JOURNAL QUALITY LIST Thirty-second Edition, 26 September 2008 Compiled and edited by Dr. Anne-Wil Harzing The editor welcomes corrections and additions Email: anne-wil@harzing.com Website: http://www.harzing.com University of Melbourne Department of Management Parkville Campus Parkville VIC 3010 Australia Revision history Thirty-second Edition, 26 September 2008 Thirty-first Edition, 31 May 2008 Thirtieth Edition, 28 December 2007 Twenty-ninth Edition, 19 November 2007 Twenty-eighth Edition, 12 September 2007 Twenty-seventh Edition, 23 July 2007 Twenty-sixth Edition, 5 March 2007 Twenty-fifth Edition, 1 February 2007 Twenty-fourth Edition, 23 November 2006 Twenty-third Edition, 12 October 2006 Twenty-second Edition, 6 August 2006 Twenty-first Edition, 23 June 2006 Twentieth Edition, 7 May 2006 Nineteenth Edition, 7 March 2006 Eighteenth Edition, 6 January, 2006 Seventeenth Edition, 4 December, 2005 Sixteenth Edition, 13 November 2005 Fifteenth Edition, 23 July 2005 Fourteenth Edition, 28 March 2005 Thirteenth Edition, 10 January 2005 Twelfth Edition, 13 November 2004 Eleventh Edition, 11 July 2004 Tenth Edition, 9 June 2004 Ninth Edition, 6 April 2004 Eight Edition, 9 January 2004 Seventh Edition, 26 October 2003 Sixth Edition, 12 July 2003 Fifth Edition, 15 February 2003 Fourth Edition, 17 November, 2002 Third Edition, 18 July 2002 Minor revisions, 9 July 2001 Second Edition, 13 October 2000 First Edition, 17 July 2000 Copyright 2000-2008 Anne-Wil Harzing. All rights reserved. Permission to use or copy this list in its entirety is hereby granted, provided that all copies include this title page, copyright notice, and all explanatory notes. All other uses, copying, or other forms of reproduction are prohibited. 1
JOURNAL QUALITY LIST Thirty-second Edition, 26 September 2008 Compiled and edited by Dr. Anne-Wil Harzing, http://www.harzing.com Introduction The Journal Quality List is published primarily to assist academics to target papers at journals of an appropriate standard. We would be concerned if the list were used for staff evaluation purposes in a mechanistic way. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the Journal Quality List, we recommend that it be checked before used extensively for evaluation purposes. The editor will not be held responsible for omissions or errors. Acknowledgements The first version of the JQL was collated when the editor was with the University of Bradford School of Management (UBSM). The editor gratefully acknowledges the assistance and contributions of the following people: Kathy Cousens (UBSM) for the initial data entry work, Victoria Lim, Ulrike Magner, Sebastian Reiche and Dinuka Wijetunga (all University of Melbourne) for data entry work between 2006 and 2008, Jos Benders, Yehuda Baruch, Malachy Carey, Graham Hooley, Gunther Maier, and Andrew Kirchner for pointing out and supplying me with various journal ranking lists and providing corrections, and my former colleagues at the University of Bradford School of Management for their feedback. Special thanks are due to Marieke Mensch-Mathijsen, librarian at the Technical University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands who supplied me with a list of ISSN numbers and corrected many journal titles. Subject areas and abbreviations Abbreviation Bus Hist Comm Economics Entrep F&A Gen & Strat Innovation Marketing MIS, KM OB/OS, HRM, IR OR, MS & POM PSM Psychology Sociology Tourism Subject area Business History Communication Economics Entrepreneurship Finance & Accounting General & Strategy Innovation Marketing Management Information Systems, Knowledge Management Organisation Behavior/Studies, Human Resource Management, Industrial Relations Operations Research, Management Science, Production & Operations Management Public Sector Management Psychology Sociology Tourism 2
DISCUSSION OF THE RANKINGS NL99 NL 1999 List based on a survey of opinions of academics in Business Administration in the Netherlands (Professors, Directors of Research Schools & Editorial Board members of Maandblad voor Accountancy & Bedrijfseconomie, Bedrijfskunde, International Journal of Research in Marketing and Journal of Empirical Finance). Please note that this list has a relatively narrow disciplinary focus. Rank A A (P) B B (P) C C (P) Interpretation Top academic journals Top professional journals Very good academic journals Very good professional journals Good academic journals Good professional journals SMJ99 Strategic Management Journal 1999 Published as Tahai & Meyer (1999), Strategic Management Journal, vol. 20, pp. 279-296. The list attempts to determine which management journals have the greatest influence on the field of management. Uses a dataset of 1275 articles published in 17 source journals (the top 17 management journals in the SSCI) over a 2-year period. Journals that are cited most frequently are those that have had the most influence on the current literature (i.e., revealed preference). Journals are ranked by citation frequency (1= most cited, 65 = least cited). Rank Interpretation 1 Most cited journal 2-64 Other cited journals, by decreasing citation frequency 65 Least cited journal WIE01 WU Wien Journal Rating 2001 List developed by the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration). For more information and the complete list see: http://bach.wuwien.ac.at/bachapp/cgi-bin/fides/fides.aspx/fides.aspx?journal=true;lang=de. [Editor s note] The WU Wien list contains over 1700 entries, but only entries in the research areas covered by the current JQL have been included. Rank Interpretation A+ Top journals with world-wide distribution and readership; covering the entire scope of a discipline; contributions are scientifically and methodologically most fastidious and innovative; very frequently pioneer work and milestones of the respective discipline; incomprehensible for non-scientists or readers without in-depth method knowledge; toughest competition of authors from all over the world (very high refusal rate of manuscripts); refereed in a double blind procedure (at least two referees). A World-wide distributed journals; emphasis in just one linguistic area as the exception; covering an entire discipline or an established subdiscipline; contributions are scientifically and methodologically most fastidious and innovative; frequently pioneer work and milestones of the respective discipline; understandable for graduates of relevant studies; strong competition of authors from an international realm; refereed in a double blind procedure (at least two referees). B Journals with at least supraregional distribution in any language; covering at least an established subdiscipline; contributions are scientifically or methodologically innovative; understandable for practitioners without any degree in relevant studies; manu- 3
