Publishing in international
journals
Giovanni Facchini
Outline
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Why?
General suggestions
Writing a paper
Marketing a paper
Choosing the appropriate outlet
Revising a paper
Why?
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Publishing in well known international
journals is a MUST for successful
economists:
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If you want to pursue an international
academic career
If you want to pursue an academic career in
Italy
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If you look at the recent competitions for
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, the trend is
very clear.
General suggestions
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Form of your PhD thesis:
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Book style or `stand alone’ papers?
The main advantage of the latter is that
chapter-style potentially allows for
publications of some work even before
the thesis has been completed, and this
is important to jump start your career
General suggestions
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Try to get more than one paper out of
your PhD thesis
Papers should not be too long. 20-25
pages make for a good length paper
A shorter paper tends
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To have a faster turnaround
Higher probability of being accepted
Higher probability of being accepted with
less revisions requested
General suggestions
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Time matters:
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In the absolute best scenario (the almost
zero probability event) it is going to take you
at least one year to get a paper published.
This if you don’t have any accident in the
process.
Accidents do happen though. The average
time between first submission and final
acceptance in a good international journals it
more like three years (Kwan Choi)
General Suggestions
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Quality and quantity
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{ Your CV should contain some publications in
the top journals
{ But the number of publications also matters
{ Having three papers in different journals is
better than having them in the same journal,
once the quality has been accounted for
General suggestions
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Quality and quantity. Suggestions:
{ Diversify your research portfolio. At the
beginning of your career you want to aim high,
but better journals tend to reject more papers
{ So, out of your portfolio of papers, identify the
one or two which have the best chances of
being published in a very good journal, and push
them hard.
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perspective
General suggestions
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Maintain a stock of papers under
review constantly
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If the acceptance rate at good journals is
15% on average, you need 7 papers
under review in a year if you want one
paper accepted per year at the targeted
journal
This does not mean that you need to
write 7 papers a year!
Writing a paper
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Start by writing down an outline of your
idea.
Work first on the main body of the
paper
Then write introduction and
conclusions. Plan on spending about
half of your time writing introduction
and conclusions, as they are key in
catching the referee’s attention
Writing a paper
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Introduction:
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question you are dealing with is relevant and
your approach is interesting
{ Use real life examples to motivate your analysis
{ Keep the introduction short and to the point
{ Cite the papers of the potential referees in the
introduction, and give them accurate and
generous credit
Writing a paper
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Main body
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Use simple, consistent notation
throughout the paper
Strike a balance between theory and
applications. Examples:
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A theory paper should say something about
why this is a relevant contribution
An empirical paper should say something
about the theory that has led to the empirical
work
Writing a paper
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Main body
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Paragraphs should not bee too long. In a
full page you should have at least twothree paragraphs
If you work on theory, use lemmas,
propositions, theorems etc to summarize
your results and provide an outline of the
main steps of your argument
Do not use an excessive number of
numbered equations
Writing a paper
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Main body
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Use figures: they can often make your
argument much clearer
Report empirical results in tables, but try
to limit the number of tables to include in
a paper. A good guideline is to have no
more than 6.
Writing a paper
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References
{ Do not cite an enormous number of papers
{ A good number of references is between 15 and
20
{ Practical suggestion: Include references to the
work of authors you know like your paper, as
they might become your referees
{ Cite some of your own work if relevant and
published in a good outlet
Marketing a paper
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Especially at the beginning of your career
people need to get to know you, so
Go to conferences
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To get the best feedback, try to go to small
group, field focused conferences
Large conferences are good mainly for
networking, but you won’t have much time to
present your work/receive useful feedback
Give seminars
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Again, try to focus on `relevant’ audiences, i.e.
places were people can give you useful
feedback
Where should I send my
paper?
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Generalist vs specialized journals
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Views on this issue differ, especially between
Europe and the US
In the US: apart for the top five general interest
journals (American Economic Review,
Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy,
Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of
Economic Studies) people tend to prefer top
field journals to good general interest journals
In Europe good general interest journals
(Economic Journal, Journal of the European
Economic Association, European Economic
Review, IER) are probably considered more
attractive than top field journals
Journal Rankings
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There is a small industry out there, and every
economists will have something to say about one
ranking or another.
Comprehensive rankings:
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Social Science Citation Index
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Kalaitzidakis et al (2003) Journal of the European
Economic Association
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comprehensive, but data are a bit outdated.
