A Markov-switching approach to the study of citations in academic journals

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Highlights：

• This paper introduces a Markovian approach to study the stability and growth of citations in academic journals.

• We propose a series of indexes to explain the series of citations available in the Web of Science for the period 1997–2018.

• We conduct an econometric analysis to characterize the regime-switching structure of the series studied.

• The series of citations exhibit a stable growth, remaining majorly in a dominant regime.

摘要

•This paper introduces a Markovian approach to study the stability and growth of citations in academic journals.•We propose a series of indexes to explain the series of citations available in the Web of Science for the period 1997–2018.•We conduct an econometric analysis to characterize the regime-switching structure of the series studied.•The series of citations exhibit a stable growth, remaining majorly in a dominant regime.

论文关键词：Markov process,Regime switching,Citations,Growth,Stability

论文评审过程：Received 3 April 2020, Revised 4 August 2020, Accepted 20 August 2020, Available online 29 October 2020, Version of Record 29 October 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2020.101081