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Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Advance Access originally published online on May 1, 2009
Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 2009 3(2):270-287; doi:10.1093/reep/rep002
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Evaluating Environmental and Resource Economics Journals: A TOP-Curve Approach

Sandra Rousseau*, Tom Verbeke{dagger} and Ronald Rousseau{ddagger}

* K. U. Leuven, Center for Economic Studies, Naamsestraat 69, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; and HUBrussel, Stormstraat 2, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium; e-mail: Sandra.Rousseau{at}econ.kuleuven.be
{dagger} HUBrussel, CEDON, Stormstraat 2, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium; and Ghent University, Department of Economics, Tweekerkenstraat 2, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
{ddagger} KHBO (Association K. U. Leuven), Industrial Sciences and Technology, Zeedijk 101, B-8400 Oostende, Belgium; and K. U. Leuven, Steunpunt O&O Indicatoren, Dekenstraat 2, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium

This article applies an alternative approach to the measurement of scholarly quality, namely the use of TOP-curves, in order to rank journals in the field of environmental and resource economics. This measure summarizes the incidence, intensity, and inequality of these journals’ highly cited articles. Moreover, TOP-curves allow analysts to rank journals according to TOP-dominance. The journal ranking based on the TOP-dominance criterion does not match the ranking based on the journals’ impact factors. Indeed, TOP-curves provide more detailed information on the relative ranking of journals since they take into account the composition and the distribution of citations within the top group.

JEL Classification: D8, Q5

The authors wish to sincerely thank the anonymous referee and the managing editor, Suzy Leonard, whose constructive comments and suggestions considerably improved the analysis.


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