C D script submissions from a supraregional realm; refereed in a double blind procedure (at least two referees). At least national distribution; covering at least established subdiscipline; the editors pay attention to legibility for non-scientist, although research results have editorial priority; practitioners rank among the core target group; at least national contributions; not necessarily anonymously refereed; however one external referee at least. At least national distribution; specialized on any level; contributions contain results in simplified form; practitioners appear frequently as authors; contributions are aimed at teaching or vocational training of practitioners; at least national contributions; no formal reviewing procedures. VHB03 Assoc. of Professors of Business in German speaking countries A ranking developed on behalf of the Association of University Professors of Business in German speaking countries (Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft - VHB). Based on a highly interactive and individualised survey distributed via the Internet, 651 professors and university researchers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland assessed the scientific quality of both articles and review processes of journals they were familiar with. The Ranking with over 1,500 journals covers all fields of business administration (e.g., management, marketing, finance, accounting) and related areas (e.g., economics, psychology, political science). The evaluation scale ranged from 1 (very low) to 10 (very high). The results were adjusted according to the different experience levels of the respondents. [Editor s note] In order to keep the JQL to a manageable length, lower-ranked journals (ranking D&E) of the VHB list were only added if they already featured in the JQL. The same principle was applied to German-language journals. The list also included a range of engineering and computer science journals that were not included in the JQL as they were seen as less relevant to Management/Business/Economics. Journals that were ranked by less than 10 (but more than 5) respondents, were only included if they (a) already featured in the JQL or (b) had a score of A or A+. These journals are indicated with a letter score in brackets, e.g. (A). Five journals that were right on the borderline between scores (e.g. with a score of 7.998) were assigned the higher level score. Rank Interpretation A+ VHB-JourQual Index 9 A VHB-JourQual Index 8 B VHB-JourQual Index 7 C VHB-JourQual Index 6 D VHB-JourQual Index 5 E VHB-JourQual Index < 5 BJM04 British Jnl of Management 2001 Business & Mgmt RAE rankings Published as Geary, J.; Marriott, L.; Rowlinson, M. (2004) Journal Rankings in Business and Management and the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise in the UK, British Journal of Management, vol. 15, pp. 95-141. This list is based on the premise that academic staff in institutions with a higher RAE rating will tend to publish in higher-quality journals. Journals are therefore rated based on the frequency with which they are included in each of the seven RAE ratings (5*, 5, 4, 3A, 3B, 2, 1). Theoretically this means that a journal s score could run from 1 (only cited in RAE submissions from institutions with a 1 lowest rating) to 7 (only cited in RAE submissions from institutions with a 5* highest rating). Since academics in institutions rated 1 or 2 tend to publish very little, the practical range is 3-7, while most journals are in the 4-7 range. The BJM04 list includes 562 journals that accounted for 83% of the citations in the RAE submissions. As recommended in the article median scores were used rather than mean scores. [Editor s note] In order to keep the JQL to a manageable length, lower-ranked journals (ranking 1-4) of the BJM04 list were only added if they already featured in the JQL. Journals that had 4
less than 10 submissions are indicated with the respective score in brackets. Please note that some journals only had 1 or 2 submissions and hence scores can be idiosyncratic. Score Interpretation 7 Highest; only or mostly cited in RAE level 5* submissions 1.5-6.5 Intermediate scores reflect the frequency with which the journal was cited at each RAE level, weighted against the RAE level. 1 Lowest; only or mostly cited in RAE level 1 submissions Ess05 ESSEC Business School Paris 2005/2006 ESSEC is one of the top French business schools. Its journal ranking list was established 14 years ago. The ranking of a journal was decided by a committee of seven ESSEC professors with outstanding performance in research. Factors considered are the aim and scope of the journal, the quality of its board, the SCCI impact factor, external opinions about the journal, quality of the papers, readership, scale of distribution in libraries, journal lifetime, refereeing process, etc. Although it is based on a relatively small number of key informants, the list was included to provide a French perspective on journal rankings. [Editor s note] In order to keep the JQL to a manageable length, lower-ranked journals (2-4) were only added if they already featured in the JQL. Also excluded were journals in the area of