Lee, FS; Cronin, BC; McConnell, S; Dean, E. 2010. Research Quality Rankings of Heterodox Economic Journals in a Contested Discipline. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY 69 (5): 1409-1452

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Lee, FS; Cronin, BC; McConnell, S; Dean, E. 2010. Research Quality Rankings of 
Heterodox Economic Journals in a Contested Discipline. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF 
ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY 69 (5): 1409-1452.

Author Full Name(s): Lee, Frederic S.; Cronin, Bruce C.; McConnell, Scott; 
Dean, Erik
Language: English
Document Type: Article
KeyWords Plus: IMPACT FACTORS; COMMUNICATION; BIBLIOMETRICS; 
ECONOMETRICS

Abstract: P>This article argues that the discipline of economics consists of two 
subdisciplines: heterodox and mainstream economics. Being distinct bodies of 
knowledge, it is possible that the processes of building scientific knowledge are 
different enough so to generate distinctly different referencing and citation 
practices. Therefore, a specific impact contribution score is necessary for 
ranking heterodox journals in terms of their contribution to building heterodox 
economics. If properly developed such a metric could also be used to produce a 
single overall quality-equality ranking of mainstream and heterodox journals. 
Utilizing citation data and peer evaluations of 62 heterodox economics journals, 
a research quality measure is developed and then used to rank the journals. 
The measure is then used in conjunction with the SSCI five-year impact factor 
to produce a comparative research quality-equality rankings of the 62 
heterodox and the 192 mainstream journals in the SSCI.

Addresses: [Lee, Frederic S.; McConnell, Scott; Dean, Erik] Univ Missouri, Dept 
Econ, Kansas City, MO 64110 USA; [Cronin, Bruce C.] Univ Greenwich, Sch 
Business, Dept Int Business, London SE10 9LS, England

Reprint Address: Lee, FS, Univ Missouri, Dept Econ, 211 Haag Hall,5100 Rockhill 
Rd, Kansas City, MO 64110 USA.

E-mail Address: leefs at umkc.edu; c.b.cronin at greenwich.ac.uk
ISSN: 0002-9246
DOI: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.2010.00751.x
fulltext: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1536-
7150.2010.00751.x/full