Orthodox Core–Heterodox Periphery? Contrasting Citation Networks of Economics Departments in Vienna
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in: Review of Political Economy, Jahrgang 30, Nr. 2, 03.04.2018, S. 210-240.
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T1 - Orthodox Core–Heterodox Periphery? Contrasting Citation Networks of Economics Departments in Vienna
AU - Glötzl, Florentin
AU - Aigner, Ernest
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2018, © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2018/4/3
Y1 - 2018/4/3
N2 - The notion of an ‘orthodox core–heterodox periphery’ structure and the extent of interdisciplinary links have been widely discussed, and partially investigated bibliometrically, within economic discourse. We extend this research by applying tools from social network analysis to citation data of three economics departments located in Vienna, two mainstream and one non-mainstream, to assess their relative citation patterns. We show that both mainstream economics departments follow the asserted core–periphery pattern and have a mono-disciplinary research focus, while the citation network of the non-mainstream department has a polycentric structure and is both more heterodox and interdisciplinary. These findings suggest that discussions about the future of heterodox economics should pay more attention to the organizational level and seek allies from other disciplines.
AB - The notion of an ‘orthodox core–heterodox periphery’ structure and the extent of interdisciplinary links have been widely discussed, and partially investigated bibliometrically, within economic discourse. We extend this research by applying tools from social network analysis to citation data of three economics departments located in Vienna, two mainstream and one non-mainstream, to assess their relative citation patterns. We show that both mainstream economics departments follow the asserted core–periphery pattern and have a mono-disciplinary research focus, while the citation network of the non-mainstream department has a polycentric structure and is both more heterodox and interdisciplinary. These findings suggest that discussions about the future of heterodox economics should pay more attention to the organizational level and seek allies from other disciplines.
KW - bibliometrics
KW - Heterodox economics
KW - interdisciplinarity
KW - social network analysis
KW - Vienna
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U2 - 10.1080/09538259.2018.1449619
DO - 10.1080/09538259.2018.1449619
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85047271411
VL - 30
SP - 210
EP - 240
JO - Review of Political Economy
JF - Review of Political Economy
SN - 0953-8259
IS - 2
ER -