Econometrics/Theory journals receive a lot of weight
Kodrzycki and Yu (2006) BE Journal of Economic Analysis
and Policy
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updated yearly, does not “weight” citations
Even more comprehensive (the most reasonable in my view)
Tinbergen Institute Ranking
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Broad categories, but very reasonable
Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy , Vol. 5 [2006], Iss. 1, Art. 24
Table 2 Rankings of Economics Journals by Journal Impact
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Within Economics Impact
Journal's title
Index
AM ECON REV
100.00
J FINANC
98.67
Q J ECON
88.40
ECONOMETRICA
79.86
J FINANC ECON
78.69
J POLIT ECON
74.63
REV FINANC STUD
48.02
J ECON THEORY
42.13
REV ECON STUD
40.42
J ECONOMETRICS
35.86
J ECON LIT
35.39
J MONETARY ECON
33.31
J ECON PERSPECT
31.80
REV ECON STAT
31.52
EUR ECON REV
28.73
INT ECON REV
26.60
J INT ECON
24.80
ECON J
24.78
J PUBLIC ECON
24.73
GAME ECON BEHAV
22.62
RAND J ECON
20.54
J MONEY CREDIT BANK
18.66
ECON THEOR
18.11
J BUS ECON STAT
17.55
ECON LETT
15.40
J FINANC QUANT ANAL
14.69
J ECON DYN CONTROL
13.87
BROOKINGS PAP ECO AC
13.48
NBER MACROECON ANN
12.51
J BUS
12.20
ECONOMET THEOR
11.49
J ECON GROWTH
11.10
J DEV ECON
10.64
J LABOR ECON
10.44
J BANK FINANC
9.75
J HUM RESOUR
9.14
J ECON BEHAV ORGAN
9.13
REV ECON DYNAM
8.92
CAN J ECON
8.35
J ACCOUNT ECON
8.20
J APPL ECONOM
8.07
J MATH ECON
7.75
J INT MONEY FINANC
7.71
MACROECON DYN
7.05
SOC CHOICE WELFARE
6.88
J IND ECON
6.67
INT J IND ORGAN
6.61
INT J GAME THEORY
6.31
J ENVIRON ECON MANAG
6.17
J FINANC INTERMED
6.11
J LAW ECON
5.55
J URBAN ECON
5.29
J ECON HIST
5.26
NATL TAX J
5.18
J HEALTH ECON
5.09
ECON INQ
4.84
J ECON MANAGE STRAT
4.33
Overall Impact
Journal's title
Index
J HEALTH ECON
100.00
HEALTH ECON
69.55
INQUIRY-J HEALTH CAR
39.20
Q J ECON
28.84
AM ECON REV
20.86
J HUM RESOUR
13.30
J ECON PERSPECT
11.69
J ECON LIT
10.22
ECONOMETRICA
9.62
J POLIT ECON
9.03
J ECONOMETRICS
8.24
J RISK UNCERTAINTY
7.82
WORLD DEV
7.27
REV ECON STAT
7.09
J PUBLIC ECON
7.03
HOUS POLICY DEBATE
6.91
J FINANC
6.12
J ECON PSYCHOL
6.07
MON LABOR REV
5.65
ECON J
4.80
REV ECON STUD
4.78
J POLICY ANAL MANAG
4.77
RAND J ECON
4.39
J FINANC ECON
3.94
NATL TAX J
3.48
APPL ECON
3.33
AM J AGR ECON
3.30
IND LABOR RELAT REV
3.06
EUR ECON REV
3.01
J ECON THEORY
2.86
J ECON BEHAV ORGAN
2.64
J MONETARY ECON
2.60
J INT ECON
2.54
ECON INQ
2.47
IDS BULL-I DEV STUD
2.38
J ENVIRON ECON MANAG
2.24
J LAW ECON
2.15
INT ECON REV
2.14
J LABOR ECON
2.14
J DEV ECON
2.13
J DEV STUD
2.08
J PROD ANAL
2.03
REV FINANC STUD
2.00
GAME ECON BEHAV
1.99
SOUTH ECON J
1.98
J BUS ECON STAT
1.98
ECON LETT
1.81
LAND ECON
1.70
ECOL ECON
1.65
CONTEMP ECON POLICY
1.61
BROOKINGS PAP ECO AC
1.57
DEV CHANGE
1.54
J MEDIA ECON
1.48
J ECON MANAGE STRAT
1.43
J MONEY CREDIT BANK
1.41
ENVIRON RESOUR ECON
1.40
J TRANSP ECON POLICY
1.25
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Policy Impact
Journal's title
AM ECON REV
J HEALTH ECON
INQUIRY-J HEALTH CAR
Q J ECON
