Six Dimensions of Concentration in Economics: Evidence from a Large-Scale Data Set
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in: Science in Context, Jahrgang 32, Nr. 4, 01.12.2019, S. 381-410.
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T1 - Six Dimensions of Concentration in Economics
T2 - Evidence from a Large-Scale Data Set
AU - Glötzl, Florentin
AU - Aigner, Ernest
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Cambridge University Press.
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - Argument This paper argues that the economics discipline is highly concentrated, which may inhibit scientific innovation and change in the future. The argument is based on an empirical investigation of six dimensions of concentration in economics between 1956 and 2016 using a large-scale data set. The results show that North America accounts for nearly half of all articles and three quarters of all citations. Twenty institutions reap a share of 42 percent of citations, five journals a share of 28.5 percent, and 100 authors a share of 15.5 percent. A total of 2.8 percent of citations may be attributed to heterodox schools of thought. Also top articles are concentrated along these dimensions. Overall, concentration has strongly increased over the last six decades.
AB - Argument This paper argues that the economics discipline is highly concentrated, which may inhibit scientific innovation and change in the future. The argument is based on an empirical investigation of six dimensions of concentration in economics between 1956 and 2016 using a large-scale data set. The results show that North America accounts for nearly half of all articles and three quarters of all citations. Twenty institutions reap a share of 42 percent of citations, five journals a share of 28.5 percent, and 100 authors a share of 15.5 percent. A total of 2.8 percent of citations may be attributed to heterodox schools of thought. Also top articles are concentrated along these dimensions. Overall, concentration has strongly increased over the last six decades.
KW - bibliometrics
KW - citations
KW - concentration
KW - economics
KW - inequality
KW - scientometrics
KW - Economics
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U2 - 10.1017/S0269889720000034
DO - 10.1017/S0269889720000034
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 32202234
AN - SCOPUS:85082092604
VL - 32
SP - 381
EP - 410
JO - Science in Context
JF - Science in Context
SN - 0269-8897
IS - 4
ER -