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RESEARCH QUALITY RANKINGS OF HETERODOX ECONOMIC
JOURNALS IN A CONTESTED DISCIPLINE
APPENDIX I
By
Professor Frederic S. Lee*University of Missouri-Kansas City
Executive Director, ICAPE
and
Dr. Bruce C. Cronin**University of Greenwich
Assisted by
Scott McConnell* and Erik Dean*
May 12, 2010
Department of Economics* Department of International Business**
211 Haag Hall University of Greenwich Business SchoolUniversity of Missouri-Kansas City University of greenwich5100 Rockhill Road Park RowKansas City, Missouri 64110 London SE10 9LSUnited States United KingdomE-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]
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APPENDIX I
Table 1A The 62 Heterodox Journals and their Characteristics……………………. 3
Table 2A Bibliometric Scoring of the 62 Heterodox Journals for Research
Quality, 2002–08……..………………………………………………….. 7
Table 3A Scoring of the 62 Heterodox Journals for Network Research
Quality, 2002–08…………..…………………………………………….. 11
Table 4A Questionnaire and Peer Evaluation Results on the Research
Quality and Pluralism of the 62 Heterodox Journals……………………. 16
Table 4A.1 Characteristics of the Respondents……………………………… 20
Table 4A.2 Research Quality: Based on Some and Considerable Familiarity 30
Table 4A.3 Peer Evaluation Scoring of the 62 Heterodox Journals
for Research Quality……………………………………………. 33
Table 5A Research Quality Scoring of the 62 Heterodox Journals…………….... 36
Table 6A SSCI Economic Journals and Impact Factor Scores, 2008……………. 40
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Table 1A
The 62 Heterodox Journals and their Characteristics
Journal Name Type of Journal Years Covered
Data Source Type of Index
Advances in Austrian Economics
General 2005-08 Scopus Scopus
American Journal of Economics and Sociology
General 2002-08 Scopus SSCI/Scopus
Antipode Interdisciplinary 2002-08 Scopus SSCI/ScopusCambridge Journal of Economics
General 2002-08 Scopus SSCI/Scopus
Capital and Class General 2002-08 Hardcopy No IndexCapitalism, Nature, Socialism
Interdisciplinary 2002-08 Scopus Scopus
Cepal Review Specialist 2002-08 Electronic No IndexConstitutional Political Economy
General 2002-08 Scopus Scopus
Contributions to Political Economy
General 2002-08 Scopus/Hardcopy
Scopus/No Index
Critical Perspectives on International Business
Interdisciplinary 2005-08; started in 2005
Scopus Scopus
Critical Sociology Interdisciplinary 2003-08; missing 2002
Scopus Scopus
Debatte Interdisciplinary 2002-08 Hardcopy No IndexDevelopment and Change
Specialist 2002-08 Scopus SSCI/Scopus
Ecological Economics
Interdisciplinary 2002-08 Scopus SSCI/Scopus
Econ Journal Watch
General 2004-08; started in 2004
Scopus/Online Scopus/No Index
Economic Systems Research
General 2002-08 Scopus Scopus
Economics and Philosophy
Specialist 2002-08 Scopus/Electronic
SSCI/Scopus/No Index
Economy and Society
Interdisciplinary 2002-08 Scopus SSCI/Scopus
European Journal of the History of Economic Thought
Specialist 2002-08 Scopus/Electronic
SSCI/Scopus/No Index
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Feminist Economics
General 2002-08 Scopus SSCI/Scopus
Forum for Social Economics
General 2002-08 Hardcopy No Index
Historical Materialism
Interdisciplinary 2002-08 Scopus/Electronic
Scopus/No Index
History of Economics Review
Specialist 2002-08; missing 1 issue
Hardcopy/Electronic
No Index
History of Political Economy
Specialist 2002-08 Scopus SSCI/Scopus
International Journal of Green Economics
Interdisciplinary 2006-08; started in 2006
Scopus Scopus
International Journal of Political Economy
General 2002-08 Electronic No Index
International Journal of Social Economics
Interdisciplinary 2003-08; missing 2002
Scopus Scopus
International Labour Review
Interdisciplinary 2002-08 Scopus SSCI/Scopus
International Review of Applied Economics
General 2002-08 Scopus Scopus
Intervention: European Journal of Economics and Economic Policy
General 2004-08; started in 2004
Hardcopy No Index
Journal of Australian Political Economy
General 2002-08 Online/Hardcopy
No Index
Journal of Development Studies
Interdisciplinary 2002-08 Scopus SSCI/Scopus
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
General 2002-08 Scopus SSCI/Scopus
Journal of Economic Issues
General 2002-08 Scopus SSCI/Scopus
Journal of Economic Methodology
Specialist 2002-08 Scopus/Online
Scopus/No Index
Journal of Evolutionary Economics
General 2002-08 Scopus SSCI/Scopus
Journal of Income Distribution
Specialist 2002-08 Scopus Scopus
Journal of General 2005-08; Hardcopy No Index
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Institutional Economics
started in 2005
Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics
Interdisciplinary 2004-08; missing 2002-03
Scopus Scopus
Journal of Post Keynesian Economics
General 2002-08 Scopus SSCI/Scopus
Journal of Socio-Economics
Interdisciplinary 2002-08 Scopus Scopus
Journal of the History of Economic Thought
Specialist 2002-08 Scopus/Hardcopy
Scopus/No Index
Metroeconomica: International Review of Economics
General 2002-08 Electronic No Index
New Left Review Interdisciplinary 2002-08 Scopus SSCI/ScopusNew Political Economy
Interdisciplinary 2002-08 Scopus SSCI/Scopus
Organization and Environment
Interdisciplinary 2002-08 Scopus Scopus
Oxford Development Studies
Interdisciplinary 2002-08 Scopus Scopus
Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics
General 2006-08 Scopus/Online
Scopus/No Index
Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology
Specialist 2004-08 Scopus/Hardcopy Scopus/No Index
Rethinking Marxism
Interdisciplinary 2002-08 Online/Hardcopy
No Index
Review of African Political Economy
Specialist 2002-08 Scopus Scopus
Review of Austrian Economics
General 2002-08 Scopus Scopus
Review of Black Political Economy
General 2002-08 Scopus Scopus
Review of International Political Economy
Specialist 2002-08 Scopus SSCI/Scopus
Review of Political Economy
General 2002-08 Scopus Scopus
Review of Radical Political
General 2002-08 Scopus Scopus
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EconomicsReview of Social Economy
General 2002-08 Scopus Scopus
Revista de Economia Politica/Brazilian Journal of Political Economy
General 2005-08 Scopus SSCI/Scopus
Science and Society
Interdisciplinary 2002-08 Scopus SSCI/Scopus
Structural Change and Economic Dynamics
Specialist 2002-08 Scopus Scopus
Studies in Political Economy
Interdisciplinary 2002-08 Scopus Scopus
Work, Employment and Society
Interdisciplinary 2002-08 Scopus SSCI/Scopus
Derived from Appendix II: Table A1
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Table 2A
Bibliometric Scoring of the 62 Heterodox Journals for Research Quality, 2002 – 2008
