Publishing and Promotion in Economics: The Tyranny of the Top Five
研究美国顶尖经济系中五大期刊发表对终身教职决策的影响，发现其作用巨大但不可靠，大量有影响力的论文发表在非五大期刊，过度依赖会鼓励功利主义而非创造力。
This paper examines the relationship between placement of publications in top five (T5) journals and receipt of tenure in academic economics departments. Analyzing the job histories of tenure–track economists hired by the top 35 US economics departments, we find that T5 publications have a powerful influence on tenure decisions and rates of transition to tenure. A survey of the perceptions of young economists supports the formal statistical analysis. Pursuit of T5 publications has become the obsession of the next generation of economists. However, the T5 screen is far from reliable. A substantial share of influential publications appear in non-T5 outlets. Reliance on the T5 to screen talent incentivizes careerism over creativity.