Bibliometric Analysis of the Revista De Economía Institucional on its First Ten Years (Spanish)

Abstract

Using bibliomterics and data mining tools, this article assess the performance of the Revista de Economía Institucional and identifies its strengths and weaknesses using eight evaluation criteria: level of specialization, research component, contribution to the popularization of science, role as communication channel among peers and as community builder, multidisciplinarity, methodological pluralism, cosmopolitanism and impact. For so doing, the authors relied on the most representative journal databases on the field as well as on the journal’s archives.

Keywords: bibliometrics, institutional economics, journal evaluation criteria, impact factor, scientometrics

JEL Classification: A30, B52, C88