Journal Name 3DP/TC E/DP I/DP I/E AEJ/TEJ AIJ/TIJ 2RDIF JBQSAdvances in Austrian Economics
0.1105 0.00 0.00 0.6538 0.2459 0.2950 0.6923 1.9976
American Journal of Economics and Sociology
0.7188 0.9685 0.00 0.00 0.3606 0.5737 0.3172 2.9390
Antipode 0.5236 0.3349 0.6970
0.00 0.1475 0.2131 0.7692 2.685
Cambridge Journal of Economics
0.4512 0.00 0.00 0.6015 0.7049 0.4754 0.8151 3.0483
Capital and Class 0.7242 0.4903 0.3677
0.9188 0.3278 0.2950 0.6976 3.4540
Capitalism, Nature, Socialism
0.9445 0.8031 0.9606
0.7058 0.2131 0.2622 0.6667 4.5563
Cepal Review 0.00 0.2034 0.2965
0.5428 0.1311 0.0983 0.2148 1.4872
Constitutional Political Economy
0.8519 0.5849 0.9716
0.2419 0.1311 0.2950 0.7692 3.8459
Contributions to Political Economy
0.2778 0.00 0.00 0.5802 0.2950 0.4262 0.2857 1.8650
Critical Perspectives on International Business
0.3802 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.3606 0.7692 1.510
Critical Sociology 0.6889 0.5806 0.00 0.00 0.0983 0.3934 0.6153 2.3767Debatte 0.6364 0.00 0.80 0.00 0.00 0.0983 0.6250 2.1597Development and Change
0.9916 0.9411 0.9159
0.8482 0.3114 0.2295 0.9896 5.2276
Ecological Economics
0.00 0.1882 0.1339
0.7113 0.1147 0.0655 0.8575 2.0714
Econ Journal Watch
0.3150 0.3292 0.4512
0.6296 0.1147 0.2459 0.7179 2.803
Economic Systems Research
0.00 0.3180 0.3524
0.8918 0.0491 0.0983 0.9885 2.6984
Economics and Philosophy
0.5606 0.00 0.4594
0.1180 0.5245 0.2459 0.7500 2.6586
Economy and Society
0.8764 0.3717 0.7948
0.4881 0.4754 0.2622 0.5384 3.8074
European Journal of the History of Economic Thought
0.3312 0.00 0.00 0.3724 0.4754 0.3606 0.8307 2.3704
Feminist Economics
0.8142 0.5823 0.9477
0.3724 0.2131 0.3606 0.9333 4.2239
Forum for Social 0.0342 0.00 0.00 0.3737 0.1803 0.4590 0.8955 1.9428
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EconomicsHistorical Materialism
0.8603 0.2039 0.00 0.00 0.1147 0.3114 0.6376 2.1282
History of Economics Review
0.3065 0.00 0.00 0.5067 0.4098 0.4098 0.8461 2.4791
History of Political Economy
0.4492 0.00 0.0723
0.5140 0.4262 0.4262 0.500 2.3881
International Journal of Green Economics
0.6521 0.9200 0.00 0.00 0.0655 0.2295 0.600 2.4672
International Journal of Political Economy
0.0129 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.1475 0.5245 0.8372 1.5223
International Journal of Social Economics
0.6512 0.4724 0.00 0.00 0.2295 0.6065 0.6667 2.6264
International Labour Review
0.8875 0.7415 0.4382
0.3482 0.4262 0.2950 0.800 3.9368
International Review of Applied Economics
0.5135 0.8026 0.00 0.00 0.1639 0.5409 0.5393 2.5603
Intervention: European Journal of Economics and Economic Policy
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0491 0.4262 0.7317 1.2071
Journal of Australian Political Economy
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.6343 0.3442 0.2950 0.6382 1.0119
Journal of Development Studies
0.9961 0.5984 0.5871
0.4189 0.3442 0.1803 0.7500 3.8752
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
0.5867 0.9154 0.2073
0.2265 0.3114 0.1475 0.7500 3.1450
Journal of Economic Issues
0.7922 0.8450 0.6390
0.7562 0.2459 0.1803 o.7452 4.203
Journal of Economic Methodology
0.7758 0.00 0.00 0.8516 0.2950 0.3114 0.9122 3.1463
Journal of Evolutionary Economics
0.4877 0.00 0.00 0.6200 0.4754 0.2786 0.6461 2.5080
Journal of Income Distribution
0.7014 0.6206 0.6896
0.8888 0.1475 0.1311 0.600 3.7794
Journal of Institutional Economics
0.2131 0.4615 0.00 0.00 0.1639 0.4098 0.9474 2.1957
Journal of 0.7340 0.5652 0.00 0.00 0.1639 0.1639 0.2667 1.8937
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Interdisciplinary EconomicsJournal of Post Keynesian Economics
0.7823 0.00 0.6690
0.3089 0.4098 0.1803 0.9739 3.3244
Journal of Socio-Economics
0.9295 0.5924 0.3649
0.00 0.1967 0.2131 0.9316 3.2283
Journal of the History of Economic Thought
0.3613 0.00 0.00 0.9816 0.4590 0.3442 1.0000 3.1464
Metroeconomica: International Review of Economics
0.3445 0.00 0.00 0.4516 0.4590 0.4426 0.8281 2.5259
New Left Review 0.0355 0.00 0.3750
0.0045 0.6229 0.0327 0.00 1.0707
New Political Economy
0.6872 0.6269 0.0079
0.5491 0.37704 0.2786 0.9387 3.4658
Organization and Environment
0.4596 0.1809 0.7666
0.00 0.0655 0.0983 0.2667 1.8378
Oxford Development Studies
0.3563 0.1290 0.00 0.00 0.2295 0.3770 0.4000 1.4919
Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics
0.6171 0.00 0.1667
0.9041 0.1475 0.1803 0.5600 2.5757
Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology
0.0779 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.1967 0.3606 0.5000 1.1352
Rethinking Marxism
0.6630 0.4975 0.7463
0.5000 0.2131 0.2131 0.8148 3.6479
Review of African Political Economy
0.4023 0.5371 0.3406
0.6341 0.1639 0.1311 0.6000 2.8092
Review of Austrian Economics
0.7823 0.9617 0.2038
0.2699 0.2295 0.3442 0.6436 3.4353
Review of Black Political Economy
0.2945 0.2530 0.5060
0.00 0.1147 0.1639 0.5556 1.8878
Review of International Political Economy
0.6834 0.4486 0.1621
0.8153 0.4918 0.3770 0.7865 3.7650
Review of Political Economy
0.2852 0.00 0.00 0.2468 0.6393 0.4754 0.4313 2.0782
Review of Radical Political Economics
0.6496 0.00 0.4673
0.7349 0.5573 0.3934 0.7027 3.5054
Review of Social Economy
0.4010 0.00 0.00 0.9054 0.3934 0.4754 0.8667 3.0420
Revista de 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.1475 0.2950 0.6667 1.1092
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Economia Politica/Brazilian Journal of Political EconomyScience and Society
0.9033 0.9814 0.6604
0.6352 0.3278 0.2295 0.5667 4.3045
Structural Change and Economic Dynamics
0.6359 0.00 0.5252
0.6576 0.3770 0.2295 0.7843 3.2097
Studies in Political Economy
0.7071 0.4545 0.3030
0.9019 0.1967 0.1639 0.8889 3.6162
Work, Employment and Society
0.00 0.2474 0.2319
0.9375 0.1147 0.0983 0.6904 2.3204
Average Journal Score
0.4951 0.3111 0.2727
0.4073 0.2704 0.2916 0.6820 2.7306
DP – domestic productionTC – total citationsI – import citationsE – export citationsAEJ – number of actual export journalsAIJ – number of actual import journalsTEJ – total number of export journalsTIJ – total number of import journalsRDIF – research dependency impact factorJBQS – journal bibliometric research quality score
Derived from Appendix II: Tables A1 and A2
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Table 3A
Scoring the 62 Heterodox Journals for Network Research Quality, 2002 – 2008
BC EC C G R I LCGR/
3 IL/2Advances in Austrian Economics 0.0773
0.4828 0.0000 0.1852 0.0000 0.0833 0.1791 0.0617 0.1312
American Journal of Economics and Sociology 0.5687
0.8429 0.5753 0.5309 0.4598 0.0000 0.2985 0.5220 0.1493
Antipode 0.12460.559
7 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.9167 0.7612 0.0000 0.8389Cambridge Journal of Economics 1.0000
