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[Introduction] [MIS Journal Rankings] [Bibliography of MIS Journal Citations] [URLs for MIS Journal Lists]
[POM Journal Rankings] [Bibliography of POM Journal Citations] [URLs for POM and Management Journal Lists]
[Management Journal Rankings] [Bibliography of Management Journal Citations] [[ISWorld Net Navigation Map]

Introduction

In addition to the standard question of "how many", there, hopefully is some concern at your university about "how good" your publications are. Since tenure and promotion are evaluated by professionals in disciplines other than yours, the rankings of journals in your discipline often serve as surrogate measures of quality. If you have published in top-ranked journals, be sure to highlight the ranking of those journals in your promotion and tenure packets.

MIS Journal Rankings

Nikos Mylonopoulos and V.  Theoharakis, ("'On-Site: Global Perceptions of IS Journals," Communications of the ACM, Sept. 2001, vol. 44, no. 9, 29-33) summarize the responses of approximately 1000 IS researchers around the world.. 

Michael Whitman, Anthony Hendrickson and Anthony Townsend ("Research Commentary. Academic Rewards for Teaching, Research and service: Data and Discourse," Information Systems Research, June 1999, vol. 10, no. 2, 99-109) report the rankings of 80 publications for their value in  reviews of research and performance based of the survey of 112 AACSB accredited institutions. 

Bill Hardgrave and Kent Walstrom ("Forums for MIS Scholars," Communications of the ACM, November 1997, vol. 40, no.11, 119-124) update and reassess the results of their 1995 report evaluating the quality of MIS journals. This update rated 53 publications as well as eleven conferences. 

Kent Walstrom, Bill Hardgrave and Rick Wilson ("Forums for Management Information Systems Scholars," Communications of the ACM, 1995, vol. 38, no.3, 93-102) list the rankings obtained from a sample of 46 MIS faculty on the quality of MIS journals. Information Systems Research, a new journal included in this survey, had not yet been published at the time of the Gillenson and Stutz survey.

Clyde Holsapple, Linda Johnson, Herman Manakyan, and John Tanner ("Business Computing Research Journals: A Normalized Citation Analysis, " Journal of Management Information Systems, 1994, vol. 11, no. 1, 131-140) provides a ranking of business computing research journals based on the number of citations. The rankings reflect the number of years each journal has been published.

Mark Gillenson and Joel Stutz ("Academic Issues in MIS: Journals and Books," MIS Quarterly, 1991, vol.15, no.4, 147-452) report the attitudes of professors in the MIS field toward the academic quality of MIS journal. Respondents from 135 AACSB accredited business schools responded to the survey.

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Bibliography of MIS Journals Citations

This list of references of articles about MIS Journals was provided by Gail Ridley at University of Tasmania, AARNet : Gail.Ridley@cs.utas.edu.au

Alavi, M. & Carlson, P. 1992, 'A review of MIS research and disciplinary development', Journal of Management Information Systems, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 45-62.

Boyer, G. and Carlson, G. 1989, 'Characteristics of Periodical Literature for the Potential Reader or Author in Information Management', MIS Quarterly, vol.13, no.2, pp. 221-229.

Cheng, Holsapple, C. & Lee. 1996, 'Citation-Based Journal Rankings for AI Research', AI Magazine, Summer 1996, pp. 87-97.

Cheon, M. J., Grover, V. & Sabherwal, R. 1993, 'The evolution of empirical research in IS: A study in IS maturity', Information & Management, vol. 24, pp. 107-119.

Cooper, Blair and Pao. 1993, 'Communicating MIS Research: A Citation Study of Journal Influence', Information Processing & Management, vol.29, no.1, pp. 113-127.

Culnan, M. 1986, 'The intellectual structure of management information systems, 1972-1982: A co-citation analysis', Management Science, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 156-172.

Culnan, M. J. & Swanson, E. B. 1986, 'Research in management information systems, 1980-1984: Points of work and reference', MIS Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 289-301.

Doke, E. R. & Luke, R. H. 1987, 'Perceived quality of CIS/MIS journals among faculty: publishing hierarchies', Journal of Computer Information Systems, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 30-33.

