A decade for the books: Bibliometric analysis of Economics Letters

This paper conducts a ten-year bibliometric analysis of Economics Letters journal to uncover the emerging trends in economic research, as well as their specifics. The results of the co-citation and co-word analysis provide information on the most popular references, scholarly approved journals and t...

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Published in:Economics letters 2022-07, Vol.216, p.110542, Article 110542
Main Authors: Horvatinović, Tin, Matošec, Marina
Format: Article
Language:English
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Bibliometric
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Economics Letters
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Summary:This paper conducts a ten-year bibliometric analysis of Economics Letters journal to uncover the emerging trends in economic research, as well as their specifics. The results of the co-citation and co-word analysis provide information on the most popular references, scholarly approved journals and trendiest economics fields. For example, monetary policy is a highly investigated field, while panel data analysis and experiments are the most used statistical methods. These results could serve scholars as a guide by putting their scientific work in the current perspective and aiding them to discover future research paths. •This paper offers evidence on the structure of publications in the last decade in Economics Letters.•We apply tools of bibliometric analysis.•Key clusters are time-series and panel data analysis, cryptocurrency, monetary policy, experiments and microeconomics.•Monetary policy, as a most used keyword, is frequently associated with inflation, business cycles and economic growth.•American Economic Review, Econometrica and Economics Letters were the most cited journals.
ISSN:0165-1765
1873-7374
DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110542