J ECON PERSPECT
ECON J
WORLD DEV
HOUS POLICY DEBATE
J ECON LIT
ECONOMETRICA
J POLIT ECON
HEALTH ECON
J POLICY ANAL MANAG
J PUBLIC ECON
J DEV STUD
CAN PUBLIC POL
J FINANC
J HUM RESOUR
RAND J ECON
REV ECON STAT
J DEV ECON
J URBAN ECON
J ECONOMETRICS
EUR ECON REV
J LABOR ECON
REG STUD
AM J AGR ECON
DEV CHANGE
IND LABOR RELAT REV
J FINANC ECON
BROOKINGS PAP ECO AC
J MONETARY ECON
IND RELAT
J LAW ECON
J ENVIRON ECON MANAG
J BUS ECON STAT
REV ECON STUD
IDS BULL-I DEV STUD
J INT ECON
LAND ECON
FISC STUD
NATL TAX J
CAN J ECON
ECON INQ
BRIT J IND RELAT
J PROD ANAL
WORLD BANK ECON REV
ECON DEV CULT CHANGE
J ACCOUNT ECON
J MONEY CREDIT BANK
ECOL ECON
OXFORD REV ECON POL
WORLD BANK RES OBSER
FOOD POLICY
ENVIRON RESOUR ECON
CAMBRIDGE J ECON
SOUTH ECON J
Index
100.00
71.79
70.29
56.58
48.59
40.39
37.53
33.31
32.73
30.95
24.35
23.47
22.85
17.51
15.48
15.17
14.84
14.69
14.64
14.14
14.05
12.51
11.80
11.75
10.32
10.23
10.18
9.65
8.83
8.34
8.27
8.18
8.17
7.90
7.77
7.55
7.42
6.98
6.92
6.79
6.57
6.26
6.05
6.01
5.97
5.97
5.94
5.56
5.48
5.45
5.45
5.14
4.91
4.85
4.76
3.96
3.84
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SCAND J ECON
IND LABOR RELAT REV
AM J AGR ECON
ECON EDUC REV
ECON POLICY
J RISK UNCERTAINTY
WORLD BANK ECON REV
IMF STAFF PAPERS
INT TAX PUBLIC FINAN
REV IND ORGAN
ECONOMICA
SOUTH ECON J
PUBLIC CHOICE
OXFORD B ECON STAT
MATH SOC SCI
OXFORD ECON PAP
ENVIRON RESOUR ECON
LAND ECON
APPL ECON
REG SCI URBAN ECON
WORLD DEV
REV INCOME WEALTH
HEALTH ECON
LABOUR ECON
IND RELAT
ECOL ECON
J POLICY ANAL MANAG
WELTWIRTSCH ARCH
ENVIRON DEV ECON
J POPUL ECON
OXFORD REV ECON POL
EXPLOR ECON HIST
ENERGY J
J DEV STUD
J REGUL ECON
J TRANSP ECON POLICY
J JPN INT ECON
J COMP ECON
J ECON PSYCHOL
MON LABOR REV
J AGR RESOUR ECON
APPL ECON LETT
J REAL ESTATE FINANC
INQUIRY-J HEALTH CAR
J ECON EDUC
J ECON
KYKLOS
ECON DEV CULT CHANGE
ECON TRANSIT
RESOUR ENERGY ECON
MANCH SCH
JPN WORLD ECON
J PROD ANAL
J FORECASTING
REAL ESTATE ECON
CONTEMP ECON POLICY
WORLD ECON
ADV ECONOMETRICS
AGR ECON
JPN ECON REV
J HOUS ECON
INT J FINANC ECON
4.30
4.23
4.11
4.05
3.91
3.89
3.84
3.71
3.64
3.59
3.59
3.55
3.19
3.19
3.05
3.05
3.01
2.92
2.73
2.52
2.46
2.42
2.21
2.17
2.06
1.89
1.88
1.85
1.85
1.62
1.59
1.51
1.51
1.43
1.34
1.34
1.34
1.30
1.23
1.12
1.11
1.08
1.06
1.03
0.96
0.94
0.93
0.93
0.90
0.88
0.88
0.86
0.85
0.83
0.82
0.71
0.70
0.68
0.65
0.60
0.60
0.59
J URBAN ECON
J POPUL ECON
AGR ECON
WORLD BANK ECON REV
RESOUR POLICY
REAL ESTATE ECON
NBER MACROECON ANN
J ECON GROWTH
ECON THEOR
CAN J ECON
REG STUD
OXFORD B ECON STAT
J ECON DYN CONTROL
ECONOMET THEOR
J APPL ECONOM
REG SCI URBAN ECON
ECON DEV CULT CHANGE
ECONOMICA
ECON EDUC REV
J IND ECON
J FINANC QUANT ANAL
J BUS
J ACCOUNT ECON
IND RELAT
J ECON HIST
J INT MONEY FINANC
REV ECON DYNAM
INT J IND ORGAN
SCAND J ECON
WORLD BANK RES OBSER
TIJDSCHR ECON SOC GE
J BANK FINANC
OXFORD ECON PAP
J AGR ECON
OXFORD REV ECON POL
ECON POLICY
PUBLIC CHOICE
IMF STAFF PAPERS
REV INCOME WEALTH
BRIT J IND RELAT
MACROECON DYN
SOC CHOICE WELFARE
ECON GEOGR
S AFR J ECON
ENERG POLICY
J REAL ESTATE FINANC
REV IND ORGAN
