A journal ranking based on central bank citations

Auer, Raphael; Cornelli, Giulio; Zimmermann, Christian

doi:10.20955/wp.2023.027

Working Paper

A journal ranking based on central bank citations

Abstract: We present a ranking of journals geared toward measuring the policy relevance of research. We compute simple impact factors that count only citations made in central bank publications, such as their working paper series. Whereas this ranking confirms the policy relevance of the major general interest journals in the field of economics, the major finance journals fare less favourably. Journals specialising in monetary economics, international economics and financial intermediation feature highly, but surprisingly not those specialising in econometrics. The ranking is topped by the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, followed by the Quarterly Journal of Economics and the Journal of Monetary Economics, the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, and the Journal of Political Economy.

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

JEL Classification: A11; E50; E58;

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