Farhoomand, Ali F. 1992, 'Scientific progress of management information systems', in Information Systems Research: Issues, Methods and Practical Guidelines, ed Robert Galliers, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford.

Gillenson, M. L. & Stutz, J. D.1991, 'Academic issues in MIS: Journals and books', MIS Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 447-452.

Grover, V., Segars, A. H.& Simon, S. J. 1992, 'An assessment of institutional research productivity in MIS', Data Base, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 5-8.

Hamilton, S. & Ives, B. 1982, 'MIS research strategies', Information and Management, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 339-347.

Hamilton, S. & Ives, B. 1983, 'The journal communication system for MIS research', Data Base, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 3-14.

Hardgrave, B. C. & Walstrom, K. A. 1997, 'Forums for MIS scholars', Communications of the ACM, vol.40, no. 11, pp.119-124.

Holsapple, C., Johnson, L., Manakyan, H. & Tanner, J. 1994, 'Business computing research journals: A normalized citation analysis,' Journal of Management Information Systems, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 131-140.

Holsapple, C., Johnson, L., Manakyan, H. & Tanner, J. 1993, 'A citation analysis of business computing research journals,' Information and Management, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 231-244.

Im, K.S., Kim, K.Y., & Kim, J.J. "An Assessment of Individual and Institutional Research Productivity in MIS," Decision Line, December/January, 1998, 8-12.

Jackson, W. M. & Nath, R. 1989, 'Publication patterns of MIS researchers', Interface, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 15-220.

Keen, P. G.W. 1991, 'Relevance and rigor in Information Systems research: Improving quality, confidence, cohesion and impact' in Information Systems Research: Contemporary Approaches and Emergent Traditions, eds HE. Nissen, K. L. Heinz & R. Hirschheim, North-Holland, Amsterdam.

Koong, K. S. & Weistroffer, H. R. 1989, 'Faculty usage of management Information Systems journals: A survey', Journal of Computer Information Systems, no l. 30, no. 1, pp. 1-4.

Lending, D. & Wetherbe, J. C. 1992, 'Update on MIS research; A profile of leading journals and US universities', Data Base, vol. 23, no. 23, pp. 5-11.

Morrison, J. & George, J. F. 1995, 'Exploring the software engineering component in MIS research, Communications of the ACM, vol. 38, no. 7, pp. 80-91.
Mylonopoulos, N.A. & Theoharakis, V. 2001 'On-Site: Global Perceptions of IS Journals,' Communications of the ACM, vol. 44, no. 9, 29-33. 

Nord, J. H. & Nord, G. D. 1994, 'MIS research: Journal status assessment and analysis', Information and Management, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 29-42.

Omar, M. H. & Goodwin, J. S. 1991, 'An investigation of decision support systems literature', Interface, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 18-23.

Orlikowski, W. J. & Baroudi, J. J. 1991, 'Studying information technology in organizations: Research approaches and assumptions', Information Systems Research, vol.2, no. 1 pp. 1-28.

Shim, J.P. & English. 1987, 'Productivity Rankings of Institutions Based on Publications in Five 'Top' Rated MIS Journals: 1980-1986', Proceedings of the 1987 Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, pp. 202-204.

Shim, J.P., English & Yoon. 1991, 'An Examination of Articles in the Eight Leading MIS Journals: 1980-1988', Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, vol.25, no.3, pp. 211-219.

Szajna, B. 1994, 'How much is information systems research addressing key practitioner concerns?', Data Base, vol.25, no.2, pp. 49-59.

Trower, J. 1995, 'Publications by Researchers and Institutions in Two Top IS Journals: 1990-1994', Proceedings of the First Americas Conference on Information Systems, pp. 23-25.

Tsai, R., Richards, T. & Yellen, R. 1991, 'Practitioners' issues: Perceptions of Information Systems journals and issues', Interface, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 65-69.

Vogel D. R. & Wetherbe, J. C. 1984, 'MIS research: A profile of leading journals and universities', Data Base, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 3-14.

Walsham, G. 1995, 'The Emergence of Relativism in IS Research', Information Systems Research, vol.6, no.4, pp. 376-394.

Walstrom, K. A., Hardgrave, B. C. & Wilson, R. L. 1995, 'Forums for Management Information Systems scholars', Communications of the ACM, vol.38, no. 3, pp.93-107.