INT TAX PUBLIC FINAN
J MATH ECON
INT J GAME THEORY
ECON DEV Q
CAMBRIDGE J ECON
J AGR RESOUR ECON
ENVIRON DEV ECON
LABOUR ECON
MATH SOC SCI
ENERGY J
J REGIONAL SCI
WORLD ECON
FOOD POLICY
PAP REG SCI
APPL ECON LETT
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1.18
1.16
1.13
1.12
1.09
1.07
1.07
1.06
1.01
0.97
0.96
0.90
0.89
0.88
0.81
0.80
0.80
0.78
0.76
0.73
0.71
0.70
0.67
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0.65
0.64
0.62
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0.61
0.57
0.55
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0.54
0.49
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0.46
0.46
0.45
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0.34
0.32
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0.27
0.25
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0.25
0.23
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0.22
ECON LETT
J INT MONEY FINANC
AGR ECON
INT ECON REV
MON LABOR REV
REV INCOME WEALTH
ENERGY J
J REGIONAL SCI
J POPUL ECON
ECON EDUC REV
J APPL ECONOM
OXFORD ECON PAP
ECON DEV Q
OXFORD B ECON STAT
B INDONES ECON STUD
IMF STAFF PAPERS
J IND ECON
REG SCI URBAN ECON
REAL ESTATE ECON
WORLD ECON
ENVIRON DEV ECON
J ECON GROWTH
J LABOR RES
NBER MACROECON ANN
J AFR ECON
J AGR ECON
J HOUS ECON
SMALL BUS ECON
J COMP ECON
REV IND ORGAN
APPL ECON
REV FINANC STUD
INT J IND ORGAN
J ECON THEORY
ECON TRANSIT
ECON GEOGR
ENERG POLICY
J ECON DYN CONTROL
J RISK UNCERTAINTY
ENERG ECON
LABOUR ECON
J REGUL ECON
DEV ECON
PUBLIC CHOICE
REV INT POLIT ECON
GAME ECON BEHAV
SCAND J ECON
J FINANC QUANT ANAL
GROWTH CHANGE
ECONOMICA
ECON THEOR
INT REV LAW ECON
J TRANSP ECON POLICY
J BANK FINANC
J ECON MANAGE STRAT
ECONOMET THEOR
CAN J DEV STUD
J ECON HIST
J ECON BEHAV ORGAN
J BUS
RESOUR ENERGY ECON
AUST J AGR RESOUR EC
3.81
3.56
3.50
3.44
3.37
3.28
3.23
3.21
3.14
3.13
3.00
2.92
2.89
2.74
2.60
2.53
2.40
2.40
2.36
2.35
2.34
2.26
2.22
2.20
2.20
2.15
2.14
2.14
2.11
2.07
2.01
1.94
1.88
1.84
1.84
1.82
1.73
1.58
1.52
1.48
1.45
1.37
1.31
1.26
1.23
1.19
1.16
1.16
1.12
1.10
1.05
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0.96
0.90
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0.78
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ECON HIST REV
J AGR ECON
HOUS POLICY DEBATE
ENERG POLICY
J POLICY MODEL
FISC STUD
J MACROECON
J REGIONAL SCI
WORLD BANK RES OBSER
J ECON SURV
INT REGIONAL SCI REV
DEV CHANGE
ENERG ECON
EUR REV AGRIC ECON
ECON REC
SCOT J POLIT ECON
J AFR ECON
J INST THEOR ECON
REG STUD
DEV ECON
J EVOL ECON
SMALL BUS ECON
IDS BULL-I DEV STUD
NEW ENGL ECON REV
FOOD POLICY
BRIT J IND RELAT
J LABOR RES
ECON MODEL
INT REV LAW ECON
J POST KEYNESIAN EC
JAHRB NATL STAT
AUST J AGR RESOUR EC
CAMBRIDGE J ECON
ECONOMIST-NETHERLAND
J ECON ISSUES
ANN REGIONAL SCI
GROWTH CHANGE
ECON DEV Q
PAP REG SCI
B INDONES ECON STUD
OPEN ECON REV
CHINA ECON REV
CAN PUBLIC POL
TELECOMMUN POLICY
INF ECON POLICY
ECON GEOGR
CAN J DEV STUD
S AFR J ECON
RESOUR POLICY
REV INT POLIT ECON
ECON PLANN
AFR DEV REV
POST-COMMUNIST ECON
EASTERN EUR ECON
EUR J IND RELAT
