Abstract

SERRANO, Roberto. Top5itis Revisited: Some Thoughts on the Notion of General Interest in Economics. Ens. Rev. econ. [online]. 2024, vol.43, n.1, pp.103-112.  Epub Feb 11, 2025. ISSN 2448-8402.  https://doi.org/10.29105/ensayos43.1-5.

Top5itis is a disease that currently affects the economics discipline. It refers to the obsession of the profession of academic economists with the so-called “top5” journals, also referred to as “top general-interest” journals. This paper offers some thoughts regarding the notion of “general-interest” in economics and discusses some of the practices in these journals.

Keywords : Top5itis; General Interest.

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