Whitman, M.E., Hendrickson, A.R., Townsend, A.M. 1999, 'Research Commentary. Academic Rewards for Teaching, Research and service: Data and Discourse', Information Systems Research, vol. 10, no. 2, pp.99-109.

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URLs for MIS Journal Lists

Useful URLs that offer information about MIS journals. These URLs were supplied by Murray Wills at the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand at wilmur@mhs.topnz.ac.nz

http://www.informs.org/Pubs/Pubshome.html

INFORMS Online - Journal information, including forthcoming papers and announcements of special issues.

http://orcs.bus.okstate.edu/isworld/journals.htm

ISWorld Net journals page - information about Information Systems and Management and Management Science/Operations Research journals. The information provided includes aims, instructions for authors, contents, editorial board.

http://www.alba.edu.gr/survey

Survey by Nikos Mylonopoulos  and  Vasilis Theoharakis with responses from over 1000 academics 

http://www.brint.com/ISJournal.htm

Extensive lists of Business, Management, General and Information Technology Magazines, Business and Information Technology Journals, Practitioner Journals, and other Sources. Includes information on subscriptions and forthcoming issues.

http://www.acm.org/pubs/

Description of ACM journals which includes background, table of contents, information to authors and titles in current and future issues of ACM journals. Upon request ACM journal and proceedings articles may be faxed.

http://gise.org/

Global Information Systems education site with information about journals with Information Systems education focus. This site also has syllabi for Information Systems courses

http://www.cbi.msstate.edu/faculty/shim/ar.htm

Mississippi State University's list of "A" journals

http://www.terry.uga.edu/~adennis/rankings/select.htm

Rankings and citations of business journals

http://www.stern.nyu.edu/~wstarbuc/

Information about citation rankings, as well as rising and falling stars.

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POM Journal Rankings

Rankings of POM Journals in Three Articles
Journal Name	Goh et al., 1997	Barman  et al.,  1991  Relevance	Barman  et al.,  1991  Quality	Vokurka, 1991
Journal of Operations Management	Elite	1	3	5
International Journal of Production Research	Elite	2	5	7
International Journal of Operations and Production Management	Elite	3	12	11 - tie
Journal of Manufacturing and Operations Management	not ranked	4	9	Not ranked
Decision Sciences	Elite	5	2	2
Production and Inventory Management Journal	Elite	6	19	8
IIE Transactions	Major	7	4	6
Interfaces	Notable	8	11	9
Management Science	Elite	9	1	1
Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management	Notable	10	20	Not ranked
Harvard Business Review	Elite	11	6	4
European Journal of Operational Research	Major	12	10	11 - tie
Naval Research Logistics	Important	13	8	10
Omega	Major	14	14	Not ranked
Operations Research	Major	15	7	3
Journal of Operational Research Society	Major	16	13	Not ranked
Computers and Industrial Engineering	Important	17	18	Not ranked
Computers and Operations Research	not ranked	18	17	Not ranked
Academy of Management Review	not ranked	19	16	Not ranked
Academy of Management Journal	not ranked	20	15	Not ranked
Journal of Manufacturing Systems	Major	not ranked	not ranked	Not ranked
Annals of CIRP	Notable	not ranked	not ranked	Not ranked
Annals of Operations Research	Notable	not ranked	not ranked	Not ranked
ASME Journal of Engineering for Industry	Notable	not ranked	not ranked	Not ranked
Manufacturing Review	Notable	not ranked	not ranked	Not ranked
Journal of Industrial Engineering	Notable	not ranked	not ranked	Not ranked
Production Engineer	Notable	not ranked	not ranked	Not ranked
Sloan Management Review	Notable	not ranked	not ranked	Not ranked
Strategic Management Journal	Notable	not ranked	not ranked	Not ranked

Samir Barman, Richard J. Tersine and M. Ronald Buckley ("An Empirical Assessment of the Perceived Relevance and Quality of POM-Related Journals by Academicians," Journal of Operations Management, 1991, vol. 10, no.2, 194- ) list the quality and relevance scores based on a questionnaire survey of Decision Science Institute members who list POM as their primary area of interest.
 

