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most citedCitation gaming induced by bibliometric evaluation: a country-level comparative analysis

145 citations · 375 across the 16 of their papers we have counts for

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16 papers

econ.GN2026

Self-referentiality and asymmetric knowledge flows between journals. The case of economics

Alberto Baccini, Carlo Debernardi

This paper investigates the evolution of self-referentiality and knowledge flows in economics journals before and after the 2008 financial crisis. Using a multi-level approach, we…

econ.GN2025

Exploring the Shape of Economics: A Multilayer Network Analysis of Social Communities and Intellectual Similarity Among Journals Before and After the 2008 Financial Crisis

Alberto Baccini, Lucio Barabesi, Carlo Debernardi

This paper develops a multilayer network approach for exploring the evolution of scientific disciplines, using the case of economics before and after the 2008 global financial cris…

econ.GN2024★ 4 cited

Is the panel fair? Evaluating panel compositions through network analysis. The case of research assessments in Italy

Alberto Baccini, Cristina Re

Research evaluation is usually governed by panels of peers. Procedural fairness refers to the principles that ensures decisions are made through a fair and transparent process. It…

cs.DL2023★ 8 cited

Fine-grained classification of journal articles by relying on multiple layers of information through similarity network fusion: the case of the Cambridge Journal of Economics

Alberto Baccini, Federica Baccini, Lucio Barabesi +3

In order to explore the suitability of a fine-grained classification of journal articles by exploiting multiple sources of information, articles are organized in a two-layer multip…

econ.GN2023★ 21 cited

Who are the gatekeepers of economics? Geographic diversity, gender composition, and interlocking editorship of journal boards

Alberto Baccini, Cristina Re

This study investigates the role of editorial board members as gatekeepers in science, creating and utilizing a database of 1,516 active economics journals in 2019, which includes…

physics.soc-ph2023★ 39 cited

A global exploratory comparison of country self-citations 1996-2019

Alberto Baccini, Eugenio Petrovich

Self-citations are a key topic in evaluative bibliometrics because they can artificially inflate citation-related performance indicators. Recently, self-citations defined at the la…