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How Much Better Are the Most-Prestigious Journals? The Statistics of Academic Publication

William H. Starbuck
William H. Starbuck
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Department of Management, Stern School of Business, New York University, 40 West Fourth Street, Tisch 7-22, New York, New York 10012
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Department of Management, Stern School of Business, New York University, 40 West Fourth Street, Tisch 7-22, New York, New York 10012

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Published Online:1 Apr 2005https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1040.0107

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