The Matthew effect for cohorts of economists

Richard S J Tol

doi:10.1016/j.joi.2013.02.001

The Matthew effect for cohorts of economists

Richard S J Tol^*

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Abstract

This paper applies the Ijiri-Simon test for systematic deviations from Gibrat's law to citation numbers of economists. It is found that often-cited researchers attract new citation numbers that are disproportionate to the quality of their work. It is also found that this Matthew effect is stronger for economists who started their academic career earlier.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	522-527
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Informetrics
Volume	7
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2013.02.001
Publication status	Published - 2013

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Matthew effect

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