Overall Group and Elite Core Contributions to Scientific Worth
Ranking Economics Departments in the U.S. South
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7579325 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Franklin G Mixon (0000-0001-9998-7412, Center for Economic Education Columbus State University Columbus Georgia USA, corresponding author), Kamal P Upadhyaya (Department of Economics and Business Analytics University of New Haven West Haven Connecticut USA), Kamal Upadhyaya (0000-0002-8148-8479, University of New Haven) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 25-32 |
| Publication date | 2025-06-11 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Economics and Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9246 • E-ISSN: 1536-7150 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ajes.12644 |
| OpenAlex | W4411215168 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 18 |
Dating back to at least 1975, several academic studies have produced a ranking of economics departments (faculties) in the U.S. South. In revisiting this genre of the literature, this study builds upon prior work by (1) including all of the U.S. News & World Report ‐classified national universities and colleges located in the U.S. South, which is a list that has grown considerably in recent years, and (2) examining citations to economists' prior work rather than publications and page counts, which have been used by most prior studies. Following rational choice research on reputation and group identity, this study employs a quality metric that accounts for the efforts of all a department's faculty. Based on research from organizational behavior emphasizing the importance of top performers in an organization, this study also employs a separate quality metric that accounts for the efforts of an elite core of a department's faculty. Using the former metric, the University of Maryland prevails. When relying on the latter metric, Duke University earns the top‐ranked position
Core (optical fiber) · Elite · Group (periodic table) · Information retrieval · Political science · Ranking (information retrieval) · Chemistry · Computer Science · Economic Theory and Institutions · Engineering · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Law · Psychology · scientometrics and bibliometrics research
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |