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Economic Policy
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Economic Policy

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Published by: Oxford University Press

https://academic.oup.com/economicpolicy

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Economics and Finance 165 53 48 12
Political Science 342 4 4 2

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 60
Documents by Best Scientists*: 52
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 8
SCIMAGO H-index: 94
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.489
Impact Factor: 6.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Economic Policy?

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Monetary economics, Macroeconomics, International economics, Labour economics and Economic system. Economic Policy links adjacent topics like Monetary economics with Debt. The majority of Macroeconomics studies in it are focused on the subject of Fiscal policy.

Economic Policy explores research in Labour economics and the adjacent study of Unemployment.

  • Monetary economics (10.43%)
  • Macroeconomics (9.16%)
  • International economics (8.16%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Bargaining structure, corporatism and macroeconomic performance (1580 citations)
  • One money, one market : the effect of common currencies on trade (1370 citations)
  • Political and monetary institutions and public financial policies in the industrial countries (1126 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Economic Policy:

The journal papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as International economics, Monetary economics, Macroeconomics, Labour economics and Fiscal policy. While the journal publications focused on Monetary economics, they were also able to explore topics like Capital (economics) and Portfolio. The most cited articles address concerns in the field of Labour economics by exploring it in line with topics in Unemployment which intersect with Wage, Politics and Subsidy subjects.

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

  • Law
  • World War II
  • China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Economic Policy is mainly concerned with subjects like Monetary economics, Demographic economics, Investment (macroeconomics), Public economics and State (polity). The Fiscal policy and Interest rate studies presented in the journal fall under the field of Monetary economics, but it also has connections to other fields such as Offset (computer science). Economic Policy tackles studies in Policy mix and the interrelated subject of Financial crisis to gain insights into Fiscal policy.

Investment climate studies in the realm of Investment (macroeconomics) interact with fields like Business activities. Some problems in Public economics that were presented in Economic Policy overlapped with concepts under Regression discontinuity design, Convergence (economics), European integration, European Social Survey and Per capita. While the journal focused on State (polity), it was also able to explore topics like School choice, White British, Opt-out and Public relations.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Why Is the Euro Punching Below Its Weight (18 citations)
  • Redesigning EU fiscal rules: from rules to standards (10 citations)
  • The US–Chinese trade war: an event study of stock-market responses (7 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 Policy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Abel Aganbegyan (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Barry Eichengreen (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Andrey Shastitko (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sergey Sinelnikov-Murylev (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alexander Radygin (10 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 Policy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • International Monetary Fund (28 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • European Central Bank (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • London School of Economics and Political Science (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Economic Policy Institute (13 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, 64.44% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 31.25% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.50% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.50% of all publications and 43.75% 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.

Educational Opportunities in Economic Policy

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Top Publications

  • Exporting Pollution: Where Do Multinational Firms Emit CO2?

    Itzhak Ben-David;Yeejin Jang;Stefanie Kleimeier;Michael Viehs

    (2021)
    63 Citations
  • Can the covid bailouts save the economy?

    (2022)
    62 Citations
  • The US–Chinese trade war: an event study of stock-market responses

    Peter H. Egger;Jiaqing Zhu

    (2021)
    53 Citations
  • Macroeconomic dynamics and reallocation in an epidemic: evaluating the ‘Swedish solution’

    (2022)
    52 Citations
  • Corporate zombies: Anatomy and life cycle

    Ryan Niladri Banerjee;Boris Hofmann

    (2020)
    46 Citations

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