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Reflections on Relevance of Professional Journals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Lindon J. Robison  and
Dale Colyer
Lindon J. Robison
Affiliation:
Michigan State University and West Virginia University
Dale Colyer
Affiliation:
Michigan State University and West Virginia University
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Abstract

It appears the major private benefit from peer reviewed journals such as the Review of Agricultural Economics (RAE) is certification. To maintain public support for our journals, increased efforts are needed to demonstrate the social benefits from peer reviewed publications. Research cost considerations have led agricultural economists to emphasize applied disciplinary work using secondary data and to ignore the important work of careful data collection and reporting. Moreover, pressures to publish have led to more isolated research efforts ignoring other disciplines. Recommendations to improve the relevance of journal publications include more active efforts by journal editors to make applied journals such as RAE more accessible to the public.

Keywords

certificationconfirmation studiesprivate goodspublic goodsrelevance
Type
Invited Papers and Discussions
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , July 1994 , pp. 19 - 34
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1994

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