Online publishing and citation success in the accounting, business and economic history of Spain, 1997–2011

Bátiz-Lazo, B; Eskandari, R; Goddard, J

Abstract

This paper examines the factors determining the citation success of authors who have published via the Internet on the economic and business history of Spain. It departs from the dominant cross-sectional approach to the quantitative assessment of citation success by using a 15-year time series analysis of peer-reviewed Spanish and Latin American outlets. Moreover, it considers working papers published online, and assesses the role of Spanish as a medium to communicate with an international audience. Our results suggest a high concentration of publications and citations for a small number of authors (including non-residents) and the importance of local journals in citation success. Besides offering suggestions on how to improve scientific impact, our citation analysis also sheds light on the state of the field of economic and business history in Spanish economic circles and attests the role of Spain as an intermediate country in the production and diffusion of scientific knowledge.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 7, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Aug 28, 2014
• Publication Date: Oct 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: May 6, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: May 10, 2016
• Journal: Investigaciones de Historia Económica - Economic History Research
• Print ISSN: 1698-6989
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 153-163
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ihe.2014.07.010
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ihe.2014.07.010
• Related Public URLs: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/investigaciones-de-historia-economica-economic-history-research