Update to Nine Facts about Top Journals in Economics (4/2018) David Card, UC Berkeley and Stefano DellaVigna, UC Berkeley

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1 Update to Nine Facts about Top Journals in Economics (4/218) David Card, UC Berkeley and Stefano DellaVigna, UC Berkeley This is an update to selected figures and tables of the paper Nine Facts about Top Journals in Economics (Card and Dellavigna 213). We updated data on paper characteristics and submission counts in the 5 journals: AER, Econometrica, JPE, QJE, and REStud. Note that we did not update the citation data or figures. The figures and tables correspond to those in the original paper and online appendix, with the addition of the page lengths by journal table and figure at the end. Since 213, we see that the trends outlined have continued. Submissions have increased (and acceptance rates decreased), and papers have gotten longer. The number of papers published is generally flat, with the exception of the AER which expanded slightly after a switch to 12 issues per year.

2 Figure 1. Number of Submissions per Year 7, 2, Total Number of Submissions (Top 5) 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, Top 5 Total (left scale) QJE (right scale) Econometrica (right scale) AER (right scale) ReStud (right scale) JPE (right scale) 1,5 1, 5 Number of Submissions (Individual Journals) 1, Notes: AER submissions are Nov. 1 Oct. 31. Eca submissions are July 1 June 31. REStud submissions are March 1 Feb. 28. AER and Econometrica data found from annual editors' reports; QJE, REStud, and JPE data are obtained from editorial staff. Figure 2. Number of Articles Published per Year 45 4 Total Top 5 Journals (left scale) Total Number of Articles (Top 5) QJE ReStud AER Eca JPE Number of Articles (Individual Journals) Notes: publications exclude notes, comments, announcements, and Papers and Proceedings.

3 Figure 3. Approximate Acceptance Rate per Year 25 Number Pubs. / Average Annual Submissions (lagged) AER JPE ReStud Econometrica QJE Note: figure shows 1 times number of articles published in year t, divided by average number of submissions in year t 1 and t 2 Figure 4. Trends in Length and Number of Authors of Published Papers 5 Mean Standardized Page Length (left scale) Mean Number Authors/Paper (right scale) Average Page Length Mean Number Authors/Paper Notes: page lengths are adjusted for differences in page \across journals. Standardized length assumes 255 characters per page..

4 Figure 5. Median Standardized Length of Published Papers by Journal QJE JPE 4. Econometrica ReStud Median Length 3. AER AER Notes: Page lengths are standardized across journals. The AER page length measure takes into account changes in page density for switches to single column format (in 28) and to a lower density format (in 211). 212 lengths are based on issues published before November 212.

5 Appendix Table 1. Number of Articles Published Per Year, and Journal Shares of Top 5 Publications, Number of Articles Published per Year Share of Total Top 5 Publications in Year (%) AER Eca JPE QJE ReStud Top 5 AER Eca JPE QJE ReStud Notes: Publication totals exclude notes, comments, announcements, and Papers and Proceedings.

6 Appendix Table 2. Number of Submissions Per Year, and Journal Shares of Submissions to Top 5, Number of Submissions per Year Share of Submissions to Top 5 (%) AER Eca JPE QJE REStud Top 5 AER Eca JPE QJE REStud , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,411 1,34 5, , ,517 1,195 5, , ,612 1,26 6, , ,544 1,333 6, , ,661 1,423 6, , ,726 1,646 7, , ,59 1,775 1,394 7, Notes: empty cells indicate missing data. AER submissions are Nov. 1 Oct. 31. Eca submissions are July 1 June 31. REStud submissions are March 1 Feb. 28. AER and Econometrica data found from annual editors' reports; QJE, REStud, and JPE data are obtained from editorial staff.

7 Appendix Table 3. Approximate Acceptance Rate = Number of Articles Published in Year, Divided by Average Number of Submissions in Previous Two Years "Acceptance Rate" = Number Articles Published Divided by Average Annual Number of Submissions in Previous Two Years AER Eca JPE QJE ReStud

8 Appendix Table 4. Mean and Median Standardized Page Lengths of Published Articles, by Journal All AER Econometrica JPE QJE Rev. Econ Studies Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median Note: page lengths are standardized across journals to have 255 characters/page. Articles exclude notes, comments, announcements and Papers and Proceedings.