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The Economics of JEM: Evidence for Estrangement

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  • François Claveau

    (Université de Sherbrooke)

  • Jacob Hamel-Mottiez

    (Université Laval)

  • Alexandre Truc

    (Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, GREDEG, France)

  • Conrad Heilmann

    (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

Abstract

We present bibliometric evidence for increasing estrangement between the philosophy of economics and economics itself. Our analysis centers on research articles published in the Journal of Economic Methodology (JEM) between 1994 and 2021. We analyze the citations within these research articles, in particular with respect to the citations of economics. Our results are fourfold. (1) The share of economic citations in JEM articles has been decreasing. (2) The remaining economic citations in JEM articles are increasingly older relative to citation patterns within economics. (3) The profile of economic citations in JEM articles is increasingly dissimilar when compared to what is cited within economics. (4) There is decreasing diversity with regards to the share of attention towards different economic subfields in the articles published in JEM when compared to economics. We discuss interpretations of this evidence for estrangement between philosophy of economics and economics.

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  • François Claveau & Jacob Hamel-Mottiez & Alexandre Truc & Conrad Heilmann, 2024. "The Economics of JEM: Evidence for Estrangement," GREDEG Working Papers 2024-24, Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Economie, Gestion (GREDEG CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur, France.
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    1. Alexandre Truc & François Claveau & Catherine Herfeld & Vincent Larivière, 2024. "Gender Homogeneity in Philosophy and Methodology of Economics: Evidence from Publication Patterns," GREDEG Working Papers 2024-25, Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Economie, Gestion (GREDEG CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur, France.
    2. Truc, Alexandre & Claveau, François & Herfeld, Catherine & Larivière, Vincent, 2024. "Gender Homogeneity in Philosophy and Methodology of Economics: Evidence from Publication Patterns," SocArXiv ck6s9, Center for Open Science.

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    Scientometrics; bibliometrics; digital humanities; diversity; philosophy of economics; economic methodology;
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    • B4 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology
    • B20 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - General

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