1.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1379 0.2500 0.1791 0.0460 0.2146
Capital and Class 0.43540.702
2 0.2796 0.3704 0.4138 0.0000 0.1343 0.3546 0.0672Capitalism, Nature, Socialism 0.0764
0.4187 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.2537 0.0000 0.1269
Cepal Review 0.07250.428
9 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.5000 0.9254 0.0000 0.7127Constitutional Political Economy 0.1088
0.5592 0.3871 0.3333 0.1034 0.0000 0.0896 0.2746 0.0448
Contributions to Political Economy 0.1705
0.6342 0.7097 0.0000 0.9885 0.0000 0.0000 0.5661 0.0000
Critical Perspectives on International Business 0.0741
0.4122 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Critical Sociology 0.12810.496
8 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1667 0.0000 0.0000 0.0833
Debatte 0.00190.121
9 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000Development and Change 0.4341
0.6828 1.0000 0.2963 0.0690 0.0000 0.0000 0.4551 0.0000
Ecological Economics 0.27300.594
0 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Econ Journal Watch 0.04000.339
2 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.2778 0.1791 0.0000 0.2284Economic Systems Research 0.0190
0.3220 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.3333 0.2687 0.0000 0.3010
Economics and Philosophy 0.1731
0.6481 0.3333 0.2222 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1852 0.0000
Economy and Society 0.46950.885
8 0.9032 0.3333 0.1379 0.1667 0.0000 0.4582 0.0833European J of the History of Economic
0.4760 0.6668
0.4731 0.2593 0.2759 0.0000 0.1791 0.3361 0.0896
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Thought
Feminist Economics 0.25490.701
2 0.3387 0.0000 0.0690 0.0000 0.0000 0.1359 0.0000Forum for Social Economics 0.2030
0.6581 0.0000 0.0741 0.0000 0.0000 0.0448 0.0247 0.0224
Historical Materialism 0.17530.531
1 0.0000 0.0000 0.2069 0.5833 0.4478 0.0690 0.5155History of Economics Review 0.1918
0.6450 0.0968 0.3333 0.1149 0.0000 0.2687 0.1817 0.1343
History of Political Economy 0.2240
0.7069 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
International Journal of Green Economics 0.0620
0.3383 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
International Journal of Political Economy 0.3266
0.6525 0.8925 0.2222 0.6897 0.0000 0.2687 0.6015 0.1343
International Journal of Social Economics 0.5832
0.8398 0.0000 0.0000 1.0000 0.3333 0.0896 0.3333 0.2114
International Labour Review 0.2522
0.6503 0.5376 1.0000 0.7701 0.1667 0.6269 0.7692 0.3968
International Review of Applied Economics 0.2084
0.6668 0.2151 0.1852 0.1724 0.0000 0.1791 0.1909 0.0896
Intervention: European J of Econ & Econ. Pol 0.0693
0.5351 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Journal of Australian Political Economy 0.1710
0.6080 0.3978 0.2222 0.1609 0.0000 0.0000 0.2603 0.0000
Journal of Development Studies 0.2765
0.6910 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 0.4360
0.8203 0.1505 0.3704 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1736 0.0000
Journal of Economic Issues 0.5957
0.8786 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Journal of Economic Methodology 0.1153
0.5670 0.1290 0.0741 0.0690 0.0000 0.0896 0.0907 0.0448
Journal of Evolutionary Economics 0.3228
0.7399 0.0538 0.0617 0.1724 0.3333 0.3582 0.0960 0.3458
Journal of Income Distribution 0.0311
0.3423 0.0000 0.0000 0.1034 0.1667 0.0896 0.0345 0.1281
Journal of Institutional Economics 0.0591
0.5351 0.6452 0.0000 0.2069 0.0000 0.0000 0.2840 0.0000
Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics 0.0643
0.3350 0.0000 0.3704 0.0000 0.3889 0.2090 0.1235 0.2989
Journal of Post Keynesian Economics 0.3158
0.7641 0.0645 0.0741 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0462 0.0000
Journal of Socio-Economics 0.1416
0.5112 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Journal of the History 0.2266 0.650 0.1613 0.3210 0.1034 0.0833 0.1791 0.1952 0.1312
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of Economic Thought 0Metroeconomica: International Review of Economics 0.2478
0.6686 0.1613 0.2963 0.5057 0.3333 0.4478 0.3211 0.3905
New Left Review 0.44380.726
5 0.1774 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0591 0.0000New Political Economy 0.3026
0.6396 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Organization and Environment 0.0746
0.3663 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 1.0000 0.1791 0.0000 0.5896
Oxford Development Studies 0.1649
0.5601 0.3441 0.4074 0.6207 0.0000 0.6269 0.4574 0.3134
Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 0.0233
0.2745 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.5000 0.2687 0.0000 0.3843
Research in the History of Econ Thought & Meth 0.0740
0.4855 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1667 0.7910 0.0000 0.4789
Rethinking Marxism 0.16300.603
0 0.5269 0.5926 0.4943 0.0000 0.1791 0.5379 0.0896Review of African Political Economy 0.0547
0.4663 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0833 0.2090 0.0000 0.1461
Review of Austrian Economics 0.1710
0.6168 0.1613 0.1852 0.4138 0.1667 0.0448 0.2534 0.1057
Review of Black Political Economy 0.0093
0.3052 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.1667 0.0000 0.0000 0.0833
Review of International Political Economy 0.6030
0.8251 0.8495 0.5185 0.9195 0.1667 0.4030 0.7625 0.2848
Review of Political Economy 0.5838
0.8845 0.0000 0.6914 0.0000 0.0000 0.6269 0.2305 0.3134
Review of Radical Political Economics 0.4861
0.8405 0.0000 0.0000 0.2069 0.1667 0.1194 0.0690 0.1430
Review of Social Economy 0.4853
0.8445 0.4032 0.3827 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.2620 0.0000
Revista de Economia Polit/Brazilian J. of Pol Economy 0.1411
0.4471 0.0000 0.0000 0.3678 0.7500 1.0000 0.1226 0.8750
Science and Society 0.21640.603
6 0.0000 0.0000 0.4828 0.0000 0.1791 0.1609 0.0896Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 0.1609
0.5415 0.0000 0.0000 0.1264 0.0000 0.0448 0.0421 0.0224
Studies in Political Economy 0.0416
0.3030 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Work, Employment and Society 0.0323
0.3781 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0833 0.0896 0.0000 0.0864
EC – eigenvector centralityBC – betweenness centrality
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C – coordinatorI – itinerant brokerG – gatekeeperR – representative roleL – liaison role
Journals JNQSJNQS*
Advances in Austrian Economics0.753
01.317
7 American Journal of Economics and Sociology
2.0828
3.6449
Antipode1.523
32.665
7
Cambridge Journal of Economics2.260
53.955
8
Capital and Class1.559
32.728
7
Capitalism, Nature, Socialism0.622
01.088
5
Cepal Review1.214
12.124