Robert J. Vokurva ("The Relative Importance of Journals Used in Operations Management Research: A Citation Analysis," Journal of Operations Management, 1996, vol.14, 345-355) lists the rankings based on total citations, citations per article and citations per words published during the period 1992-1994.

Chon-Huat Goh, Clyde W. Holsapple, Linda Ellis Johnson and John R. Tanner ("Evaluating and Classifying POM Journals" Journal of Operations Management, 1997, vol.15, 123-138) applied an established citation-based methodology to assign journals "to categories (elite and major) along each of four dimensions (breadth, consistency, trend and intensity of recognition) and subsequently organized into distinct tiers of importance (elite, major, important and notable) to the production and operations management field."

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Bibliography of POM Journals Citations

To add a listing, please email Carol Saunders.

Barman, S., Tersine, R. & Buckley, M. R. 1991 'An Empirical Assessment of the Perceived Relevance and Quality of POM-Related Journals by Academicians,' Journal of Operations Management, vol. 10, no.2, 194.

Goh, C., Holsapple, C., Johnson, L. & Tanner, J. 1997, 'Evaluating and Classifying POM Journals,' Journal of Operations Management, vol. 15, pp. 123-138.

Vokurka, R. J. 1996, 'The Relative Importance of Journals Used in Operations Management Research: A Citation Analysis,' Journal of Operations Management, vol.14, 345-355.

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URLs for POM and Management Journal Lists

http://www.esc.auckland.ac.nz/Organisations/ORSNZ/Journals.html

Operational Research Society of New Zealand - OR/MS Journals at the University of Auckland.

http://www.mcb.co.uk/opgf/

Operations & Production Global Forum - Established by MCB University Press to provide a resource for decision makers and academics in all areas of operations and production.

http://www.brint.com/journals.htm

The Biz Tech Network - Comprehensive list of links to academic journal sites.

http://www.terry.uga.edu/~adennis/rankings/select.htm

Rankings and citations of business journals.

          http://www.stern.nyu.edu/~wstarbuc/

         Information about citation rankings, as well as rising and falling       stars.

 

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Management Journal Rankings

Rankings of Management Journals in Four Articles
Journal Name	Johnson & Podsakoff, 1994 Adjusted  Influence	Gomez-Mejia & Balkin, 1992	Franke et al., 1990	Coe & Weinstock,  1984
Administrative Science Quarterly	1	1	2	1
Academy of Management Journal	4	2	3	2
Harvard Business Review	9	19	5	3
Management Science	28	15	4	4
Operations Research	not ranked	not ranked	not ranked	5
Academy of Management Review	3	6	6	6
Industrial and Labor Relations Review	8	8	not ranked	7
California Management Review	18	not ranked	9	8
Journal of Business	not ranked	not ranked	not ranked	9
Long Range Planning	36	not ranked	15	10
Journal of Systems Management	not ranked	not ranked	not ranked	11
Personnel Psychology	12	7	not ranked	12
Administrative Management	not ranked	not ranked	not ranked	13
Systems and Procedures Journal	not ranked	not ranked	not ranked	14
Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management	not ranked	not ranked	not ranked	15
Supervisory Management	not ranked	not ranked	not ranked	16
Research in Organizational Behavior	2	not ranked	not ranked	not ranked
Journal of Applied Psychology	5	3	not ranked	not ranked
Strategic Management Journal	6	5	1	not ranked
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes	7	4	not ranked	not ranked
American Sociological Review	10	not ranked	not ranked	not ranked
Psychological Bulletin	11	20	not ranked	not ranked
American Journal of Sociology	13	not ranked	not ranked	not ranked
Psychological Review	14	not ranked	not ranked	not ranked
Sloan Management Review	15	not ranked	7	not ranked
Industrial Relations	16	9	not ranked	not ranked
Human Relations	17	16	not ranked	not ranked
Arbitration Journal	19	not ranked	not ranked	not ranked
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology	20	not ranked	not ranked	not ranked
Journal of Human Resources	21	not ranked	not ranked	not ranked
Journal of Organizational Behavior	22	20	not ranked	not ranked
Journal of Vocational Behavior	23	18	not ranked	not ranked
Journal of Occupational Psychology	24	14	not ranked	not ranked
Journal of Management	25	10	13	not ranked
Journal of International Business Studies	26	17	not ranked	not ranked
Organizational Dynamics	27	not ranked	12	not ranked
Monthly Labor Review	29	not ranked	not ranked	not ranked
American Psychologist	30	not ranked	not ranked	not ranked
Journal of Management Studies	31	14	8	not ranked
Journal of Applied Behavioral Science	32	13	not ranked	not ranked
Journal of Conflict Resolution	33	not ranked	not ranked	not ranked
Social Forces	34	not ranked	not ranked	not ranked
Labor Law Journal	35	not ranked	not ranked	not ranked
Administration and Society	37	not ranked	not ranked	not ranked
Decision Science	38	11	14	not ranked
Journal of Business Research	39	not ranked	not ranked	not ranked
Journal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector	40	not ranked	not ranked	not ranked
Organizational Studies	not ranked	not ranked	10	not ranked
Journal of Business Strategy	not ranked	not ranked	11	not ranked
Journal of General Management	not ranked	not ranked	16	not ranked
Human Resource Management	not ranked	not ranked	17	not ranked

