Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245694 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14643
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Publishing in economics proceeds much more slowly on average than in the natural sciences, and more slowly than in other social sciences and finance. It is even relatively slower at the extremes. We demonstrate that much of the lag, especially at the extremes, arises from authors' dilatory behavior in revising their work. The marginal product of an additional round of re-submission at the top economics journals is productive of additional subsequent citations; but conditional on re-submission, journals taking more time is not productive, and authors spending more time is associated with reduced scholarly impact. We offer several proposals to speed up the publication process. These include no-revisions policies, such as Economic Inquiry's; limits on authors' time revising articles, and limits on editors waiting for dilatory referees.
Subjects: 
procrastination
top journals
sociology of economics
slowness
editorial behavior
JEL: 
A11
B20
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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