6
Constitutional Political Economy0.987
41.727
9
Contributions to Political Economy1.370
82.398
9Critical Perspectives on International Business
0.4863
0.8510
Critical Sociology0.708
21.239
3
Debatte0.123
80.216
6
Development and Change1.572
02.751
0
Ecological Economics0.867
01.517
2Econ Journal Watch 0.607 1.063
15
7 4
Economic Systems Research0.642
01.123
5
Economics and Philosophy1.006
41.761
2
Economy and Society1.896
83.319
4European Journal of the History of Economic Thought
1.5684
2.7447
Feminist Economics1.092
01.911
0
Forum for Social Economics0.908
11.589
1
Historical Materialism1.290
92.259
0
History of Economics Review1.152
92.017
5
History of Political Economy0.930
91.629
0
International Journal of Green Economics0.400
30.700
5
International Journal of Political Economy1.714
93.001
0
International Journal of Social Economics1.967
83.443
6
International Labour Review2.068
53.619
8
International Review of Applied Economics1.155
62.022
3Intervention: European J of Econ & Econ. Pol
0.6043
1.0575
Journal of Australian Political Economy1.039
31.818
7
Journal of Development Studies0.967
51.693
1Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
1.4299
2.5023
Journal of Economic Issues1.474
32.580
0
Journal of Economic Methodology0.817
71.430
9
Journal of Evolutionary Economics1.504
42.632
7
Journal of Income Distribution0.536
00.938
0Journal of Institutional Economics 0.878 1.536
16
2 8
Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics0.821
71.437
9
Journal of Post Keynesian Economics1.126
11.970
6
Journal of Socio-Economics0.652
81.142
4
Journal of the History of Economic Thought1.203
12.105
4Metroeconomica: International Review of Economics
1.6280
2.8490
New Left Review1.229
52.151
6
New Political Economy0.942
31.649
0
Organization and Environment1.030
51.803
3
Oxford Development Studies1.495
82.617
5
Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics0.682
11.193
6Research in the History of Econ Thought & Methodology
1.0384
1.8172
Rethinking Marxism1.393
52.438
6
Review of African Political Economy0.667
11.167
4
Review of Austrian Economics1.146
92.007
0
Review of Black Political Economy0.397
80.696
1
Review of International Political Economy2.475
44.331
9
Review of Political Economy2.012
33.521
5Review of Radical Political Economics 1.538
62.692
5
Review of Social Economy1.591
82.785
6Revista de Economia Polit/Brazilian J. of Pol Economy
1.5858
2.7751
Science and Society1.070
51.873
3
Structural Change and Economic Dynamics0.766
91.342
0Studies in Political Economy 0.344 0.603
17
6 0
Work, Employment and Society0.496
90.869
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JNQS – journal social network research quality scoreJNQS* - journal social network research quality score rescaled
The ‘raw” JNQSs are based on a benchmark score of four. To make them equivalent to the bibliometric research quality scores, which are based on a benchmark of seven, they are rescaled by multiplying each network score by 1.75.
Table 4A
Questionnaire and Results on the Research Quality and Pluralism of the 62 Heterodox Journals
QUESTIONNAIRE ON THE RANKING OF JOURNALS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO
HETERODOX ECONOMICS
Dear Colleague,
I am engaged in a research project on the ranking of journals that are relevant to the development of heterodox economics in terms of their research quality and their pluralism. As you are undoubtedly aware, the ranking of economic journals is a very controversial topic, largely in part because mainstream economists and economic associations use such rankings to diminish and dismiss the research of heterodox economists. Although a world without such rankings would be preferable to one with them, this is currently not an option. Heterodox economists in the United Kingdom, France, Greece, Italy, Spain, and Australia have to deal with such rankings on a daily basis since they are part of their government evaluation of the research activities in higher education. In addition, in countries such as the United States where such ‘official’ lists do not exist, they nevertheless circulate among economics departments and become part of the evaluation of faculty when hiring and promoting. One way to respond to these uses of ranking economics journals is to develop an alternative ranking of journals that are important to heterodox economics—numerous heterodox economists have told me that such a ranking would be quite useful to them when dealing with the dismissal of their research.
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A methodologically sound ranking exercise consists of a bibliometric analysis which has already been done) and peer evaluation. The significance of peer evaluation is that it provides an insight into the similarities and differences among journals that is not possible with a bibliometric analysis. I hope you decide to answer the questionnaire, as your responses in combination with the bibliometric analysis will contribute to a better ranking.
Sincerely,
Fred Lee
Professor Frederic S. LeeDepartment of EconomicsUniversity of Missouri-Kansas City5100 Rockhill RoadKansas City, Missouri 64110USAE-mail: [email protected]
QUESTIONNAIRE
Introduction
You are asked to evaluate up to 62 journals—which include generalist, specialist, and interdisciplinary journals--that heterodox economists think are important in terms of their contribution to the building of heterodox economics and to pluralism. Your responses will remain anonymous. Before marking your responses on the survey form, you may find it helpful to look over the full set of journals you are being asked to evaluate. Each journal is to be evaluates in terms of:
1. Research quality: it is defined as a journal’s contribution to building heterodox economics through developing specific heterodox economic knowledge and engaging with different heterodox approaches in a manner that integrates heterodox economic theory.
2. Pluralism: it is defined as critical engagement with mainstream ideas and arguments; pluralism is not about agreement or disagreement, but about engagement.
In the case that the aims and objectives of the journal are not relevant to promoting pluralism in economics, please select ‘Not Relevant’. For instance, if the journal is primarily directed towards promoting geography, sociology, or some other ‘non-economics area’, then select ‘Not Relevant’.
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In assessing each of these questions, please tick the box next to the phrase that most closely corresponds to your assessment. If you are unfamiliar with the journal, mark the category “Little or None” and proceed on to the next journal.
