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On the Causal Effect of Fame on Citations

Authors: Jonathan Brogaard; Joseph E. Engelberg; Sapnoti K. Eswar; Edward D. Van Wesep;

On the Causal Effect of Fame on Citations

Abstract

Papers published in finance and economics journals whose first authors are famous have more citations than papers whose second or third authors are famous. As a paper ages, its citation rate varies most with variation in the fame of the first author and less so with the fame of second and third authors. Author order is alphabetical, so these patterns are unrelated to underlying quality. The magnitudes we find are large; a three-author paper written by the most prolific author in economics and his two research assistants would increase, on average, its percentile rank by 30 percentage points if the prolific author was first rather than second or third. The effect is especially pronounced in three, rather than two, author papers, suggesting that burying a famous author in the “et al.” reduces citations the most. This paper was accepted by David Sraer, finance. Supplemental Material: The data files are available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2022.00840 .

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United Kingdom
Keywords

Measurement, 330, Citations, NCAD, Publication, 3rd-DAS, Fame, Z665 Library Science. Information Science, Z665

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    Top 10%
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selected citations
These citations are derived from selected sources.
This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).
BIP!Citations provided by BIP!
popularity
This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network.
BIP!Popularity provided by BIP!
influence
This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).
BIP!Influence provided by BIP!
impulse
This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network.
BIP!Impulse provided by BIP!
11
Top 10%
Average
Average
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