Abstract
This article describes the data collection and use of data for the computation of rankings within RePEc (Research Papers in Economics). This encompasses the determination of impact factors for journals and working paper series, as well as the ranking of authors, institutions, and geographic regions. The various ranking methods are also compared, using a snapshot of the data.
Highlights
RePEc has become an important bibliographic service for economics and related fields
This article describes the data collection and use of data for the computation of rankings within RePEc (Research Papers in Economics). This encompasses the determination of impact factors for journals and working paper series, as well as the ranking of authors, institutions, and geographic regions
When authors register with the RePEc Author Service, they have the opportunity to specify with which institutions they are affiliated with among those listed in EDIRC, but they can suggest new entities
Summary
RePEc has become an important bibliographic service for economics and related fields. A considerable amount of data has been collected regarding who authored which paper, where it was published, who reads it, and where it is cited. One way to use this wealth of data is to compute rankings of individuals, journals (and series), institutions, and even countries. Country-specific rankings have been used in various professional publications and even the popular press. It is time for the methodology behind these rankings to be explained. No other effort has included working papers, which have become a very important way to disseminate research in economics, if not the most important.
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