Thread by @DaveEvansPhD

47 journals with explicit short paper options where economists publish their research

An annotated list: bit.ly/36qNVfn

[And a thread]

In addition to journals with an explicit short paper option, many editors at other journals signal an interest in short papers.

See @seema_econ on AEJ: Applied

https://twitter.com/seema_econ/status/1029006712227942400

Or @RichardTol on Energy Economics

https://twitter.com/RichardTol/status/1364106205052952576

Or @cbb2cornell on Food Policy

https://twitter.com/cbb2cornell/status/1410598696580882436

Or @KWHankins on the Journal of Corporate Finance

https://twitter.com/KWHankins/status/1367581582014500867

Or @EdmondsEric on the World Bank Economic Review

https://twitter.com/EdmondsEric/status/1325927291847925760

For me, short papers are often a way to put some quick, policy relevant analysis into the world.

For quicker turnarounds, in my experience, the public health / medical journals are stronger.

My experience with economics journals is that short paper turnarounds are not MUCH shorter than regular paper turnaround times.

Two examples of an effort to do some just-in-time policy analysis are these two letters in the context of the Ebola epidemic of 2014-2015.

thelancet.com/journals/langl…

thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Likewise with this work on lifting pregnancy bans in schools. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Short papers can also be a good way to capture some useful descriptive facts. That's what we did with this short paper forthcoming at Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. cgdev.org/publication/ho…

Or some simple analysis that can hopefully inspire future work, as we tried to do with this work on health worker knowledge and patient satisfaction in Nigeria. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

There are homes for many lengths of papers. #GetYourManuscriptOut! Happy researching and publishing and disseminating and influencing the world for good!