Economist on "Ten page theory note"
How many months could it possibly take to review a paper that short? I thought theory journals were upping their game after AEJ and TE. Frustrating, especially when you stick to the 6 week deadline...
View ArticleEconomist on "2016 ranking of economics journals"
http://economicsjournals.blogspot.jp/Top 501 Quarterly Journal of Economics 533 2089 3.919 1.786 2 Econometrica 767 2315 3.018 1.375 3 Journal of Political Economy 447 1331 2.978 1.357 4 Review of...
View ArticleEconomist on "I wanted to be a philosopher"
but ended up doing research in economics 24/7, and this conflicts with my initial aspiration. I will quit academia to devote more time to philosophical thinking. Bye, bros!
View ArticleEconomist on "Median turnaround times have been terrible predictors for my...
They always take a lot longer. I think they are massaging the numbers.
View ArticleEconomist on "Lower tier finance journal with fast turnaround time"
One of my papers got rejected everywhere (B+, B finance journals). Any lower tier journal with a quick turn around time? Once it goes below B it does not matter any more. So I am just looking for a...
View ArticleEconomist on "I have never submitted a paper to a low-tier journal yet"
I have one paper that might be the first. It's been dinged at all the A journals. Now I'm trying an A-/B+ journal for the first time. *fingers crossed*
View ArticleEconomist on "Sharing research ideas with an HRM you just met..."
Is this not socially acceptable? Seems that when I do this, especially with top MRM and HRMs, things get awkward as in I kind of get cut off or dismissed before I can even finish the explanation. Am I...
View ArticleEconomist on "Research in International Business and Finance"
How do you rank this journal?
View Article= JF, RFS, JFE"">Economist on "Impact factor: Energy Journal >= JF, RFS, JFE"
Energy Journal must be a great journal. Impressive!
View ArticleEconomist on "Journals on computational methods"
Are there any general interest journals (other than Economics Letters) that would accept papers on computational methods?
View ArticleEconomist on "QJE, AER, or Econometrica?"
Suppose you've convinced yourself you've written a paradigm-shifting paper for your subfield of economics. Which of these three outlets {QJE, AER, Econometrica} is the best place to send it?As much as...
View ArticleEconomist on "International Review of Economics and Finance + Emerging...
Just noticed that crappy journals can have an impact factor comparable to or higher than some decent journals. For example, the following garbage journals have an impact factor around 1.5~1.8*...
View ArticleEconomist on "QJE status: does it change if not desk rejected?"
Before desk rejection, status is 'pending'. Do they use a different label once the paper is sent out to the referees?
View ArticleEconomist on "JEMS vs JIE vs IJIO for business school"
I will start as AP this September. I plan to move to a business school after 3 years. I am sending a paper that didnt make it at Rand, but I think would have a good shot at one of these 3...
View ArticleEconomist on "Creativity vs. difficulty level"
What do you bros think, what is more important for a succesful paper, creativity or technical power? Should researchers focus on doing something creative or difficult? Is this different for JMCs/Grad...
View ArticleEconomist on "What is the role of senior associate editor?"
Do they make any decision like associate editor?
View ArticleEconomist on "How to Write an Effective Referee Report"
"I assigned a paper to a referee on a hot current topic. I sent many reminders to the referee because the report was very late. I then notice the referee posts a competing paper on SSRN. The competing...
View ArticleEconomist on "I always recommend revise and resubmit except the most extreme...
I want to give the author(s) a chance to respond to my critique. I think that is only fair. The author(s) often does not respond adequately, but they always improve the paper. Of course, some papers...
View ArticleEconomist on "How to do graphs for a theory paper?"
Say you want to make a picture of your equilibrium. How do you do this? Do you draw it by hand? In this case, which software is good? Or do you specify some specific function, plug them in a software...
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