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Do leading institutionalist journals promote Original Institutional Economics? A bibliometric comparison of the Journal of Economic Issues and the Journal of Institutional Economics

José Maltaca & Felipe Almeida

EconomiA2025https://doi.org/10.1108/econ-05-2024-0076article
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0.50

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Purpose This paper introduces a bibliometric analytical comparison between the two main institutionalist journals, the Journal of Economic Issues (JEI) and the Journal of Institutional Economics (JOIE) . Its goal is to identify the type of institutional economics promoted by each journal and to compare them, focusing on establishing whether they are aligned with Original Institutional Economics (OIE). Design/methodology/approach This paper relies on the bibliometric method of bag-of-words, operationalized through the biblioshiny interface of the bibliometrix package. The data for the journals – consisting of the articles published by them – were extracted from the Web of Science database. Findings The results suggest a specialization of the journals: while JEI promotes OIE, JOIE’s themes and most cited authors are associated with the New Institutional Economics (NIE). Originality/value The paper is original in conducting a bibliometric comparison between the two main institutionalist journals and in perceiving different approaches by them in regard to institutional economics.

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@article{josé2025,
  title        = {{Do leading institutionalist journals promote Original Institutional Economics? A bibliometric comparison of the Journal of Economic Issues and the Journal of Institutional Economics}},
  author       = {José Maltaca & Felipe Almeida},
  journal      = {EconomiA},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1108/econ-05-2024-0076},
}

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0.50

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20
M · momentum0.50 × 0.15 = 0.07
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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