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Author(s) -
Clements Kenneth W.,
Wang Patricia
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
economic record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1475-4932
pISSN - 0013-0249
DOI - 10.1046/j.1475-4932.2003.00076.x
Subject(s) - cites , reciprocal , value (mathematics) , institution , library science , geography , political science , sociology , positive economics , social science , economics , statistics , mathematics , computer science , linguistics , ecology , biology , philosophy
The present paper analyses citations in the work of a large number of PhD students. We show that the pattern of citations of journal articles, books and other reference material differs substantially across areas within economics. An investigation of reciprocal citations reveals a surprisingly low degree of communication among the Group of Eight universities and a high propensity to cite authors from the same institution, especially supervisors. We also analyse the Australian share of cited works, and identify journals, articles and authors that PhD students value highly.