Preliminary Information
Country of Primary Institutional Affiliation of where you work__________________________
JEL Classifications of your research, research interests: please all the relevant boxes
A – General economics and teaching [ ]B – Schools of economic thought, methodology, and heterodox approaches [ ]C – Mathematics and quantitative methods [ ]D – Microeconomics [ ]E - Macroeconomics and monetary policy [ ]F – International economics [ ]G – Financial economics [ ]H – Public economics [ ]I – Health, education, and welfare [ ]J – Labor and demographic economics [ ]K – Law and economics [ ]L – Industrial Organization [ ]M – Business administration and business economics; marketing; accounting [ ]N – Economic history [ ]O – Economic development, technological change, and growth [ ]P – Economic systems [ ]Q – Agricultural and natural resources economics [ ]R – Urban, rural, and regional economics [ ]Y – Miscellaneous Categories [ ]Z – Other Special Topics [ ]Specify other topics______________________________________
Questions(in bold)
Advances in Austrian Economics
American Journal of Economics and Sociology
Antipode Cambridge Journal of Economics
Capital and Class
Familiarity with the journala. Considerable (regularly reading/consulting the journal)b. Somec. Little or none
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(If you tick this box, then go on to the next journalIf familiar with the journal, then please tick any of the following that are relevanta. Subscribe to itb. Publish in itc. Editor of it—past or presentd. On the editorial board—past or presente. Consult it for research Research Qualitya. Distinguishedb. Strongc. Goodd. Adequatee. Minimalf. No Response (or N/A)Promoting Pluralisma. Excellentb. Very Goodc. Goodd. Adequatee. Minimalf. Not relevant
Do you have any comments about this questionnaire or is there anything else you would
like to add? __________________________________________________________________
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THANK YOU FOR COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRE
Table 4A.1
Characteristics of the Respondents(408 Respondents)
Country of Primary Institutional Affiliation
United States 102
Canada 10
Latin America 34 Argentina 6 Brazil 16 Colombia 4 Mexico 7 Venezuela 1
Europe 200 Austria 5 Belgium 5 Denmark 1 France 51 Germany 13
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Greece 6 Hungary 1 Ireland 3 Italy 37 Norway 2 Poland 1 Portugal 4 Romania 1 Russia 2 Slovenia 1 Spain 4 Sweden 2 Switzerland 2 The Netherlands 8 Turkey 7 United Kingdom 44
Other 37 Australia 15 Brunei 1 China 2 India 3 Japan 2 Malaysia 2 New Zealand 2 South Africa 3 South Korea 5 Taiwan 1 Thailand 1
None Given or Unknown 25
Total 408
JEL Classifications of Respondents Research and Research Interests
A – General economics and teaching 228B – Schools of economic thought, methodology, and heterodox approaches 392C – Mathematics and quantitative methods 69D – Microeconomics 85E - Macroeconomics and monetary policy 202F – International economics 147G – Financial economics 71H – Public economics 80I – Health, education, and welfare 72
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J – Labor and demographic economics 108K – Law and economics 36L – Industrial Organization 114M – Business administration and business economics; marketing; accounting 32N – Economic history 116O – Economic development, technological change, and growth 237P – Economic systems 115Q – Agricultural and natural resources economics 50R – Urban, rural, and regional economics 73Y – Miscellaneous Categories 17Z – Other Special Topics 60Specify other topics: Computational economics (1), crime and justice studies (1),
economic anthropology (1),Economic geography (1), economic sociology (4), experimental economics (1), industrial sociology (1), identity (1)
Familiarity with the Journals
Journal Name FamiliarityNone
FamiliaritySome
FamiliarityConsiderable
Total Responses
Advances in Austrian Economics 364 36 5 405American Journal of Economics and Sociology 239 141 25 405Antipode 359 34 12 405Cambridge Journal of Economics 42 133 230 405Capital and Class 228 126 51 405Capitalism, Nature, Socialism 340 48 17 405Cepal Review 314 59 32 405Constitutional Political Economy 369 28 8 405Contributions to Political Economy 261 107 37 405Critical Perspectives on International
390 12 3 405
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BusinessCritical Sociology 370 28 7 405Debatte 398 6 1 405Development and Change 263 111 31 405Ecological Economics 296 79 30 405Econ Journal Watch 353 40 12 405Economic Systems Research 351 46 8 405Economics and Philosophy 230 132 43 405Economy and Society 208 144 53 405European Journal of the History of Economic Thought 210 121 74 405Feminist Economics 284 80 41 405Forum for Social Economics 334 44 27 405Historical Materialism 328 40 37 405History of Economics Review 315 72 18 405History of Political Economy 211 127 67 405International Journal of Green Economics 380 18 7 405International Journal of Political Economy 64 33 11 108International Journal of Social Economics 337 54 14 405International Labour Review 312 73 20 405International Review of Applied Economics 258 80 67 405Intervention: European Journal of Economics and Economic Policy 334 47 24 405
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Journal of Australian Political Economy 367 26 12 405Journal of Development Studies 258 102 45 405Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 217 116 72 405Journal of Economic Issues 104 137 164 405Journal of Economic Methodology 246 102 57 405Journal of Evolutionary Economics 212 128 65 405Journal of Income Distribution 351 45 9 405Journal of Institutional Economics 247 103 55 405Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics 378 21 6 405Journal of Post Keynesian Economics 116 134 155 405Journal of Socio-Economics 268 106 31 405Journal of the History of Economic Thought 222 119 64 405Metroeconomica: International Review of Economics 242 91 72 405New Left Review 211 112 82 405New Political Economy 318 64 23 405Organization and Environment 390 9 6 405Oxford Development Studies 324 62 19 405
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Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 374 25 6 405Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology 342 43 20 405Rethinking Marxism 280 88 37 405Review of African Political Economy 355 33 17 405Review of Austrian Economics 366 33 6 405Review of Black Political Economy 369 30 6 405Review of International Political Economy 327 54 24 405Review of Political Economy 186 116 103 405Review of Radical Political Economics 171 100 134 405Review of Social Economy 253 90 62 405Revista de Economia Politica/Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 358 25 22 405Science and Society 267 91 47 405Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 269 79 57 405Studies in Political Economy 355 37 13 405Work, Employment and Society 367 27 11 405
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Interaction with the Journal
Journal Name Subscribe to
Publish in
Editor of
On Editorial
Board
Consult for
research
Other
Advances in Austrian Economics 2 5 0 0 25 3American Journal of Economics and Sociology 5 14 0 1 119 11Antipode 2 3 0 0 29 3Cambridge Journal of Economics 31 74 5 4 270 18Capital and Class 8 7 1 0 123 6Capitalism, Nature, Socialism 7 2 2 2 36 5Cepal Review 10 7 1 1 69 1Constitutional Political Economy 1 4 1 1 19 0Contributions to Political Economy 4 7 0 2 93 6Critical Perspectives on International Business 1 0 0 1 6 1
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Critical Sociology 1 1 0 0 20 2Debatte 0 1 0 0 4 0Development and Change 5 9 0 2 100 3Ecological Economics 9 15 0 1 68 4Econ Journal Watch 8 2 0 2 29 7Economic Systems Research 5 8 0 0 30 4Economics and Philosophy 9 5 0 1 118 7Economy and Society 6 8 0 0 125 4European Journal of the History of Economic Thought 11 21 1 3 118 5Feminist Economics 21 13 2 3 65 10Forum for Social Economics 17 14 0 4 31 6Historical Materialism 9 6 0 1 46 2History of Economics Review 9 11 1 3 52 0History of Political Economy 10 21 1 1 128 3International Journal of Green Economics 3 6 1 4 15 1International Journal of Political Economy 2 6 0 0 27 1International Journal of Social Economics 3 13 0 0 37 2International Labour Review 1 4 0 0 55 3International Review of Applied Economics 7 40 2 7 92 7Intervention: European Journal of Economics and Economic Policy 13 14 1 3 46 1Journal of Australian Political Economy 5 5 0 0 25 2Journal of Development Studies 6 11 1 2 110 2Journal of Economic 5 12 6 3 130 1
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Behavior and OrganizationJournal of Economic Issues 54 68 2 13 194 6Journal of Economic Methodology 15 13 1 5 101 5Journal of Evolutionary Economics 17 17 1 0 105 2Journal of Income Distribution 1 7 0 0 34 0Journal of Institutional Economics 22 5 1 4 95 6Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics 1 6 0 1 15 2Journal of Post Keynesian Economics 29 49 1 4 189 12Journal of Socio-Economics 5 11 0 3 82 9Journal of the History of Economic Thought 14 21 0 0 119 3Metroeconomica: International Review of Economics 7 30 3 6 107 9New Left Review 19 4 1 1 109 10New Political Economy 3 7 0 0 55 3Organization and Environment 0 2 1 0 8 0Oxford Development Studies 2 4 0 2 53 2Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 3 3 0 1 14 2Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology 3 11 0 0 35 2Rethinking Marxism 13 11 2 5 74 8Review of African Political Economy 0 0 0 0 36 3Review of Austrian Economics 4 6 0 1 22 3
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Review of Black Political Economy 4 3 0 1 20 2Review of International Political Economy 5 8 0 0 51 1Review of Political Economy 15 52 2 6 150 15Review of Radical Political Economics 58 50 3 13 144 9Review of Social Economy 30 36 2 6 92 7Revista de Economia Politica/Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 6 14 1 4 31 1Science and Society
7 9 1 2 82 10Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 5 18 0 1 83 5Studies in Political Economy 3 3 0 1 29 2Work, Employment and Society 3 3 0 0 23 3Total 584 840 48 132 4,412 273Total Number of Respondents (excluding double counting)
186 242 23 74 356 60
Average 3.14 3.47 2.09 1.78 12.39 4.55
The category Other included refereeing papers, used for teaching, and read in the past.
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Table 4A.2
Research Quality: Based on Some and Considerable Familiarity(405 Respondents)
Journal Name Distinguished Strong Good Adequate Minimal No Response
Total
Advances in Austrian Economics 0 9 14 8 0 10 41American Journal of Economics and Sociology 12 51 56 15 1 31 166Antipode 8 18 8 0 0 12 46Cambridge Journal of Economics 180 99 31 10 2 41 363Capital and Class 16 46 55 25 1 34 177Capitalism, Nature, Socialism 10 21 18 5 0 11 65Cepal Review 10 30 29 7 1 14 91Constitutional Political Economy 5 3 14 10 0 4 36Contributions to Political Economy 20 36 48 21 1 18 144Critical Perspectives on International Business 1 5 3 1 1 4 15Critical Sociology 4 9 12 2 0 8 35
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Debatte 0 1 3 1 1 1 7Development and Change 11 53 36 14 1 27 142Ecological Economics 20 35 23 11 2 18 109Econ Journal Watch 1 15 20 7 1 8 52Economic Systems Research 5 11 22 5 1 10 54Economics and Philosophy 32 59 45 6 1 32 175Economy and Society 32 53 60 15 0 37 197European Journal of the History of Economic Thought 36 74 48 5 1 31 195Feminist Economics 37 31 30 2 2 19 121Forum for Social Economics 3 20 29 7 5 7 71Historical Materialism 17 25 15 7 2 11 77History of Economics Review 9 26 27 9 0 19 90History of Political Economy 54 60 33 13 0 34 194International Journal of Green Economics 2 5 3 6 4 5 25International Journal of Political Economy 4 14 13 1 2 10 44International Journal of Social Economics 8 13 21 10 0 16 68International Labour Review 8 22 27 10 1 25 93International Review of Applied Economics 18 58 35 11 4 21 147Intervention: European Journal of Economics and Economic Policy 4 20 29 9 1 8 71Journal of Australian Political Economy 2 11 11 7 1 6 38Journal of Development Studies 23 47 44 9 1 23 147Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 65 60 31 7 1 24 188Journal of Economic Issues 64 99 81 18 3 36 301Journal of Economic Methodology 29 65 30 6 2 27 159Journal of Evolutionary Economics 34 74 36 11 2 36 193Journal of Income Distribution 6 9 16 7 1 15 54
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Journal of Institutional Economics 22 59 36 6 2 33 158Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics 1 5 9 4 0 8 27Journal of Post Keynesian Economics 86 108 52 10 1 32 289Journal of Socio-Economics 10 45 48 11 1 22 137Journal of the History of Economic Thought 38 69 42 4 1 29 183Metroeconomica: International Review of Economics 43 57 37 10 2 14 163New Left Review 37 66 47 10 4 30 194New Political Economy 7 26 18 14 1 21 87Organization and Environment 0 4 10 1 0 0 15Oxford Development Studies 12 27 23 3 1 15 81Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 1 7 6 9 3 5 31Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology 8 14 22 6 0 13 63Rethinking Marxism 19 39 30 17 4 16 125Review of African Political Economy 8 14 15 3 2 8 50Review of Austrian Economics 1 12 12 7 1 6 39Review of Black Political Economy 4 13 9 5 1 4 36Review of International Political Economy 11 28 15 4 2 18 78Review of Political Economy 40 79 57 12 1 30 219Review of Radical Political Economics 47 85 56 13 3 30 234Review of Social Economy 18 54 37 15 2 26 152Revista de Economia Politica/Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 9 14 11 3 2 8 47Science and Society
22 44 28 13 3 28 138Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 27 63 29 4 2 11 136Studies in Political 0 16 16 3 0 15 50
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EconomyWork, Employment and Society 6 12 6 4 0 10 38Total 1267 2247 1727 509 86 1126 6961Percent of Total 18 32 25 7 1 16 100
Table 4A.3
Peer Evaluation Scoring of the 62 Heterodox Journals for Research Quality(405 Respondents)
Journal Name Research Quality Score
for Some Familiarity
Research Quality Score
for Considerable Familiarity
Total Score
Average Score
Familiarity Weighting
JPEQS
Advances in Austrian Economics 40 14 54 1.3171 0.1012 0.1333American Journal of Economics and Sociology 191.5 80 271.5 1.6355 0.4099 0.6704Antipode 51.5 33 84.5 1.837 0.1136 0.2086Cambridge Journal of Economics 229.5 952 1181.5 3.2548 0.8963 2.9173Capital and Class 155.5 169 324.5 1.8333 0.437 0.8012Capitalism, Nature, Socialism 64 70 134 2.0615 0.1605 0.3309Cepal Review 79.5 113 192.5 2.1154 0.2247 0.4753Constitutional Political Economy 35.5 28 63.5 1.7639 0.0889 0.1568Contributions to Political Economy 146.5 138 284.5 1.9757 0.3556 0.7025Critical Perspectives on International Business
15 7 22 1.4667 0.037 0.0543
Critical Sociology 34.5 27 61.5 1.7571 0.0864 0.1519Debatte 6 4 10 1.4286 0.0173 0.0247
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Development and Change 148.5 107 255.5 1.7993 0.3506 0.6309Ecological Economics 107.5 118 225.5 2.0688 0.2691 0.5568Econ Journal Watch 50.5 39 89.5 1.7212 0.1284 0.221Economic Systems Research 58 30 88 1.6296 0.1333 0.2173Economics and Philosophy 184.5 175 359.5 2.0543 0.4321 0.8877Economy and Society 187 208 395 2.0051 0.4864 0.9753European Journal of the History of Economic Thought 170.5 290 460.5 2.3615 0.4815 1.137Feminist Economics 116 173 289 2.3884 0.2988 0.7136Forum for Social Economics 52 97 149 2.0986 0.1753 0.3679Historical Materialism 49.5 147 196.5 2.5519 0.1901 0.4852History of Economics Review 91 66 157 1.7444 0.2222 0.3877History of Political Economy 188 259 447 2.3041 0.479 1.1037International Journal of Green Economics 15.5 24 39.5 1.58 0.0617 0.0975International Journal of Political Economy 40.5 38 78.5 1.7841 0.4074 0.7269International Journal of Social Economics 59 57 116 1.7059 0.1679 0.2864International Labour Review 83 64 147 1.5806 0.2296 0.363International Review of Applied Economics 105.5 242 347.5 2.3639 0.363 0.858Intervention: European Journal of Economics and Economic Policy 59.5 87 146.5 2.0634 0.1753 0.3617Journal of Australian Political Economy 32.5 37 69.5 1.8289 0.0938 0.1716Journal of Development Studies 149 156 305 2.0748 0.363 0.7531Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 189.5 294 483.5 2.5718 0.4642 1.1938Journal of Economic Issues 192.5 613 805.5 2.6761 0.7432 1.9889Journal of Economic Methodology 139.5 230 369.5 2.3239 0.3926 0.9123Journal of Evolutionary Economics 174.5 249 423.5 2.1943 0.4765 1.0457Journal of Income Distribution 49.5 30 79.5 1.4722 0.1333 0.1963Journal of Institutional Economics 127.5 213 340.5 2.1551 0.3901 0.8407Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics 20.5 19 39.5 1.463 0.0667 0.0975Journal of Post Keynesian Economics 213 613 826 2.8581 0.7136 2.0395Journal of Socio-Economics 141.5 114 255.5 1.865 0.3383 0.6309Journal of the History of Economic Thought 178.5 244 422.5 2.3087 0.4519 1.0432Metroeconomica: International Review of Economics 142 292 434 2.6626 0.4025 1.0716New Left Review 152 310 462 2.3814 0.479 1.1407