EMERG MARK FINANC TR
POLIT EKON
HITOTSUB J ECON
TIJDSCHR ECON SOC GE
FINANC A UVER
J MEDIA ECON
EKON CAS
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0.57
0.55
0.54
0.53
0.52
0.48
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0.46
0.41
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0.37
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0.34
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0.32
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0.29
0.27
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EXPLOR ECON HIST
J COMP ECON
WELTWIRTSCH ARCH
J FINANC INTERMED
EASTERN EUR ECON
J HOUS ECON
RESOUR ENERGY ECON
J REGUL ECON
GROWTH CHANGE
EUR REV AGRIC ECON
REV INT POLIT ECON
SMALL BUS ECON
KYKLOS
ECON TRANSIT
SCOT J POLIT ECON
ECON HIST REV
CAN J DEV STUD
FISC STUD
J FORECASTING
CAN PUBLIC POL
ENERG ECON
J AFR ECON
J JPN INT ECON
J ECON EDUC
INT REGIONAL SCI REV
B INDONES ECON STUD
TELECOMMUN POLICY
JPN WORLD ECON
ADV ECONOMETRICS
J MACROECON
J ECON ISSUES
DEV ECON
MANCH SCH
J INST THEOR ECON
J LABOR RES
ANN REGIONAL SCI
J EVOL ECON
AUST J AGR RESOUR EC
INT J FINANC ECON
NEW ENGL ECON REV
J POLICY MODEL
ECON REC
INT REV LAW ECON
J ECON SURV
J ECON
J POST KEYNESIAN EC
CHINA ECON REV
ECON MODEL
JPN ECON REV
ECON PLANN
EUR J IND RELAT
POST-COMMUNIST ECON
JAHRB NATL STAT
OPEN ECON REV
INF ECON POLICY
ECONOMIST-NETHERLAND
AFR DEV REV
HITOTSUB J ECON
EMERG MARK FINANC TR
POLIT EKON
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Where should I send my
paper?
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Remember always to diversify your submissions
When choosing where to send your paper:
{ look in the journal you are considering for
papers which are dealing with a similar subject
{ refer to the papers recently published in the
outlet you are considering
{ avoid (at least temporarily) journals that have
rejected your papers consistently
Invited to Revise/Resubmit?
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This is a good outcome!
Start working on the revisions right away. If you
think the revisions are not doable, ask a senior
colleague for advice before starting to work
Do ONLY what the editor/referees ask you to do.
Once you have a R&R, don’t insert nee extensions
if they are not requested!
Invited to Revise/Resubmit?
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Your response to the editor and to the referees are
VERY IMPORTANT. So spend quite a bit of time in
drafting those, explaining carefully and precisely
what you have done to meet the various requests
Send your revisions back expeditiously, but be
meticolous. Don’t wait more than 1 year to send
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Additional References
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E. Kwan Choi’s website
(http://www.roie.org/how.htm)
Bill Thompson “A Guide for the Young
Economist”, M.I.T. Press, 2001
John Cochrane’s “Writing tips for PhD
students” available at
http://faculty.chicagogsb.edu/john.cochrane/
research/Papers/phd_paper_writing.pdf