Citation patterns in economics and beyond

Bibliographic Data

ID4516102
AuthorsMatthias Aistleitner (0000-0001-5842-7996, Johannes Kepler University of Linz), Jakob Kapeller (0000-0002-7538-9706, University of Duisburg-Essen), Stefan Steinerberger (0000-0002-7745-4217, Yale University)
Year2019
Volume32
Issue4
Pages361-380
Publication date2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScience in Context (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0269-8897 • E-ISSN: 1474-0664
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0269889720000022
PMID32202238
OpenAlexW3121865545
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited67

ArgumentIn this paper we comparatively explore three claims concerning the disciplinary character of economics by means of citation analysis. The three claims under study are: (1) economics exhibits strong forms of institutional stratification and, as a byproduct, a rather pronounced internal hierarchy; (2) economists strongly conform to institutional incentives; and (3) modern mainstream economics is a largely self-referential intellectual project mostly inaccessible to disciplinary or paradigmatic outsiders. The validity of these claims is assessed by means of an interdisciplinary comparison of citation patterns aiming to identify peculiar characteristics of economic discourse. In doing so, we emphasize that citation data can always be interpreted in different ways, thereby focusing on the contrast between a "cognitive" and an "evaluative" approach towards citation data

Applied economics · Citation · Citation analysis · Contrast (vision · Discipline · Economics · Epistemology · Hierarchy · Incentive · Institutional economics · Mainstream · Mainstream economics · Microeconomics · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Law · Philosophy · scientometrics and bibliometrics research

Tools

Open DOISci-HubOpen Access