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Ranking and Selection from Pairwise Comparisons: Empirical Bayes Methods for Citation Analysis

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Abstract

In this paper, Stigler's (1994) model of citation flows among journals adapted to the pairwise comparison model of Bradley and Terry (1952) is employed to do ranking and selection of journal influence based on nonparametric empirical Bayes methods. Comparisons with several other ranking are also made.

Citation

Gu, Jiaying, and Roger Koenker. 2022. "Ranking and Selection from Pairwise Comparisons: Empirical Bayes Methods for Citation Analysis." AEA Papers and Proceedings, 112: 624-29. DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20221063

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JEL Classification

  • A14 Sociology of Economics