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Journal closure leads to dip in papers’ citations

Findings hint at the importance of journal prestige for researchers referencing others’ work.
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  1. Holly Else

Papers published in a now-defunct business journal get 20% fewer citations than do similar articles published in titles that are still running, according to an analysis of finance scholars’ citing behaviour — one of the first to investigate the effects of closing a leading journal1.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01575-x

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  • Clarification 18 June 2021: Amir Rubin's affiliation has been changed to Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya where this work was conducted.

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  1. Rubin, A. & Rubin, E. J. Polit. Econ. https://doi.org/10.1086/715021 (2021).

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