law, politics, mathematics, computing (unless related to OR), psychology (unless related to OB), and medicine as well as most French journals. Several journals had to be excluded because their titles were ambiguous and/or could not be found in public sources.] Rank Interpretation 0 Recognised internationally as the best in the discipline 1 Top international journals 2 Lower level international or national journals 3 Professional journals aimed at an academic/managerial audience or academic journals with limited circulation 4 Professional journals aimed at a managerial audience HKB05 Hong Kong Baptist University School of Business 2005 List approved by the Executive Committee of HKBU, April 2005. Ratings on a A, B+, B and B- scale, where A represents the highest and B- the lowest rating. [Editors note] Journals that were mentioned on the HKBU list, but not on any other list, were only included if they had at least a B ranking. Law journals were excluded, as were Statistics & Probability journals unless they already appeared on the list. The HKB00 list was used as a basis, so journals that did appear on the 2000 list, but were no longer included in the HKB05 list are still included in the JQL. Rank A B+ B Interpretation Highest quality rating Intermediate quality ratings B- Lowest quality rating Theo05 Theoharakis et al. The Theoharakis et al. index aggregates perceived journal rankings based on surveys among 7 different populations of academics and PhD students in seven different scholarly fields (Management, Marketing, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Information Systems and Statistics). Respondents were asked to choose from a comprehensive list of journals in their respective field and rank up to 10 journals as top tier and up to 10 journals as second tier based on each journal s contribution to the discipline in terms of rigor, prestige and importance. The cal- 5
culated index combines a journal s average rank position with its familiarity (i.e. the number of respondents who placed the respective journal among their top 20), assigning a decreasing weight to lower rank positions. The overall (world) index was used, which has a theoretical maximum of 100. Index figures for the Information Systems subfield were calculated manually from the available raw data. The surveys have been published in a variety of discipline-based journals between 2001 and 2005. One paper is still under review. For more information on the various listings, see: http://www.alba.edu.gr/survey/ For the purpose of the JQL the seven different surveys have been combined to one aggregate list. It should be noted, however, that comparison across sub-disciplines is only possible in a very limited way, since each survey is based on a different survey population and ranks the journals relative to each other. [Editor s note] For journals that were included in the list of more than one scholarly field, the highest index score is reported. In consultation with the authors, the ranking for Production and Operations Management had to be excluded as it followed a different methodology. Statistics journals were only included if they already featured in the JQL. The small set of other journals that were not yet featured in the JQL were also ignored since they had low quality scores (below 5 in most cases below 10 in virtually all cases). Rank Interpretation 95 Highest quality rating 1.3-94.9 Intermediate quality ratings 1.2 Lowest quality rating Cra06 Cranfield University School of Management September 2006 This list provides guidelines to staff on which journals they should consider submitting their papers to. It should be noted that the grading for each journal is the School s view, and will guide the School s submission to the RAE 2008. The projected grading has been produced using a large number of internal and external sources, including journal impact factors. [Editor s note] If a journal of the Cranfield list was not already included in the JQL (which was rare), it was only added if it had a score of 3 or 4. Rank Interpretation 4 World leading 3 Top international 2 Lower international 1 National EJL06 Erasmus Research Institute of Management Journals Listing The strategic purpose of the ERIM Journals List is to contribute to the quality of the scientific output of ERIM and to the academic reputation of the institute. The ERIM Journals List (EJL) helps to define the core domain of ERIM and provides direction as to the type of publications that ERIM would like to produce. The practical purpose is to guarantee to the ERIM members and aspirant members that publications in the journals of the EJL will qualify for membership. The EJL is believed to cover the whole field of research in management, as far as the ERIM research programs are concerned. This does not imply that no credit will be given for publications in journals that are not on the EJL. It is impossible to make an exhaustive list of all the journals in the domain of research in management. The ERIM journals list is based on judgment by peers and (ISI) impact scores. [Editor s note] If a journal of the EJIM list was not already included in the JQL (which apart from half a dozen Dutch journals was rare), it was only added if it had a score of STAR or P(A). 6
