The evolution of ordoliberalism in the light of the ordo yearbook
a bibliometric analysis
pp. 159-182
in: Agnes Labrousse, Jean-Daniel Weisz (eds), Institutional economics in France and Germany, Berlin, Springer, 2001Abstract
It is well known from the history and sociology of science that the rise of new schools and the institutionalization of disciplines, research areas and specialties are normally associated with the launching of learned journals (Weingart 1974 pp. 30–32; Hagemann 1991). Such journals serve as important forums for elaborating an approach and help maintain the "corporate identity" of a new school. Setting up a new journal also represents a way of overcoming resistance within the established academic community and of spreading the new gospel. Cases which highlight this important role of journals in the development of schools of thought abound. Among the most prominent are Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales (Bourdieu school), L'Année sociologique (Durkheim school) (Besnard 1979; Karady 1979), Geschichte und Gesellschaft (Bielefeld school of social science history) (Raphael 2000) and Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung (Frankfurt school of critical theory). In some cases, including Annales, Public Choice or Tel Quel, the labels by which schools are known even coincide with the journal titles.