Economist on "LeBrun Jims"
will never publish in a top 5 journalhttp://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/lebron-james-goes-off-on-charles-barkley-questions-his-credibility/
View ArticleEconomist on "How does it feel to publish in JBF after tenure?"
Got a couple of A pubs and get tenured. Today I got a paper accepted at JBF and still felt some joy... although no more than 3 hours. Is it normal?
View ArticleEconomist on "Not seeing any path to tenure"
Mid career AP here. I'm not seeing any path to tenure. Few papers, many rejected, help me getting out of this dark hole.
View ArticleEconomist on "NBER Board of Directors"
What do they do, especially the "Directors at Large" group? How "important" are they and do they make any decision with regards to publications in the NBER working paper series?
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 "What is the role of senior associate editor?"
Do they make any decision like associate editor?
View ArticleEconomist on "GOOGLE SCHOLAR - Yearly citation boost..."
... on February 1. Report here. I am counting the hours and hope for 20 more.
View ArticleEconomist on "PNAS: Death of family members as an overlooked source of racial...
http://www.pnas.org/content/114/5/915.abstract.html?etocLong-standing racial differences in US life expectancy suggest that black Americans would be exposed to significantly more family member deaths...
View ArticleEconomist on "How do journals recruit AEs?"
Regularly refereeing for a certain B journal. Would not mind joining the editorial board as an associate editor. Is it ok to send the editor a message to indicate my interest, or do I just wait until...
View ArticleEconomist on "How do you know a draft you're reading is Top 5 worthy?"
Is it because it makes you say, "wow!"? Or is it because you think "I've seen other papers like this in the Top 5"? I have a paper that, when I figured out the result myself, made me say "wow!" And the...
View ArticleEconomist on "How good is Journal of Macroeconomics?"
Not in absolute sense. I know it's not a top tier journal. But, how excited would you be if your first publication was there? Thanks
View ArticleEconomist on "What does it mean when all of my papers are under review longer...
Am I being blackballed?
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 "700 reads in 7 months and no citations!"
whats happening? I know it takes some time but I keep having a low number of citations and I was hoping this would be my opportunity to increase them
View ArticleEconomist on "Journal rankings"
What do you use to rank journals? REPEC? Their aggregate score or something specific like the H-index? Or something completely different?
View ArticleEconomist on "Search paper below IER"
Have a search paper rejected by the IER. I need a filler, is MD sympathetic to search? What is the turnaround time? How does it compare to JEDC in terms of acceptance prob.? What about general interest...
View ArticleEconomist on "The world isn't ready for my research"
I have no pubs because my ideas are too creative. Everyone expects a rookie to just do some small incremental stuff on existing lines of research. They don't expect a rookie to do something truly...
View ArticleEconomist on "Jota"
How is this journal considered within econ? I have a rather technical micro paper (though on an applied problem) and the last editor suggested I try Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications. I...
View ArticleEconomist on "Paper under review so long I forgot about it until today"
I realized that, hey, I submitted that paper already didn't I. Oh yeah, way back when. Hmm. I wonder what they did with it.
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