Rank STAR P P A S SD Interpretation Top journals among P Best journals in the field Top international journals. By 1/1/2009 current non-isi journals will be transferred to the secondary list unless ISI with high impact has been attained Scientific refereed journals of a recognized academic reputation that do not reach the quality levels of the Primary Set Within the secondary list, a SDutch (3=1) category is distinguished. Mainly Dutch journals belong to this group. Three or more publications in EJL (3=1) journals count for 1 EJL S publication. CNRS07 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (www.cnrs.fr) October 2007 Update of the 2004 ranking of journals in Economics and Business constructed by the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. The list of journals was constructed through consultation with experts in the field, both in France and abroad. Directors of the various research groups (and through them the researchers in these groups) were consulted in an iterative process. Rankings of foreign universities were also consulted as well as listings such as SSCI and EconLit. Only academic peer-reviewed journals were included in the list and hence it excludes high-ranked professional journals such as Harvard Business Review. Rankings are based on several criteria: academic reputation, audience and impact. It is the intention of CNRS to re-evaluate the list on a regular basis. For more information see: http://www.gredeg.cnrs.fr/section37/liste-2007-final.pdf [Editor s note] In order to keep the JQL to a manageable length, lower-ranked journals (ranking 3-4) of the CNRS07 list were only added if they already featured in the JQL. Journals in Law, Agricultural/Energy Economics and Health that were not already included in other lists in Business and Management were also excluded as were French journals. The list seems to have a rather strong emphasis on Economics. Six of the eight 1*-rated journals are in Economics, while this is the case for half of the 1-rated journals. Nearly 75% of the Economics journals that are ranked have either a 1 or a 2 ranking. Furthermore, whereas journals in F&A, OR/MS/POM and MIS/KM still have a fair number of 1 and 2-rated journals, the vast majority of journals in General Management & Strategy and Marketing are rated 3 or 4. Rank Interpretation 1* Highest quality rating (only 8 journals were given this ranking) 1 2 Intermediate quality ratings 3 4 Lowest quality rating EJIS07 European Journal of Information Systems 2007 Mingers & Harzing This list provides an integrated ranking of all journal rankings available in the JQL as at December 2005 (17 th edition). The details of its construction as well as a range of additional analyses have been published in the European Journal of Information Systems, vol. 16, no. 4. An earlier working paper is also available from http://www.harzing.com/papers.htm#jqlrank. Two rankings are available (EJIS07 and EJIS07-CI); the second ranking includes the JIF for 2004 as part of its analysis. [Editor s note] Some journals were removed from this analysis because they had a very limited number of rankings (e.g. all communication journals that were only ranked on the UQ list). Further, several dozens of journals have been added to the JQL since this list was constructed. Hence, ratings for some 100 journals are not available. 7
UQ07 University of Queensland Journal Rating 2007 This list was originally constructed in 2003 in three stages: 1. Construction of a mega-database (over 2,000 titles) based on ratings and rankings from over 120 sources. 2. Allocation of each title to one of 5 tiers (1 = highest, 5 = lowest) on the basis of the second highest rating from the rating/ranking sources (i.e., the rating must be from at least two sources). 3. The data base was supplied to the six discipline cluster leaders in the school as a resource that they could use to construct the official list (which comprises 588 journals). They could use the mega-database or any other source to justify each journal's rating. [Editor s note] In order to keep the JQL to a manageable length, lower-ranked journals (ranking 4&5) of the UQ list were only added if they already featured in the JQL. An exception was made for Australasian journals and Entrepreneurship/Communication journals, since they were underrepresented in the other ranking lists included in the JQL. [Editor s note] The JQL includes the updated (2007) version of the UQ list. Unfortunately, no information is available on the process that was followed in updating in the 2003 list. Rank Interpretation 1 Highest quality rating 2 3 Intermediate quality ratings 4 5 Lowest quality rating ABDC08 Australian Business Deans Council Journal Rankings List April 2008 The ABDC Journal List is a collaborative list developed by the Australian Business Deans Council that seeks to list journals relevant to Australian business academics and group these journals into four quality categories# ranging in descending order from: Rank Interpretation A* Best or leading journal in its field - publishes outstanding, original and rigorous research that will shape the field. Acceptance rates are typically low and the editorial board is dominated by leading scholars in the field or subfield, including from top institutions in the world. Where relevant to the field or subfield, the journal has the highest impact factors or other indices of high reputation. A B C Highly regarded journal in the field or subfield - publishes excellent research in terms of originality, significance and rigour, has competitive submission and acceptance rates, excellent refereeing process and where relevant to the field or subfield, has higher than average impact factors. Not all highly regarded journals have high impact factors, especially those in niche areas. Well regarded journal in the field or subfield - publishes research of a good standard in terms of originality, significance and rigour and papers are fully refereed according to good standards and practices but acceptance rates are higher than for Tiers A* and A. Depending on the field or sub-field, will have a modest impact factor and will be ISI listed. A recognised journal - publishes research that is of a modest standard and/or is yet to establish its reputation because of its newness. This tier is more inclusive than the others but only includes refereed journals. The ABDC Journal List has been developed after wide consultation across the sector and our stakeholders. The following organisations provided input into the process: Australian Council of Professors and Heads of Information Systems (ACPHIS) Accounting & Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Association of Industrial Relations of Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) 8
Australia and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy (ANZIBA) Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy (ANZMAC) Australian Society for the Study of Labour History (ASSLH) Council of Law Deans (CLD) Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) Economics Society of Australia (ESA) Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS) Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA) Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand (SMAANZ) Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand (SEAANZ) Society of Organisational Behaviour Australia (SOBA [Editor s note] In order to keep the JQL to a manageable length, lower-ranked journals (ranking B and C) of the ABDC list were only added if they already featured in the JQL. An exception was made for Australasian journals, since they were underrepresented in the other ranking lists included in the JQL. Also excluded were journals in the area of law, education (unless related to Management), psychology (unless related to OB), general social sciences (unless related to Management) and medicine. ABS08 Association of Business Schools Academic Journal Quality Guide March 2008 The first version of this list was published by Bristol Business School in June 2004, while the second version appeared in 2005 as the Harvey Morris Business Journals List. The original list stems from an analysis of where UK academics declared publications for the purposes of RAE 2001. Other journals were then added through comparison with other lists in circulation. Rankings in these lists were standardized at this stage, bearing in mind the UK RAE 2008 classification of research outputs as 4* (best work in the field), 3* (international excellence), 2* (internationally recognised) 1* (nationally recognised). In converting the second edition of the HM List to the ABS list the editors followed a nine stage procedure involving significant peer review and review of the quality standards, track records, contents and processes of each journal. For the 2 nd (March 2008) edition a review panel of experts considered feedback from academic associations, publishers and individual academics was considered. For further details see the Introduction: Context, Purpose and Methodology Guide available on the following URL: http://www.the-abs.org.uk/files//abs%20journal%20ranking%20guide%20introduction.pdf [Editor s note] In order to keep the JQL to a manageable length, lower-ranked journals (0, 1 and 2) were only added if they already featured in the JQL. Also excluded were journals in the area of law, education (unless related to Management), psychology (unless related to OB), general social sciences (unless related to Management) and medicine. Rank Interpretation 4 A top journal 3 A highly regarded journal 2 A well regarded journal 1 A recognised journal 0 A non-recognised journal AST08 Aston March 2008 New version of the Aston lists originally published in 1999/2003/2006. The 1999 list was based on a large survey of opinions of academics of the Midlands universities. In 2003 this list was sent to Aston research convenors for discussion within their group and each group then sent in revised lists which formed the basis of the new rankings. Anybody who wanted to add a journal was asked to provide evidence, preferably citation evidence from the World of Knowledge Data Base, but failing that expert opinions in the field from other universities. In the 2006 rankings are made on the basis of citation rates, impact factors, interrogation of data bases and the 9
evaluations of senior academic staff in Aston Business School and other international business schools. They are subject to change as the standing and impact of journals changes. No information was available about the procedures for the 2008 update. [Editors note] Journals that were mentioned on the Aston 2008 list, but not on any other list, were only included if they had at least a 3 ranking. Law journals were excluded. Where journals were ranked differently in different subdisciplines, the highest rating was used.] Rank Interpretation 4 World leading 3 Internationally excellent 2 Recognised internationally 1 Recognised nationally 0 Unclassified WIE08 WU Wien Journal Rating May 2008 List developed by the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration). For more information and the complete list see: http://bach.wuwien.ac.at/bachapp/cgi-bin/fides/fides.aspx/fides.aspx?journal=true;lang=de The 2001 journal list was updated in the context of an incentive scheme that provided financial incentives for publication in top journals. As such the 2008 list only contains journals with an A+ and A ranking and the WIE01 was therefore maintained in the JQL. [Editor s note] Journals that were mentioned on the WIE 2008 list, but were not included in the JQL were only included if they had an A+ ranking. VHB08 Assoc. of Professors of Business in German speaking countries A ranking developed on behalf of the Association of University Professors of Business in German speaking countries (Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft - VHB). For more information and the complete list see: http://pbwi2www.uni-paderborn.de/www/vhb/vhb- Online.nsf/id/EN_VHB-JOURQUAL_2 There are no specific details available on the website about the procedures followed in this update, but from the available information, it is most likely that similar procedures were followed as for the VHB03, i.e. an individualised survey distributed via the Internet that asked professors and university researchers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland assessed the scientific quality of both articles and review processes of journals they were familiar with. For those able to read German, an extended presentation and discussion of the VHB- JOURQUAL methodology is described in: Hennig-Thurau, Thorsten; Walsh, Gianfranco; Schrader, Ulf (2004): VHB-JOURQUAL: Ein Ranking von betriebswirtschaftlich-relevanten Zeitschriften auf der Grundlage von Expertenurteilen, Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung (zfbf), 56. Jg., pp. 520-543. An English article on VHB-JOURQUAL is in preparation. [Editor s note] In order to keep the JQL to a manageable length, lower-ranked journals (ranking B-E) of the VHB list were only added if they already featured in the JQL. The same principle was applied to German-language journals. The list also included a range of Engineering and Computer Science as well as Health journals that were not included in the JQL as they were seen as less relevant to Management/Business/Economics. In contrast to the VHB03 list journals with less than 10 respondents were not given a rating and hence there are no scores in brackets in the VHB08 list. Since some journals score very different in the VHB08 ranking as compared to the VHB03 list and other ranking lists, we decided to maintain the VHB03 list. 10
Rank Interpretation A+ VHB-JourQual Index 9 A VHB-JourQual Index 8 B VHB-JourQual Index 7 C VHB-JourQual Index 6 D VHB-JourQual Index 5 E VHB-JourQual Index < 5 Financial Times Survey of Top Business Schools 2006 Journals used by the Financial Times to compile their lists of top Business Schools are marked with an asterisk in the JQL and are listed below. Academy of Management Perspectives (Academy of Management/OUP) Academy of Management Journal (Academy of Management, Ada, Ohio) Academy of Management Review (Academy of Management) Accounting, Organisations and Society (Elsevier) Administrative Science Quarterly (Cornell University) California Management Review (UC Berkeley) Econometrica (Econometric Society, University of Chicago) Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (Baylor University, Waco, Texas) Harvard Business Review (Harvard Business School Publishing) Human Resource Management (John Wiley and Sons) Information Systems Research (Informs) International Journal of Human Resource Management (Routledge) Journal of Accounting and Economics (Elsevier) Journal of Accounting Research (University of Chicago) Journal of Applied Psychology (American Psychological Association) Journal of Business Venturing (Elsevier) Journal of Consumer Research (University of Chicago) Journal of Finance (Blackwell) Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis Journal of Financial Economics (Elsevier) Journal of International Business Studies (Academy of International Business) Journal of Marketing (American Marketing Association) Journal of Marketing Research (American Marketing Association) Journal of Operations Management (Elsevier) Journal of Political Economy (University of Chicago) Journal of the American Statistical Association (American Statistical Association) Management International Review (Gabler) Management Science (Informs) Marketing Science (Informs) MIS Quarterly (Mgmnt Information Systems Research Centre, University of Minnesota) Operations Research (Informs) Organization Science (Informs) Organizational Behaviour and Human Decision Processes (Academic Press) Review of Financial Studies (Oxford University Press) Sloan Management Review (MIT) Strategic Management Journal (John Wiley and Sons) The Accounting Review (American Accounting Association) The American Economic Review (American Economic Association, Nashville) The Journal of Business Ethics (Kluwer Academic) The Rand Journal (The Rand Corporation) 11
Abacus 0001-3072 F&A C A B (5) 1 B 23.8 2 P 3 3 2 3 A 2 3 B A Academy of Management Journal * 0001-4273 Gen & Strat A 2 A+ A+ 6 0 A 81.74 4 STAR 1 4 4 1 A+ 4 4 A+ A+ Academy of Management Learning & Educatio 1537-260X Gen & Strat B- 3 3 2 2 3 A 3 C Academy of Management Perspectives (form 0896-3789 Gen & Strat 17 A C (6) 2 B 21.33 3 S 2 A 3 2 C Academy of Management Review * 0363-7425 Gen & Strat A 5 A+ A 6 0 A 74.2 4 STAR 1 4 4 1 A+ 4 4 A+ A+ Academy of Marketing Science Review 1526-1794 Marketing B 2 2 3 B 2 D A Accounting and Business Research 0001-4788 F&A B B 6 B 22.1 2 PA 3 2 2 3 A 3 3 C A Accounting and Finance 0810-5391 F&A A B B 10.1 2 S 2 2 2 A 2 2 C Accounting Education: An International Journal 0963-9284 F&A B 2 2 Accounting Forum 0155-9982 F&A 1 5B 2 2 Accounting Historians Journal 0148-4184 F&A 6.2 3 1 1 5 B 2 C Accounting History 1032-3732 F&A 2 3 B 2 Accounting Horizons 0888-7993 F&A B C B (5.5) B 39.9 3 3 3 3 2 A 3 2 C A Accounting Research Journal 1030-9616 F&A 4B Accounting Review (The) * 0001-4826 F&A A A A 0 A 83.6 4 STAR 1 4 4 1 A+ 4 4 A A+ Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 0951-3574 F&A B B 5 1 B 17.4 3 S 2 2 2 3 A 3 4 C A Accounting, Business and Financial History 0958-5206 Bus Hist B 6 2 5 B 2 1 B Accounting, Organizations and Society * 0361-3682 F&A B A A+ 6 0 A 56.7 4 P 1 4 4 1 A+ 4 4 A A+ ACM Computing Surveys 0360-0300 MIS, KM A C B 10.77 3 3 4 3 2 B A ACM Transactions on Computer Human Intera 1073-0516 MIS, KM A 24.5 4 3 B 3 2 C ACM Transactions on Database Systems 0362-5915 MIS, KM A A 1 B+ 24.5 4 3 B 3 2 B A ACM Transactions on Information Systems 1046-8188 MIS, KM B A B B+ 24.5 S 3 4 4 C 3 2 B A ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software 0098-3500 MIS, KM A+ 24.5 4 4 B 2 ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer 1049-3301 MIS, KM A B 3 2 ACM Transactions on Software Engineering an 1049-331X MIS, KM A 24.5 3 3 B 2 2 Administration & Society 0095-3997 PSM (5) 2 S 2 2 B 2 Administrative Science Quarterly * 0001-8392 Gen & Strat A 6 A+ A+ (6) 0 A 70.51 4 STAR 1* 4 4 1 A+ 4 4 A+ A+ Advances in Accounting 0882-6110 F&A (B) B 10.2 3 3 2 A 2 4 C Advances in Applied Probability 0001-8678 OR,MS,POM A 1 B+ 6.22 3 3 A 3 A Advances in Consumer Research 0098-9258 Marketing B B (7) 13.8 2 2 2 3 B 2 1 C A Advances in International (Comparative) Mana 0747-7929 Gen & Strat B 1 1 Advances in International Accounting 0897-3660 F&A B S B 2 4 D Advances in International Marketing 1474-7979 Marketing A (B) 2 2 5 C 1 1 C Advances in Strategic Management 0742-3322 Gen & Strat 2 2 3 C Agricultural Economics 0169-5150 Economics A 3 A 2 1 AI Magazine 0738-4602 MIS, KM C 3 American Behavioral Scientist 0002-7642 OS/OB,HRM,I 1 3 2 2 B 2 American Business Law Journal 0002-7766 Economics 4 3 B 2 American Business Review 0743-2348 Gen & Strat 1 1 4 A American Economic Review (The) * 0002-8282 Economics 22 A+ A+ (6.5) 0 A 91.64 4 1* 4 4 A+ 4 4 A+ A+ American Educational Research Journal 0002-8312 PSM A 3 3 3 American Journal of Agricultural Economics 0002-9092 Economics A 7.13 3 1 3 3 A+ 3 2 American Journal of Economics and Sociology 0002-9246 Economics (A) (6) 1.91 4 3 B 2 B Page 1
American Journal of Evaluation 1098-2140 PSM 2 2 C 2 American Journal of Political Science 0092-5853 Sociology 3 4 A+ 4 A American Journal of Psychology 0002-9556 Psychology 1 3 3 B 3 1 American Journal of Public Health 0090-0036 Economics 1 4 A+ 4 B American Journal of Sociology 0002-9602 Sociology 47 A+ A (7) 0 A 10.44 4 4 A+ 4 4 A A American Political Science Review 0003-0554 PSM 4 4 4 A+ 4 A American Psychologist 0003-066X Psychology 29 B 3 4 A+ 4 4 B A American Review of Public Administration 0275-0740 PSM 2 2 B 2 D American Sociological Review 0003-1224 Sociology 32 A A+ (6) 1 A 13.17 4 4 A+ 4 4 A A American Sociologist 0003-1232 Sociology 3 3 B 2 A American Statistician 0003-1305 OR,MS,POM 2 B- 28.07 1 2 A 2 1 Annales of Acturial Science 1748-4995 F&A A+ Annales of Applied Probability 1050-5164 MIS, KM A+ A Annals of Operations Research 0254-5330 OR,MS,POM A A (5) 1 B+ 3 S 2 3 3 3 A 2 2 B A Annals of Probability 0091-1798 OR,MS,POM A+ A 20.47 4 4 A 3 A Annals of Public & Cooperative Economics 1467-8292 Economics (4.5) 3 3 3 B 2 2 Annals of Regional Science 0570-1864 Economics A (7) 2 2 2 2 B 2 2 A Annals of Statistics 0090-5364 OR,MS,POM A+ (6) A 51.74 4 4 A+ 4 2 A Annals of the Association of American Geogra 0004-5608 Sociology A 3 4 A+ A Annals of Tourism Research 0160-7383 Tourism A 5 0 A S 3 4 3 A+ 4 Annual Review of Psychology 0066-4308 Psychology 33 A 4.94 4 4 A+ 4 4 A A Annual Review of Sociology 0360-0572 Sociology 58 A A 2 4 A+ 4 B A Applied Artificial Intelligence 0883-9514 MIS, KM C 2 2 Applied Economics 0003-6846 Economics A B 4 B 6.54 2 2 2 2 A 2 2 B A Applied Economics Letters 1350-4851 Economics B 4.5 B- 1 1 B 2 2 D A Applied Ergonomics 0003-6870 OS/OB,HRM/I 3 3 2 Applied Financial Economics 0960-3107 Economics A (C) 5 B- 2 S 4 2 2 4 C 2 2 C Applied Geography 0143-6228 Sociology 2 2 Applied Intelligence 0924-669X MIS, KM C 2 Applied Mathematical Finance 1350-486X F&A A A (6.5) 1 4 3 3 A 2 2 C A Applied Mathematics and Computation 0096-3003 MIS, KM B A 3 Applied Mathematics and Optimization 0095-4616 OR,MS,POM B (A) 3 3 A Applied Psychological Measurement 0146-6216 Psychology 3 3 B 2 2 Applied Psychology: an International Review 0269-994X Psychology A+ B B S 3 3 2 A 2 2 C A Applied Statistics: Journal of the Royal Statisti 0035-9254 OR,MS,POM A 1 18.98 2 3 2 2 A 2 A Artificial Intelligence Review 0269-2821 MIS, KM C 3 Artificial Intelligence. An International Journal 0004-3702 MIS, KM C A 1 3 4 4 B A Asian Journal of Political Science 0218-5377 PSM 2 2 B 2 Asia-Pacific Business Review 1360-2381 Economics 5 B- 1 1 1 5 C 2 1 D Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economi 1608-1625 F&A 2 2 3B 1 Asia-Pacific Journal of Human Resources 1038-4111 OS/OB,HRM/I (5) B 4 2 2 3 C 2 Asia-Pacific Journal of Management 0217-4561 Gen & Strat (C) B 3 S 2 2 3 B 3 D Asia-Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics 1355-5855 Marketing 2 2 3B 1 Page 2
Atlantic Economic Journal 0197-4254 Economics B 1.68 1 1 C 1 A Auditing: a Journal of Practice & Theory 0278-0380 F&A C (A) (7) B+ 30 3 P 2 3 3 2 A 2 3 B Australasian Marketing Journal 1320-1646 Marketing 1 1 3B 1 1D Australian Accounting Review 1035-6908 F&A 1 1 4B 1 C Australian Bulletin of Labour 0311-6336 OS/OB,HRM/I 1 1 5C Australian Economic History Review 0004-8992 Bus Hist B 3 A Australian Economic Papers 0004-8917 Economics B 1 1 B 1 A Australian Economic Review 0004-9018 Economics 1.4 2 2 B 2 1 Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource 1364-985X Economics B 3 A 2 1 Australian Journal of Communication 0811-6202 Comm A Australian Journal of Information Systems 1039-7841 MIS, KM 3.99 1 1 3 1 1 Australian Journal of Labour Law 1030-7222 OS/OB,HRM/I 1 1 4B Australian Journal of Management 0312-8962 Gen & Strat (D) 1 1 3 B 2 D Australian Journal of Psychology 0004-9530 Psychology 3B Australian Journal of Public Administration 1467-8500 PSM 2 2 3A 2 Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin 0005-5166 F&A 1 1 5C 1 Basic & Applied Social Psychology 1532-4834 Psychology 3 2 2 Behavioral Research in Accounting 1050-4753 F&A (A) B 20 3 S 3 3 3 2 A 3 4 B A Behaviour and Information Technology 0144-929X MIS, KM B 5 B- 3.87 1 1 1 4 A 2 Benchmarking: An International Journal 1463-5771 OR,MS,POM 5 1 1 C 1 1 Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis 0340-5370 Gen & Strat D 1 1 B Biometrics 0006-341X OR,MS,POM A B+ 42 3 3 A+ Biometrika 0006-3444 OR,MS,POM A (B) A 56.61 4 3 A 2 A British Accounting Review 0890-8389 F&A C 5 B 14.5 2 3 1 1 3 A 3 2 C British Journal of Educational Psychology 0007-0998 Psychology 3 3 2 British Journal of Educational Technology 0007-1013 MIS, KM 2 2 B 2 3 British Journal of Health Psychology 1359-107X PSM 3 British Journal of Industrial Relations 0007-1080 OS/OB,HRM/I 52 A (A) 5 1 B 3 P 3 3 3 2 A+ 4 2 C A British Journal of Management 1045-3172 Gen & Strat A B 5 2 B 5.14 3 S 3 2 2 2 A 3 2 B A British Journal of Political Science 0007-1234 PSM 4 3 A 3 British Journal of Psychology 0007-1269 Psychology 2 2 2 2 A 4 2 C British Journal of Social Psychology 0144-6665 Psychology 2 1 1 2 A 4 3 British Journal of Social Work 0045-3102 PSM 2 2 2 British Journal of Sociology 0007-1315 Sociology A (A) (5.5) 1 3 3 A+ 3 B Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 0007-2303 Economics A+ A 1 20.43 1 4 4 A 4 4 B A Bulletin of Economic Research 0307-3378 Economics 6 B- 2 3 2 2 B 2 2 Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies 0007-4918 Economics B B 2 Business & Society 0007-6503 Gen & Strat 2S 4 1 1 C 2 B Business Communication Quarterly 1080-5699 Comm 3C 1 Business Ethics Quarterly 1052-150X OS/OB,HRM/I (6.5) B- 2 4 1 2 3 A 3 B Business Ethics: A European Review 0962-8770 OS/OB,HRM/I C 4 1 S 1 1 5 B 2 D Business History 0007-6791 Bus Hist 6 2 P 3 2 2 A 4 3 Business History Review 0007-6805 Bus Hist A (B) (6) 2 S 3 2 2 A 3 2 A Page 3
Business Horizons 0007-6813 Gen & Strat 63 (5.5) B 4.4 1 2 2 4 C 1 2 E Business Process Management Journal 1460-9665 OR,MS,POM B (4) B- 1 1 1 4 B 1 2 Business Strategy & the Environment 0964-4733 Gen & Strat C B 4.5 S 4 2 2 3 B 2 2 B A Business Strategy Review 0955-6419 Gen & Strat C C 6.5 1 S 1 1 B 1 E California Management Review * 0008-1256 Gen & Strat B (P) 24 A C (6) 1 B 17.59 4 P 3 3 2 A+ 3 4 C Cambridge Journal of Economics 0309-166X Economics A A 6 B 6.36 3 2 3 3 A 3 3 C A Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences 0825-0383 Multidisciplinar 1 1 1 4 B 2 Canadian Journal of Economics 0008-4085 Economics A (A) (6) 1 B 8.72 3 2 3 3 A 3 3 C A Capital and Class 0309-8168 Sociology C B 2 Career Development International 1362-0436 OS/OB,HRM/I B 4 B- 1 1 1 C 1 Career Development Quarterly 0889-4019 OS/OB,HRM/I B China Economic Review 1043-951X Economics B 2 B 2 2 China Quarterly 0305-7410 Economics B+ 2 2 B 2 2 Cognitive Psychology 0010-0285 Psychology B 0 3 4 A+ 3 B A Communication Monographs 0363-7751 Comm 2A Communication Research 0093-6502 Comm C A (C) S 2 A C Communication Theory 1050-3293 Comm 2A 3 Communications 0341-2059 Comm B 1 Communications in Statistics - Simulation and 0361-0918 OR,MS,POM 4.84 B Communications of the ACM 0001-0782 MIS, KM A A B (6) 2 A 60.7 4 P 4 4 2 A 3 3 C A Communications of the AIS 1529-3181 MIS, KM B 4 12.65 3 2 A 2 2 C Comparative Politics 0010-4159 Sociology 2 2 A Comparative Studies in Society & History 0010-4175 Sociology 2 2 Competition and Change 1024-5294 Sociology 1 3 2 B 2 Computer Journal 0010-4620 MIS, KM B 3.95 2 2 2 3 C 2 2 A Computers & Industrial Engineering 0360-8352 OR,MS,POM B C B- S 3 1 1 B 2 2 Computers & Operations Research 0305-0548 OR,MS,POM A A B (5.5) 1 B 1 S 2 2 2 4 A 2 3 B A Computing 0010-485X MIS, KM B 1 1 Contemporary Accounting Research 0823-9150 F&A A A (6) A 50.2 3 P 2 4 3 1 A+ 2 3 A A Contemporary Economic Policy 1074-3529 Economics A A 2 2 Contemporary Sociology 0094-3061 Sociology A 3 2 C 2 Contributions to Political Economy 1464-3588 Economics 3 2 B 2 2 Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Q 0010-8804 Tourism B (D) (3.5) 1 1 1 B 2 Corporate Governance: An International Revie 0964-8410 OS/OB,HRM/I D 4 B 3 S 4 1 1 2 A 3 3 D Corporate Governance: The International Journ 1472-0701 Gen & Strat C 1 Corporate Reputation Review 1363-3589 OS/OB,HRM/I D (5) S 1 1 4 C 1 D Creativity and Innovation Management 0963-1690 Innovation D 5 1 4 1 1 4 C 1 1 C Critical Discourse Studies 1740-5904 Comm 3B Critical Perspectives on Accounting 1045-2354 F&A B 5 1 15.4 2 3 2 2 3 A 3 4 B A Critical Perspectives on International Business 1742-2043 Comm 3C 1 Critical Studies in Media Communication 1529-5036 Comm 4C Cross Cultural Management: an International J 1352-7606 OS/OB,HRM/I (3) 2 2 2 3 C 1 Cross-Cultural Research 1069-3971 Gen & Strat B 1 1 C Page 4
Culture and Organization (formerly Studies in 1475-9551 Sociology 5 1 3 C 2 D Data & Knowledge Engineering 0169-023X MIS, KM C A+ (A) 1 4 3 3 A C A Data Base 0095-0033 MIS, KM A B 16.09 3 S 3 2 3 2 2 Decision Sciences 0011-7315 OR,MS,POM C A B (7) 1 B+ 30.42 4 P 2 3 3 2 A+ 3 4 B A Decision Support Systems 0167-9236 MIS, KM C A B (5) 1 B+ 25.23 3 P 2 3 3 1 A+ 3 3 B A Demography 0070-3370 Economics 2.69 1 4 A Developing Economies 0012-1533 Economics 3 1 1 B 2 1 Development and Change 0012-155X Sociology A S 2 1 1 B 2 2 Discourse & Society 0957-9265 Comm 2A Discourse Studies 1461-4456 Comm A A Ecological Economics 0921-8009 Economics A A (5) 3 1 3 3 A 3 B A Econometric Reviews 0747-4938 Economics A 3 3 3 B 2 2 A Econometric Theory 0266-4666 Economics A (6) B 1 3 3 A+ 3 2 A Econometrica * 0012-9682 Economics A+ A+ (6) 0 A 71.55 4 1* 4 4 A+ 4 4 A+ A+ Econometrics Journal 1368-4221 Economics 2 A 2 A Economic and Industrial Democracy 0143-831X Economics (4.5) 3 3 2 4 B 3 2 Economic Change and Restructuring (formerly 1573-9414 Economics A B- 4 2 2 B 1 Economic Development & Cultural Change 0013-0079 Sociology A (5) B 5.81 4 1 3 3 A 3 3 A Economic Development Quarterly 0891-2424 PSM A 3 2 3 3 B 2 Economic Geography 0013-0095 Economics A 0 1 3 4 B 4 3 A Economic History Review 0013-0117 Economics A (5.5) 2.19 4 1 4 3 A+ 4 3 A Economic Inquiry 0095-2583 Economics A (B) (6) 1 B 14.93 3 2 3 3 A 3 3 B A Economic Issues 1363-7029 Economics B 4.5 B 2 1 B 1 Economic Journal 0013-0133 Economics A A 6 A 32.96 4 2 4 4 A+ 4 4 A A+ Economic Letters 0165-1765 Economics A A 5.5 1 B 11.68 3 3 3 A 3 4 B A Economic Modelling 0264-9993 Economics B (5) B- 2 1 1 A 1 A Economic Policy 0266-4658 Economics (7) 2 3 3 A 3 3 A Economic Record 0013-0249 Economics B- 3 2 2 3 A 2 1 Economic Theory 0938-2259 Economics A A (7) B 7.93 1 3 3 A+ 3 2 A A Economica 0013-0427 Economics A A 6 1 B 12.92 4 2 3 3 A 3 3 B A Economics and Philosophy 0266-2671 Economics B 1 1 1 A 2 Economics of Education Review 0272-7757 Economics B 2 A 2 Economics of Innovation and New Technology 1043-8599 Entrep 3 2 2 3 B 2 1 C Economics of Transition 0967-0750 Economics B 1 S 1 2 2 A 2 1 Economy & Society 0308-5147 Economics A (5) 2 3 3 A 3 A Educational Research 0013-1881 PSM 3 2 Electronic Commerce Research 1389-5753 MIS, KM C 1 1 A 1 Electronic Markets 1019-6781 MIS, KM A C 5.29 1 1 1 3 A 1 1 C Empirica 0340-8744 Economics 2 2 C 1 1 A Empirical Economics 0377-7332 Economics A 1.37 4 2 2 B 1 2 A Employee Relations 0142-5455 OS/OB,HRM/I C C 5 2 2 4 1 1 4 B 2 1 C Energy Economics 0140-9883 Economics A 1 B- 1.2 2 2 2 A 2 2 C A Entrepreneurship & Regional Development 0898-5626 Entrep 5 1 S 3 1 1 4 C 3 2 C Page 5
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