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ProjectWhat Predicts Top 5 Study IDsspp-2025-0003-v1 Study Title
What Predicts Top 5 AuthorsPrashant Garg, Thiemo Fetzer Completion Time10 Minutes Close Date (UTC)April 30, 2025 DisciplineEconomics FieldApplied Econometrics, Industrial Organization, Labor Economics, Behavioral Economics CountryOnline (many countries) Abstract In economics, publishing in a “top 5” journal (AER, QJE, JPE, Econometrica, Review of Economic Studies) is often seen as a key marker of research success. However, there is ongoing debate about which factors truly determine whether a paper makes it into these top journals. We consider the importance of four categories of traits: author direct, author indirect, paper direct, and paper indirect.