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The citation impact of funded and unfunded research in economics

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Is research which receives grant support more cited than unfunded research? The answer to this question for the field of economics is — at least tentatively — affirmative. However, in pursuing this query several methodological questions are encountered and discussed, ranging from the choice of the statistical model and of the population, through the control of covariates, to the selection of the unit of investigation. It is suggested that, in spite of their limitations, small bibliometric studies of selected populations, which control for at least some of the relevant covariates, might become a helpful tool in clarifying some issues in science policy.

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Peritz, B.C. The citation impact of funded and unfunded research in economics. Scientometrics 19, 199–206 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02095347

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