A journal ranking based on central bank citations

Auer, Raphael; Cornelli, Giulio; Zimmermann, Christian

doi:10.20955/wp.2023.027

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A journal ranking based on central bank citations

Abstract: We present a ranking of journals geared towards measuring the policy relevance of research. We compute simple impact factors that count only citations made in central bank publications. Our baseline ranking focuses on the period 2014–2023 and examines all items published in the Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) database. This ranking confirms the high policy relevance of journals specialising in macro, monetary and international economics. Also, the major general interest economic journals feature reasonably well in this ranking. In contrast, the major finance journals fare somewhat less favourably, with the notable exception of those focused on financial intermediation.

Keywords: central banks; citations; academic journals; ranking;

JEL Classification: A11; E50; E58;

https://doi.org/10.20955/wp.2023.027