Econ Journal Watch

Econ Journal Watch is a semiannual peer-reviewed electronic journal established in 2004. It is published by the Fraser Institute. According its website, the journal publishes comments on articles appearing in other economics journals, essays, reflections, investigations, and classic critiques.[1] As of 2017, the Journal maintained a podcast, voiced by Lawrence H. White.[2]

Econ Journal Watch
DisciplineEconomics
LanguageEnglish
Edited byDaniel B. Klein
Publication details
History2004-present
Publisher
FrequencySemiannual
Yes
0.920 (2010)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Econ J. Watch
Indexing
ISSN1933-527X
LCCN2006215193
OCLC no.55659121
Links

As of 2011, the editor-in-chief was Daniel B. Klein;[3] in 2018, the managing editor was Jason Briggeman.[4] As of 2022, the Fraser Institute claimed nine Nobel laureates had been on the Journal's advisory council.[5]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences, EconLit, Journal of Economic Literature, and Research Papers in Economics. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2010 impact factor of 0.920.[6]

Reception

Jonathan Chait, writing in The New Republic, credited the 2011 commissioning and publication on Econ Journal Watch of new research which corrected research it had previously published in 2010.[7] The Mockingbird also credited the editor of the Journal for co-captaining the new research.[8] Matthew Yglesias remarked on the new study.[9]

In popular media, the Journal is cited in news reporting by media such as The Washington Post,[10] Inside Higher Ed,[11] etc.

See also

References
  1. "About & Contact · Econ Journal Watch". econjwatch.org. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  2. "Econ Journal Watch Audio". The Nassau Institute. Nassau, The Bahamas. 5 June 2017. Archived from the original on 9 November 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2022. The host of EJW Audio is Lawrence H. White, a co-editor of EJW and professor of economics at George Mason University
  3. Daniel B. Klein (December 2011). "I Was Wrong, and So Are You". The Atlantic. Emerson Collective. ISSN 1072-7825. Retrieved 15 August 2022. Econ Journal Watch, a journal that I edit
  4. "Fostering Resilience in the Medical Marketplace" (PDF). Niskanen Center. July 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  5. "More from the Fraser Institute". Institut Fraser. L'Institut Fraser. 8 June 2016. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2022. Nine Nobel laureates have lent their names to the journal's advisory council
  6. "Econ Journal Watch". 2010 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2011.
  7. Chait, Jonathan (16 May 2011). "Insult Retractions: A (Very) Occasional Feature". The New Republic.
  8. ETHAN RICHARDSON (28 November 2011). "ANNE'S A, BURT'S B, AND THE CONCLUSIVE CONVENIENCE OF THE "MYSIDE"". The Mockingbird. Retrieved 15 August 2022. Later, upon realizing that his research may have been somewhat slanted, Klein co-captains a research plan that would take into account what he coins the "myside bias" or "confirmation bias."
  9. "Confirmation Bias and Economic Knowledge". Archived from the original on 2011-05-19.
  10. Ana Swanson (14 October 2016). "The most liberal universities in the United States". The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 August 2022. An article recently published in Econ Journal Watch draws on original data to show [...]
  11. "Voter registration data show Democrats outnumber Republicans among social scientists, 11.5 to 1".
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