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This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economics and Innovation [ECO2016-79650-P].

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Impacts of Internet Use on Trade: New Evidence for Developed and Developing Countries

Publicated to:EMERGING MARKETS FINANCE AND TRADE. 57 (10): 3017-3032 - 2021-01-01 57(10), DOI: 10.1080/1540496X.2019.1676225

Authors: Rodriguez-Crespo, Ernesto; Billon, Margarita; Marco, Rocio

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Autonomous Univ Madrid, Dept Appl Stat, Madrid, Spain - Author
Autonomous Univ Madrid, Dept Econ Struct & Dev Econ, Francisco Tomas y Valiente 5, E-28049 Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Antonio Nebrija, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

This paper investigates the impact of Internet use on bilateral trade flows using a gravity model and panel data for the period 1996-2014. First, we test the positive influence of Internet use on exports for aggregate data. Second, we test the impact of Internet use on bilateral flows separately for high-income countries and low- and middle-income countries. We find a significant and positive relationship between the Internet and bilateral exports for both groups of countries. The results also show that the impacts vary from 0.03% to 0.13% depending on the levels of income. Unlike previous studies, our findings suggest that the effect of Internet use is greater for bilateral trade flows among high-income countries. We contribute to the literature by investigating the differentiated impacts of Internet use for high-income economies and low- and middle-income countries. Our study uses panel data and covers the period of the greatest Internet diffusion.

Keywords

Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development goals

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal EMERGING MARKETS FINANCE AND TRADE due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position 7/96, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category International Relations. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 1.69. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 3.53 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 7.05 (source consulted: Dimensions Jun 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-29, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 18
  • Scopus: 18
  • Google Scholar: 25
  • Open Alex: 21

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-29:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 40 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

    It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

    • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
    • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://repositorio.uam.es/handle/10486/709544
    Continuing with the social impact of the work, it is important to emphasize that, due to its content, it can be assigned to the area of interest of ODS 17 - Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, with a probability of 49% according to the mBERT algorithm developed by Aurora University.

    Leadership analysis of institutional authors

    There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (RODRIGUEZ CRESPO, ERNESTO) and Last Author (MARCO CRESPO, ROCIO).

    the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been RODRIGUEZ CRESPO, ERNESTO.