The measurement of production efficiency in scientific journals through stochastic frontier analysis models: Application to quantitative economics journals

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Highlights：

• The concept of measurement of the efficiency in the production of scientific journals is addressed.

• The main innovation is the use of the econometric approach stochastic frontier analysis.

• Inputs related to the impact factor, the number of articles published and the members of the editorial boards are selected.

• 21 journals belonging to the area of quantitative methods in economics are ranked.

摘要

•The concept of measurement of the efficiency in the production of scientific journals is addressed.•The main innovation is the use of the econometric approach stochastic frontier analysis.•Inputs related to the impact factor, the number of articles published and the members of the editorial boards are selected.•21 journals belonging to the area of quantitative methods in economics are ranked.

论文关键词：Production,Productivity,Efficiency,Scientific production,Frontier production models

论文评审过程：Received 19 July 2013, Revised 20 September 2013, Accepted 24 September 2013, Available online 1 November 2013.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2013.09.004