Bröchner, J (2018) Construction economics and economics journals. Construction Management and Economics, 36(3), pp. 175-180. ISSN 01446193
Abstract
It has been asked whether construction economics has achieved the position of an academic (sub-)discipline. The main question addressed here is if there are signs of a widening gap between construction economics and mainstream economics. Full text searches in three top economics journals and in Construction Management and Economics have been performed, as well as an analysis of how a broader range of economics journals have combined the construction industry topic with other topics. Results include that authors in the three top economics journals never cite articles in Construction Management and Economics, although citations in the opposite direction are frequent. Economics journals in general are found to combine the Journal of Economic Literature L74 code (Construction) mostly with codes from financial economics, macroeconomics and economic development. For 2013–2016, the strongest new combinations with construction are with Firm Behaviour–Empirical Analysis, Accounting and Climate–Natural Disasters and their Management. Finally, the importance for construction economists of access to big data is emphasized.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | bibliometrics; construction industry; data mining; economics; publishing |
| Index terms: | data mining, natural disaster, macroeconomics, accounting, construction industry, bibliometrics, journal, construction economics, economic development, big data |
| Subjects: | economic analysis, data science, industry analysis, economic theory, financial analysis, research evaluation and metrics, research dissemination and communication, environmental hazards, economic development, information systems |
| Topics: | Information Management, Business Strategy, Sustainability, Research Practice, Digital Applications, Cost Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
N.B. Descriptive scope is a count of how many of the five facets of empirical research are indicated by the words used in title, abstract and keywords. It is not intended as a judgement on the research; merely a count of the kind of word we would expect to indicate Phenomenon, Concepts, Theoretical framing, Empirical techniques, Analytical techniques. If all five are present, then a code of “5 PCTEA” will indicate this. If you feel the coding for this record is questionable, we welcome discussion around the terms we matched or the way we categorized them. The facet you would expect may not be coded, or a facet may be coded inappropriately. This can also bear on a larger question, of which facets should be treated as defining in construction management research. Please get in touch, and we will look at it. More details here