Robert Coe and Irwin Weinstock ("Evaluating the Management Journals: A Second Look," Academy of Management Journal, 1984, vol. 27, no.3, 660-666) list sixteen management journals using an author achievement rating and evaluation of journal prestige.
 
Luis R. Gomez-Mejia and David B. Balkin ("Determinants of Faculty Pay:  An Agency Theory Perspective, " Academy of Management Journal, vol. 35, no. 5, 921-955) in exploring at determinants of faculty pay report ratings based on a survey of chairpersons of management departments. 


Jonathan L. Johnson and Philip M. Podsakoff ("Journal Influence in the Field of Management: An Analysis Using Salancik's Index in a Dependency Network," Academy of Management Journal, 1994, vol.37, no.5, 1392-1407) rank general management journals using Salancik's index of influence in a dependency network.

Richard H. Franke, Timothy W. Edlund and Frederick Oster, III ("The Development of Strategic Management: Journal Quality and Article Impact" Strategic Management Journal, 1990, vol.11, 243-253) confirm the quality rankings originally reported by Macmillan and Stern in 1987 by analyzing article impact and editor status.

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Bibliography of Management Journals Citations

To add a listing, please email Carol Saunders.

Coe R. & Weinstock, I. 1984, 'Evaluating the Management Journals: A Second Look,' Academy of Management Journal, vol. 27, no.3, 660-666.
Extejt, M. & Smith, J.E. 1990 "The Behavioral Sciences and Management:  An Evaluation of Relevant Journals," Journal of Management,  vol. 16, 539-551.

Franke, R. H., Edlund, T. W. & Oster III, F. 1990, 'The Development of Strategic Management: Journal Quality and Article Impact,' Strategic Management Journal, vol.11, 243-253.
Gomez-Mejia, L.R. & D.B. Balkin, "Determinants of Faculty Pay:  An Agency Theory Perspective, " Academy of Management Journal, vol. 35, no. 5, 921-955.

Johnson, J. & Podsakoff, P. M. 1994, 'Journal Influence in the Field of Management: An Analysis Using Salancik's Index in a Dependency Network,' Academy of Management Journal, vol.37, no.5, 1392-1407.

MacMillan, I.C. 1991, 'The Emerging Forum for Business Policy Scholars,' Strategic Management Journal, vol. 12, 161-165.

Nisonger, T.E. 1994, 'A Methodological Issue Concerning the Use of Social Sciences Citation Index Journal Citation Reports Impact Factor Data for Journal Ranking,' Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory, vol. 18, no. 4, 447-458.

Salancik, G. 1986, "An Index of Subgroup Influence in Dependency Networks,' Administrative Science Quarterly, vol. 31, 194-211.
Sharplin, A.D. & Mabry, R.H. 1985 "The Relative Importance of Journals Used in Management Research:  An Alternative Ranking," Human Relations, vol. 38, 139-148 .
Stahl, M.J., Leap, T.L. & Wei, Z. 1988 "Publication in Leading Management Journals as a Measure of Institutional Research Productivity," Academy of Management Journal, vol. 31, 707-720.

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