博士研究 关键点 胡清 Doctoral Student Forum-HIT-2008.ppt

Top Ranked Journals for Business Schools * Dr. Qing Hu - Florida Atlantic University * Top Ranked Journals for Business Schools What constitutes a top journal? Has a long publishing history and widely indexed by major indexing services (SCI, SSCI, EI, etc.); Has high impact factor (the average number of citations in a year given to those papers in a journal that were published during the two preceding years); Has a strong editorial board (top scholars in the field are members); Frequently used by top universities for tenure and promotional purposes; Frequently used by rating agencies for academic output ranking of universities and faculties. * Dr. Qing Hu - Florida Atlantic University * Top Ranked Journals for Business Schools Why publishing in top ranked journals? To most people, top ranked journal equals top quality papers, by large it is true! Papers published in top ranked journals get cited more often, thus create more significant impact to the discipline. Papers published in top ranked journals makes the authors more recognizable by their peers in the profession. Papers published in top ranked journals make the authors more valuable to their institutions. Papers published in top ranked journals make the authors more marketable and have higher mobility. * Dr. Qing Hu - Florida Atlantic University * Top Ranked Journals for Business Schools So, who determines the top journals ? Universities and colleges have their top journal lists for tenure and promotion purposes. Academic professional organizations, such as AIS, selects their top journal lists. Rating agencies, newspapers, and magazines use journal lists to rate the academic quality of universities and programs. Most popular and widely respected top journal lists for business schools are the Financial Times (FT) Top 40 and BueinessWeek (BW) Top 20. * Dr. Qing Hu - Florida Atlantic University * Top Ranked Journals for Business Schools Accounting: Accounting, organizations and society (FT) Accounting