External influence as an indicator of scholarly importance
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Although the external influence of scholars has usually been approximated by publication and citation count, the array of scholarly activities is far more extensive. Today, new technologies, in particular Internet search engines, allow more accurate measurement of scholars' influence on societal discourse. Hence, in this article, we analyse the relation between the internal and external influence of 723 top economists using the number of pages indexed by Google and Bing as a measure of external influence. We not only identify a small association between these scholars’ internal and external influence but also a correlation between internal influence, as captured by receipt of such major academic awards as the Nobel Prize and John Bates Clark Medal, and the external prominence of the top 100 researchers (JEL Code: A11, A13, Z18).
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| ID Code: | 84714 | ||||||
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| Item Type: | Contribution to Journal (Journal Article) | ||||||
| Refereed: | Yes | ||||||
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| Measurements or Duration: | 26 pages | ||||||
| Keywords: | academia, external and internal influence, role of economics, scholarly importance | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/cesifo/ifv010 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1610-241X | ||||||
| Pure ID: | 33011542 | ||||||
| Divisions: | Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > QUT Business School Current > Schools > School of Economics & Finance |
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| Copyright Owner: | Consult author(s) regarding copyright matters | ||||||
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| Deposited On: | 11 Jun 2015 05:21 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 08 Mar 2024 01:48 |
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