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New Political Economy 69.5 83 152.5 1.7529 0.2148 0.3765Organization and Environment 13.5 21 34.5 2.3 0.037 0.0852Oxford Development Studies 90 64 154 1.9012 0.2 0.3802Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 26 20 46 1.4839 0.0765 0.1136Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology 49 76 125 1.9841 0.1556 0.3086Rethinking Marxism 115.5 148 263.5 2.108 0.3086 0.6506Review of African Political Economy 45 59 104 2.08 0.1235 0.2568Review of Austrian Economics 40.5 23 63.5 1.6282 0.0963 0.1568Review of Black Political Economy 42 26 68 1.8889 0.0889 0.1679Review of International Political Economy 66 90 156 2 0.1926 0.3852Review of Political Economy 156 400 556 2.5388 0.5407 1.3728Review of Radical Political Economics 128.5 515 643.5 2.75 0.5778 1.5889Review of Social Economy 103 243 346 2.2763 0.3753 0.8543Revista de Economia Politica/Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 29 84 113 2.4043 0.116 0.279Science and Society
114 171 285 2.0652 0.3407 0.7037Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 129 226 355 2.6103 0.3358 0.8765Studies in Political Economy 38 42 80 1.6 0.1235 0.1975Work, Employment and Society 31 42 73 1.9211 0.0938 0.1802
JPERQS – journal peer evaluation research quality score
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Table 5A
Research Quality Scoring of the 62 Heterodox Journals
Journal Name Type of Journal JRQS JNQS* TCS JPEQS HJQS
Advances in Austrian Economics
General 1.9977
1.3178 3.3154 0.1333 0.1317American Journal of Economics and Sociology
General 2.9390
3.6449 6.5839 0.6704 0.3022Antipode Interdisciplinary 2.6855 2.6658 5.3513 0.2086 0.212Cambridge Journal of Economics
General 3.0483
3.9559 7.0042 2.9173 0.5419Capital and Class General 3.4540 2.7288 6.1828 0.8012 0.3009Capitalism, Nature, Socialism
Interdisciplinary 4.5563
1.0885 5.6448 0.3309 0.2347Cepal Review Specialist 1.4872 2.1247 3.6119 0.4753 0.1765Constitutional Political Economy
General 3.8460
1.7280 5.5739 0.1568 0.2147Contributions to Political
General 1.8651 2.3989 4.2640 0.7025 0.2225
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EconomyCritical Perspectives on International Business
Interdisciplinary 1.5102
0.8510 2.3612 0.0852 0.0928Critical Sociology
Interdisciplinary 2.37671.2394 3.6161 0.1519 0.1443
Debatte Interdisciplinary 2.1597 0.2167 2.3764 0.0247 0.0873Development and Change
Specialist 5.22772.7510 7.9787 0.6309 0.348
Ecological Economics
Interdisciplinary 2.07141.5173 3.5887 0.5568 0.1838
Econ Journal Watch
General 2.80381.0635 3.8673 0.221 0.1602
Economic Systems Research
General 2.6984
1.1235 3.8219 0.2173 0.1582Economics and Philosophy
Specialist 2.65861.7612 4.4198 0.8877 0.2466
Economy and Society
Interdisciplinary 3.80743.3194 7.1268 0.9753 0.3521
European Journal of the History of Economic Thought
Specialist 2.3704
2.7447 5.1151 1.137 0.2964Feminist Economics
General 4.22391.9110 6.1349 0.7136 0.2905
Forum for Social Economics
General 1.94281.5892 3.5320 0.3679 0.1629
Historical Materialism
Interdisciplinary 2.12822.2591 4.3873 0.4852 0.2052
History of Economics Review
Specialist 2.4792
2.0176 4.4967 0.3877 0.1994History of Political Economy
Specialist 2.3881
1.6291 4.0172 1.1037 0.2538International Journal of Green Economics
Interdisciplinary 2.4673
0.7005 3.1678 0.0975 0.1229International Journal of Political Economy
General 1.5223
3.0011 4.5234 0.7269 0.2342International Journal of Social Economics
Interdisciplinary 2.6265
3.4437 6.0701 0.279 0.2447International Labour Review
Interdisciplinary 3.93683.6199 7.5567 0.363 0.3062
International General 2.5604 2.0223 4.5827 0.858 0.2495
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Review of Applied EconomicsIntervention: European Journal of Economics and Economic Policy
General 1.2071
1.0575 2.2646 0.3617 0.1171Journal of Australian Political Economy
General 1.9120
1.8188 3.7307 0.1716 0.1504Journal of Development Studies
Interdisciplinary 3.8753
1.6931 5.5684 0.7531 0.2742Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
General 3.1451
2.5023 5.6474 1.1938 0.3211Journal of Economic Issues
General 4.20402.5800 6.7840 1.9889 0.4412
Journal of Economic Methodology
Specialist 3.1464
1.4310 4.5774 0.9123 0.2547Journal of Evolutionary Economics
General 2.5080
2.6327 5.1407 1.0457 0.2882Journal of Income Distribution
Specialist 3.7794
0.9380 4.7174 0.1963 0.1881Journal of Institutional Economics
General 2.1957
1.5369 3.7326 0.8407 0.2174Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics
Interdisciplinary 1.8938
1.4380 3.3318 0.0975 0.1287Journal of Post Keynesian Economics
General 3.3245
1.9707 5.2952 2.0395 0.3931Journal of Socio-Economics
Interdisciplinary 3.22831.1424 4.3707 0.6309 0.2192
Journal of the History of Economic Thought
Specialist 3.1464
2.1054 5.2519 1.0432 0.2919Metroeconomica: International Review of Economics
General 2.5259
2.8490 5.3749 1.0716 0.2991New Left Review Interdisciplinary 1.0708 2.1516 3.2224 1.1407 0.2292
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New Political Economy
Interdisciplinary 3.46581.6490 5.1149 0.3765 0.2203
Organization and Environment
Interdisciplinary 1.83791.8034 3.6413 0.0543 0.1355
Oxford Development Studies
Interdisciplinary 1.4919
2.6177 4.1096 0.3802 0.1848Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics
General 2.5758
1.1937 3.7695 0.1136 0.146Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology
Specialist 1.13523
1.8172 2.9525 0.3086 0.1363Rethinking Marxism
Interdisciplinary 3.64802.4386 6.0866 0.6506 0.2824
Review of African Political Economy
Specialist 2.8093
1.1674 3.9767 0.2568 0.1677Review of Austrian Economics
General 3.4354
2.0071 5.4425 0.1568 0.2101Review of Black Political Economy
General 1.8878
0.6962 2.5840 0.1679 0.1091Review of International Political Economy
Specialist 3.7650
4.3320 8.0970 0.3852 0.3277Review of Political Economy
General 2.0783
3.5215 5.5998 1.3728 0.3373Review of Radical Political Economics
General 3.5054
2.6926 6.1980 1.5889 0.3802Review of Social Economy
General 3.04202.7857 5.8277 0.8543 0.2936
Revista de Economia Politica/Brazilian Journal of Political Economy
General 1.1093
2.7752 3.8844 0.2864 0.1674Science and Society
Interdisciplinary 4.30461.8734 6.1780 0.7037 0.291
Structural Change and Economic Dynamics
Specialist 3.2098
1.3421 4.5518 0.8765 0.2502
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Studies in Political Economy
Interdisciplinary 3.6162
0.6031 4.2193 0.1975 0.1704Work, Employment and Society
Interdisciplinary 2.3205
0.8696 3.1900 0.1802 0.132
Derived from Appendix I: Tables 2A, 3A, and 4A.3; Appendix II: Table A4
JBQS – journal bibliometric research quality scoreJNQS – journal social network research quality scoreTCS – total citation scoreJPEQS – journal peer evaluation research quality scoreHJQS – heterodox journal research quality score
Table 6A
SSCI Economic Journals and Impact Factor Scores, 2008
JOURNALSSCI 5-YearImpact Factor
Quarterly Journal of Economics 8.716Journal of Economic Literature 8.380Journal of Economic Growth 6.032Journal of Political Economy 5.742Journal of Financial Economics 5.203Journal of Economic Perspectives 5.057Econometrica 4.943Journal of Economic Geography 4.557Journal of Accounting and Economics 4.405Review of Economic Studies 4.036American Economics Review 3.775Review of Economics and Statistics 3.630Journal of Health Economics 3.585Economic Geography 3.578Brookings Papers of Economic Activity 3.531Economic Policy 2.878Economic Journal 2.767
