVID-19 (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 Challenge (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Mike Sharpe (69 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dean Baker (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Robert Lekachman (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Amitai Etzioni (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Murray L Weidenbaum (23 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 Challenge (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Columbia University (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Harvard University (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • London School of Economics and Political Science (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • George Washington University (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Center for Economic and Policy Research (14 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, 92.86% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 50.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 50.00% of all publications and 0.00% 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.

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Top Publications

  • Central Bank Digital Currencies and The Emerging Markets: The Currency Substitution Challenge

    Sebastian Edwards

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • Central Bank Digital Currencies and the Emerging Markets: The Currency Substitution Challenge

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Resilient Financial Systems Can Soften the Next Global Financial Crisis

    William Hynes;Benjamin D. Trump;Patrick Love;Alan Kirman

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • The MMT Free Lunch Mirage Can Lead to a Perverse Outcome

    Gerald Epstein

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • Remembering Assar Lindbeck

    (2022)
    0 Citations
  • Awakening from the Chinese Dream

    (2022)
    0 Citations

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