Publish or perish? The increasing importance of publications for prospective economics professors in Austria, Germany and Switzerland

Graber, M., Launov, A. and Wälde, K. (2008) Publish or perish? The increasing importance of publications for prospective economics professors in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. German Economic Review, 9(4), pp. 457-472. (doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2008.00449.x)

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Abstract

Tenure decisions depend, among other factors, on a candidate�s career age and publication record. We measure publications in units of both Top 5 journals and of the European Economic Review (EER), associating publication output with journals indexed in EconLit. We find that the average age of a professor in the year of his/her first appointment is 38, i.e. approximately 8 years after completing the PhD. Between 1970 and 2006, the average publication record at the time of the first appointment is equivalent to 1.5 standardized Top 5 articles (one co-author, 20 pages) or 2.3 standardized EER articles. Publication records vary across sub fields and improve over time. We predict that someone running for a tenured job after 2011 should (average of all fields) aim at an average equivalent of 4 standardized Top 5 articles or 6 standardized EER articles.

Item Type:Articles
Keywords:Academic labour market, tenure, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:UNSPECIFIED
Authors: Graber, M., Launov, A., and Wälde, K.
Subjects:L Education > LF Individual institutions (Europe)
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
College/School:College of Social Sciences > Adam Smith Business School > Economics
Journal Name:German Economic Review
Publisher:Blackwell
ISSN:1468-0475
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2008 Blackwell
First Published:First published in German Economic Review 9(4):457-472
Publisher Policy:Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher

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