Ranking Australian Economics Departments by Research Productivity

This study ranks Australian economics departments according to their average research productivity during 1998–2002. The highest ranked departments are those at ANU, JCU, Melbourne, Tasmania and UWA. We also rank departments according to the variability of research productivity among their members,...

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Published inThe Economic record Vol. 82; no. s1; pp. S74 - S84
Main Authors NERI, FRANK, RODGERS, JOAN R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.09.2006
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
A19
Academic discipline
Australia
Author productivity
C81
Colleges & universities
Comparative analysis
Departments
Economics
Economics education
Economists
Inequality
J24
Pacific Rim studies
Per capita
Productivity
Research trends
Scientific communities
Studies
Universities
University research
Australia
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Summary:This study ranks Australian economics departments according to their average research productivity during 1998–2002. The highest ranked departments are those at ANU, JCU, Melbourne, Tasmania and UWA. We also rank departments according to the variability of research productivity among their members, the assumption being that, other things being equal, the less variable is productivity within a department, the better. Research productivity is found to be highly skewed within all departments. However, in general, research productivity is more (less) evenly distributed within those departments that have relatively high (low) average research productivity.
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ISSN:0013-0249
1475-4932
DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4932.2006.00334.x