Kapeller, J. 2010. Citation Metrics: Serious Drawbacks, Perverse Incentives, and Strategic Options for Heterodox Economics. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY 69 (5): 1376-1408

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Kapeller, J. 2010. Citation Metrics: Serious Drawbacks, Perverse Incentives, 
and Strategic Options for Heterodox Economics. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF 
ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY 69 (5): 1376-1408..

Author Full Name(s): Kapeller, Jakob
Language: English
Document Type: Article
KeyWords Plus: IMPACT FACTOR; JOURNALS; PROFESSION; SCIENCE; AUTHORS

Abstract: P>This article reviews strategic suggestions for heterodox economic 
journals and heterodox economists relating to quantitative indexing. It contains 
a critique of Thomson Scientifics "Journal Impact Factor" as well as an 
integrated discussion of general strategic guidelines and specific strategic 
suggestions accounting for the special paradigmatic position of heterodox 
economics.

Addresses: Univ Linz, Dept Philosophy & Theory Sci, A-4040 Linz, Austria

Reprint Address: Kapeller, J, Univ Linz, Dept Philosophy & Theory Sci, 
Freistadterstr 315, A-4040 Linz, Austria.

E-mail Address: jakob.kapeller at jku.at
ISSN: 0002-9246
DOI: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.2010.00750.x
fulltext: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1536-
7150.2010.00750.x/abstract