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The thirteen most cited journals in economics

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A citation matrix for the thirteen most cited journals in economics is constructed from data in theSocial Sciences Citation Index.tm The components of the eigenvector associated with the largest possible eigenvalue (the Frobenius root) of this matrix defines “impact values” by which these journals may be ranked.

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  1. Institute for Future Studies, Box 591, S-101 31, Stockholm, (Sweden)

    M. Beckmann

  2. Inforsk, Department of Sociology, Umeå University, S-901 87, Umeå, (Sweden)

    O. Persson

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We should like to thank our collegue ProfessorKurt Brännäs of the Economics Department, Umeå university for calculating the largest eigenvalue and the associated eigenvector of the citation matrix.

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Beckmann, M., Persson, O. The thirteen most cited journals in economics. Scientometrics 42, 267–271 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02458360

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