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Economic Development Quarterly
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Economic Development Quarterly

0891-2424

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/edq

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Economics and Finance 447 7 10 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 17
Documents by Best Scientists*: 20
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 57
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.767
Impact Factor: 1.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Economic Development Quarterly?

Economic Development Quarterly tackles a plethora of topics, such as Economic growth, State (polity), Public economics, Labour economics and Local economic development. Economic Development Quarterly focuses on Economic growth but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Government, Metropolitan area, Entrepreneurship and Politics. The State (polity) study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Economic system.

Public economics research discussed connects with the study of Incentive.

  • Economic growth (40.10%)
  • State (polity) (13.48%)
  • Public economics (11.06%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Location, Competition, and Economic Development: Local Clusters in a Global Economy (3124 citations)
  • Silicon Valley’s New Immigrant High-Growth Entrepreneurs: (297 citations)
  • Human Capital-Based Strategy for Regional Economic Development (218 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Economic Development Quarterly:

The most cited papers primarily tackle Economic growth, State (polity), Local economic development, Metropolitan area and Entrepreneurship. The journal publications explore research in Demographic economics and overlapping concepts in Immigration to expand the discourse in Economic growth. The journal articles focus on State (polity) but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Marketing and Economic system.

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

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Capitalism

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

State (polity), Economic growth, Economic geography, Entrepreneurship and Industrial policy are the subjects of interest in Economic Development Quarterly. The State (polity) works featured in Economic Development Quarterly incorporate elements from Economic system, Wage level, Labour economics and Unemployment. The studies on Economic growth discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Equity (finance), Instrumental variable and Program evaluation.

Research in Scope (project management) and the interrelating topic of Market economy were among the subjects of interest in the Entrepreneurship studies discussed in Economic Development Quarterly. The concepts on Industrial policy presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Economic restructuring, Economic policy and Economic history. The work on Incentive tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Local economic development and Public economics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Entrepreneurship in Small Cities: Evidence From U.S. Micropolitan Areas: (2 citations)
  • The Pittsburgh Transition: Not Quite So Simple: (1 citations)
  • Taxes and Economic Development: An Update on the State of the Economics Literature: (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 Economic Development Quarterly (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Laura A. Reese (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gordon F. Mulligan (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Timothy Bates (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Ann Markusen (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wim Wiewel (9 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 Economic Development Quarterly (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Wayne State University (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Cleveland State University (24 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Ohio State University (24 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Arizona (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous 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, 6.25% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 26.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 33.33% of all publications and 30.00% 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.

Why Study Economic Development in Oklahoma?

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Top Publications

  • Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Economic Development Policy

    (2022)
    29 Citations
  • The Economic Development Potential of Minority-Owned Businesses:

    Timothy Bates;Joseph Farhat;Colleen Casey

    (2021)
    16 Citations
  • The Impact of State-Level Research and Development Tax Credits on the Quantity and Quality of Entrepreneurship:

    Catherine Fazio;Jorge Guzman;Scott Stern

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • The Effects of State and Local Economic Incentives on Business Start-Ups in the United States: County-Level Evidence:

    Mark Partridge;Mark Partridge;Sydney Schreiner;Alexandra Tsvetkova;Carlianne Elizabeth Patrick

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • The Impact of Small Regional Economic Development Commissions: Is There Any Bang After Just a Few Bucks?:

    Tyler Morin;Mark Partridge

    (2021)
    7 Citations

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