Abstract
This paper builds on previous work by reviewing the key literature relating to the rise in co-authorship in economics and by presenting further new evidence on several features of co-authorship in articles in economic journals. The empirical analysis draws on around 175,000 articles in the top 255 journals, over the period 1996–2014. The rises in quarto-plus and cross-country co-authored papers are striking, as are the differences in citations per article and citations per author. There is evidence of an alphabetical ordering of authors as the standard in co-authored papers in top journals with no downward trend evident over time. A correlation between co-authorship and career stage is observed with young authors publishing significantly more solo-authored articles.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1207-1225 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Scientometrics |
Volume | 114 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2018 |
Keywords
- Academic economic research
- Co-authorship
- Individual contribution