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Why Is the Journal of Agricultural & Applied Economics Not in the Major Citation Indices and Does It ReallyMatter?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2015

Daniel R. Petrolia  and
Darren Hudson
Daniel R. Petrolia
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics at Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi
Darren Hudson
Affiliation:
Agricultural Competitiveness Chair in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
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Why is it that we care about citation indices? Like proverbial silverbackgorillas, we beat our chests at every change in our “h-index” or gruntloudly at every e-mail alert of a new citation to our papers. What does itall really mean though? Is there some deeper significance to a citationindex? Does having a journal in the index enhance its own or sponsoringassociation's reputation? Inquiring minds want to know.

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , August 2013 , pp. 381 - 388
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2013

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