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name: journal_monitor description: Monthly scan of new articles in Research Policy, Regional Studies journals and NBER regional/innovation papers. Creates and updates an Obsidian note with titles, authors, and abstracts — deduplicating against previously logged items. tags:

• journals
• research-policy
• regional-studies
• nber
• monitoring
• monthly

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Journal Monitor

Purpose

Fetch new articles from:

1. Research Policy (journal, Elsevier/ScienceDirect) — most recent issue
2. Regional Studies (journal, Taylor & Francis) — most recent issue
3. NBER — most recent working papers in the regional economics and innovation programs

Produce structured entries (title, authors, abstract) and update the Obsidian note at:

/Users/michal/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~md~obsidian/Documents/Michal/Notes/Fleeting notes/new_articles.md

Deduplicate against all previously logged entries. Run monthly.

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Instructions

Step 1 — Fetch Research Policy (most recent issue)

1. Fetch the Research Policy journal issues page: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/research-policy/issues Identify the most recent volume/issue number and its publication date.

2. Fetch the table of contents for that issue. The URL pattern is: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/research-policy/vol/<VOL>/issue/<ISSUE> Replace <VOL> and <ISSUE> with the values found in step 1.

3. For each article listed, collect:

   • Title
   • Author(s)
   • DOI / URL
   • Abstract (fetch the article page if the abstract is not on the ToC)

4. If the page is paywalled or JavaScript-rendered and cannot be fetched directly, fall back to a web search: Research Policy journal most recent issue {{currentDate}} articles abstracts and extract what is available from search snippets and any open-access pages.

Step 2 — Fetch Regional Studies (most recent issue)

1. Fetch the Regional Studies journal issues page: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cres20/current Identify the most recent volume/issue number and its publication date.

2. For each article listed, collect:

   • Title
   • Author(s)
   • DOI / URL
   • Abstract (fetch the article page if the abstract is not on the ToC)

3. If the page is paywalled or JavaScript-rendered and cannot be fetched directly, fall back to a web search: Regional Studies journal most recent issue {{currentDate}} articles abstracts and extract what is available from search snippets and any open-access pages.

4. Keep all articles from the most recent issue (it is a curated journal; all items are relevant).

Step 3 — Fetch NBER regional economics and innovation papers

Run the following searches to find NBER working papers published in the past 30 days. Today is {{currentDate}}.

1. Fetch https://www.nber.org/papers?page=1&perPage=40&sortBy=public_date and filter for papers tagged with:

   • Regional Economics program (repe)
   • Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship program (prpe)
   • Urban Economics program (urpe)

2. If the NBER page is not machine-readable, run these web searches instead:

   • site:nber.org working paper regional economics {{currentYear}}
   • site:nber.org working paper innovation entrepreneurship {{currentYear}}
   • NBER working paper regional policy innovation 2026 new

3. For each paper found, collect:

   • Title
   • Author(s)
   • NBER working paper number (w#####)
   • URL (https://www.nber.org/papers/w#####)
   • Abstract (fetch the paper page if needed)

4. Limit to papers issued within the past 35 days unless they are highly relevant. Target 5–15 papers per source.

Step 4 — Filter and prioritise

Research Policy — keep all articles from the most recent issue (it is a curated journal; all items are relevant).

Regional Studies — keep all articles from the most recent issue (it is a curated journal; all items are relevant).

NBER — apply a relevance filter. Keep papers that relate to:

• Regional economic development, place-based policy, spatial economics
• Innovation policy, R&D, patents, knowledge spillovers
• IP, intangible assets, technology transfer
• Entrepreneurship, firm dynamics, startups
• Labour markets and regional inequality

Discard: macro/monetary papers, pure health/environmental papers with no regional or innovation angle, finance papers unrelated to the above themes.

Step 5 — Format entries

For each article, produce a formatted entry:

#### [Title]

**Authors:** [Last, F.; Last, F.]
**Source:** [Research Policy, Vol. X, Issue Y | NBER Working Paper #NNNNN]
**Date:** [Month YYYY]
**URL:** [https://...]

> [Full abstract text]

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Step 6 — Write the note (full replacement)

Always overwrite the entire file at: /Users/michal/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~md~obsidian/Documents/Michal/Notes/Fleeting notes/new_articles.md

Do not read or preserve any previous content. Write the complete note from scratch using this structure:

---
tags: [journals, research-policy, regional-studies, nber, monitoring]
created: {{currentDate}}
updated: {{currentDate}}
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# New Articles — Research Policy, Regional Studies & NBER

Monthly scan of new articles from *Research Policy*, *Regional Studies*, and NBER working papers (regional economics, innovation, entrepreneurship programs).

Replaced in full on each run. Reflects the most recent issues and the past 35 days of NBER papers.

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## {{currentMonth}} {{currentYear}}

### Research Policy — Vol. X, Issue Y

[entries]

### Regional Studies — Vol. X, Issue Y

[entries]

### NBER — Regional Economics & Innovation

[entries]

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Step 7 — Confirm

Report back to the user:

• Number of Research Policy articles written
• Number of Regional Studies articles written
• Number of NBER papers written
• Any articles that look especially relevant to current work (IP, innovation policy, regional development)