When a B becomes an A: causal evidence on the effects of a journal ranking update on academics' publication behavior.
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| Title: | When a B becomes an A: causal evidence on the effects of a journal ranking update on academics' publication behavior. |
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| Authors: | Fernandes, Mario (AUTHOR), Becker, Martin G. (AUTHOR), Pull, Kerstin (AUTHOR), Walter, Andreas (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Studies in Higher Education. Dec2025, Vol. 50 Issue 12, p2942-2963. 22p. |
| Subjects: | Academia, Scholarly publishing, Research personnel, Causal inference, Scholarly periodicals |
| Geographic Terms: | Austria, Germany |
| Abstract: | Exploiting a quasi-natural experiment and using a difference-in-differences approach, we provide causal evidence on academics' response to the update of a survey-based journal ranking. Focusing on business researchers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, we find that academics who are affected by the journal ranking shift their publication strategies, publishing relatively more in journals that have been upgraded than in journals that have retained their rank. More specifically, affected academics shift to journals that have been upgraded from B to A and less to those that have been upgraded from C to B. Younger and more actively publishing academics are more likely to react to journal upgrades. By identifying academics' causal response to a journal ranking update, our study highlights the power of incentives in academia and allows us to derive important implications on the governance of higher education systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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