Economic and social measurement,research methodology,and computational technologies: An editorial

Abstract

This editorial article describes the Journal of Economic and Social Measurement. It discusses the evolution of this journal during the past thirty plus years of its publication. In the process, it identifies the range of topics that have been historically addressed as a means of suggesting types of possible future articles. It includes both a statement of editorial policies and information about normal selection procedures. This article therefore serves to define the scope of this journal, but fundamentally should be understood as intended to be suggestive, rather than either prescriptive or restrictive. The journal's essential characteristic is both to act as a complement to the standard disciplinary journals and to be innovative in its acceptance of new ideas and methods.