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Journal of International Economics 2.749Journal of Monetary Economics 2.737Journal of Labor Economics 2.727Energy Economics 2.726Health Economics 2.627Journal of Econometrics 2.625Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 2.574Ecological Economics 2.374World Development 2.330Rand Journal of Economics 2.292Journal of Human Resources 2.232World Bank Research Observer 2.216Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 2.212World Bank Economic Review 2.192Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 2.151Journal of Public Economics 2.124Industrial and Corporate Change 2.094Journal of Law and Economics 2.048Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 2.033Resource and Energy Economics 2.032Journal of Monetary, Credit, and Banking 2.020Work Employment and Society 2.000Journal of Applied Econometrics 1.971Economy and Society 1.965Food Policy 1.925Journal of Law Economics and Organization 1.904Experimental Economics 1.875*Energy Journal 1.870Journal of Development Economics 1.861China Economic Review 1.839Journal of Urban Economics 1.837Journal of Industrial Economics 1.815Journal of Economic Surveys 1.795European Economic review 1.756Economic and Human Biology 1.725*Transform Business Economics 1.711*Small Business Economics 1.710Land Economics 1.697Journal of Common Market Studies 1.693European Review of Agricultural Economics 1.673Mathematical Finance 1.664Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 1.646Journal of Policy Reform 1.625
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Game and Economic Behavior 1.624International Journal of Forecasting 1.596International Journal of Industrial Organization 1.594Journal of Comparative Economics 1.593Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 1.586Insurance Mathematics and and Economics 1.577Regional Science and Urban Economics 1.566Journal of Economic Theory 1.557International Economic Review 1.554American Journal of Agricultural Economics 1.534Journal of Policy Analysis and Managemnt 1.526Oxford Economic Papers 1.518Environmental and Resource Economics 1.497Oxford Review of Economic Policy 1.474Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 1.462Scandinavian Journal of Economics 1.441Journal of Evolutionary Economics 1.430Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 1.403Journal of Agrarian Change 1.375Journal of European Economics Association 1.358*Econometric Theory 1.349Review of International Political Economy 1.345Journal of Economic Psychology 1.326Journal of Banking and Finance 1.293World Economics 1.283Journal of Agricultural Economics 1.266Labour Economics 1.248Review of Economic Dynamics 1.236Econometric Reviews 1.220*Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 1.189Journal of Development Studies 1.183Economics of Transition 1.174Economic Development and Cultural Change 1.173Feminist Economics 1.160Journal of Risk and Insurance 1.156Real Estate Economics 1.153Quantitative Marketing and Economics 1.133*IMF Staff Papers 1.124Journal of Regional Science 1.123Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies 1.116Journal of Housing Economics 1.111Economica 1.102
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Journal of Transport Economics and Policy 1.091Futures 1.080Journal of Population Economics 1.054Quantitative Finance 1.048Post-Soviet Affairs 1.042Economics of Education Review 1.031Journal of Productivity Analysis 1.013Economic Inquiry 1.011Kyklos 0.993Journal of Regulatory Economics 0.980Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics 0.977Canadian Journal of Economics 0.960Cambridge Journal of Economics 0.948Review of Agricultural Economics 0.941Information Economics and Policy 0.925Agricultural Economics 0.910International Tax and Public Finance 0.910Astin Bulletin 0.902*Economic History Review 0.889Economic Record 0.884Public Choice 0.880Journal of Economic History 0.860Tijdschr Econ Soc Ge 0.841Economic Theory 0.837Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 0.821Review of World Economics 0.819Journal of Policy Modeling 0.816Review of Industrial organization 0.805Applied Economics 0.777Journal of Forest Economics 0.774*Review of Income and Wealth 0.772Econometrics Journal 0.750*New Political Economy 0.739Explorations in Economic History 0.737Fiscal Studies 0.735Contemporary Economic Policy 0.732Economic Development Quarterly 0.727Journal of Economics 0.725Macroeconomic Dynamics 0.720Southern Economic Journal 0.717Economics and Philosophy 0.712Journal of Macroeconomics 0.702Journal of Japanese and International Economics 0.699
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Emerging Markets Financial Tr 0.699CESifo Economic Studies 0.667*Economics Letters 0.648Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 0.647Federal Reserve Bank St. Louis 0.647*Europe-Asian Studies 0.640Scottish Journal of Political economy 0.635Review of Development Economics 0.635*Theory and Decision 0.633Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 0.630Social Choice and welfare 0.621Economic Modeling 0.601Defense and Peace Economics 0.576Journal of Mathematical Economics 0.571Journal of Media Economics 0.571National Tax Journal 0.558Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 0.542Journal of African Economics 0.537International Journal of Game Theory 0.530Manchester School 0.521International Review of Law and Economics 0.493China and World Economy 0.415*Journal of Economic Issues 0.468Geneva Risk Insurance Review 0.464Japan Economic Review 0.451South Africian Journal of Economics 0.440Journal of Real Estate Research 0.439*Open Economies Review 0.435Australian Economic History Review 0.423*Empirical Economics 0.421*Journal of Economic Policy Reform 0.409Applied Economics Letters 0.394Journal of Post Keynesian Economics 0.389Eastern European Economics 0.386Post-Communist Economies 0.381De Economist 0.375American Journal of Economics and Sociology 0.364Finanzarchiv 0.364*Japan and the World Economy 0.357Portuguese Economic Journal 0.333*Australian Economic Review 0.329*Politicka Ekonomie 0.325Developing Economies 0.323
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Independent Review 0.309*Journal of Economic Education 0.294Spanish Economic Review 0.250Pacific Economic Review 0.243*International Journal of Transport Economics 0.231*Journal of Applied Economics 0.211European Journal of the History of Economic Thought 0.205*Revue d'Etudes Comparative Est-Quest 0.194Ekon CAS 0.186Desarrollo Economico 0.176Invest Econ-Spain 0.171*History of Political Economy 0.169*Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics 0.167Trimestre Economico 0.165Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik 0.141Revista de Economia Politica 0.115*South African Journal of Economics and Management Science 0.114*Hacienda Publica Esp 0.100*Invest Econ-Mex 0.049*Ekonomiska Samfundets Tidskrift 0.029Revista de Economia Aplicada 0.000*
Heterodox journals are in italicsScores with an * are two-year impact factor scores