List of International Business Journals and the System of Research Time Allocation

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1 List of International Business Journals and the System of Research Time Allocation AIM In 2002 the Amsterdam Business School (ABS) established its own research institute (ABS-RI) and from then research policy concerning business studies was no longer made by RESAM, the research institute of the Amsterdam School of Economics. RESAM had made an elaborate system for research time allocation that was used for the entire Faculty of Economics and Business (then Faculty of Economics and Econometrics) but the journal list on which the system was based contained mostly journals in economics and econometrics. After 2002 the ABS expanded rapidly, especially in areas in which there was previously limited research activity and no recognition (marketing, strategy, HRM, OB) and therefore a revised journal list that reflects an international quality of business school research is now required. Therefore, the ABS has drafted a list of journals of its own which will become operative for ABS staff as from 1 january The purpose of this list is to: (i) (ii) (iii) allocate research time to individuals on the basis of research output, indicate the international academic community the business journals that are required for research allocation in ABS, and to provide one research output indicator for ABS staff for promotion. The system is more fully explained below. SYSTEM In order to get maximum research time (0.5 fte) a researcher needs to score 100 publication points over the past three years. Research time allowance is calculated in the following manner: 100 points or more: 0.5 fte points: 0.25 fte 1-49 points: fte 0 points: 0 fte Adjustments for part-time faculty are made proportionally. EXAMPLE: a researcher working 30 hours a week (30/38 = 0.79 fte) needs to score 79 points to get the maximum research allowance of 0.4 fte (0.5*0.79). EXAMPLE: a researcher working 20 hours a week (20/38 = 0.53 fte) who scores 40 points gets a research allowance of 0.13 fte (0.53*0.25). The allocation is made by the ABS Research Director (through the ABS-RI) and conveyed to the department chair for every fiscal year X based on publications that were listed in the Annual Research Reports of the three previous years (X-1, X-2, X-3). The department chair will then allot research time and teaching loads to individuals for the academic year X/X+1. EXAMPLE: early in 2008 the ABS-RI will calculate research time earned by individuals on the basis of the publications in 2005, 2006 and Aggregated research time will be allocated to the sections (in euros) for the fiscal year The section head will use this information to plan research and teaching for individuals in the academic year 2008/2009.

2 PUBLICATION APPRAISAL Journal articles as well as certain publications in/of academic books and proceedings yield points. Two categories of journals are recognized: A and B. A: Widely recognised international top-level journals. Publications in these journals are authoritative in research presenting new approaches, methods and developments. A-journals set the highest standard for topics as well as for analytical and methodological levels. B: Good international journals. Publications in B-journals meet high methodological and analytical standards but are less trend-setting for research than A-journals The ABS-RI has drafted a list of A and B business journals. This list is based on an initial set of journals presented by the heads of section and modified in accordance with a wide set of international Business School rankings and review articles. Rankings of individual journals were made on the basis of external rankings provided by relevant business schools and research publications that rank Business school journals (eg. Aston Business School journal list, University of Queensland Business School journal list, Association of Information Systems meta-analysis of studies on MIS-journals, Erasmus Research Institute of Management Journal list). It therefore covers all areas of business research in which ABS faculty is encouraged to publish. Of course, the ranking is not meant to be inflexible. As time progresses new insights will be taken into account. Every year in January (when the Annual Research Report is drafted) the listing of a journal or the alteration of the ranking of a listed journal can be proposed using a special application form. Requests are then reviewed by the Director of ABS and Research Director of the ABS and tabled for authorisation at a meeting attended by other Heads of Sections. Journals outside business studies are not incorporated in the list but may yield points. The purpose is to reward all high quality research and scholarship in business and related areas. For economics and econometrics journals ABS will use the RESAM list of journals, for psychology journals we refer to the Kurt Lewin Institute, for law and economics the list drafted by TILEC. Other relevant institutions/journal lists may be proposed for different areas (like law or information science). A request for appraisal of a non-business journal can be made by using the same form as mentioned in the preceding paragraph and available on the website. It is also recognised that, in certain disciplines, books and book chapters (as well as high-level conferences) are acceptable research outlets. It is, however, not always possible to judge the quality of these publications on basis of the reputation of the publisher or organizing body of the conference. Although the list of publishers and conference proceedings ranked by RESAM will be used as a guideline, a request for appraisal (A/B) for each publication in/of a book or proceeding (volume under review) is mandatory. Not all chapters are taken into consideration: the chapter should be a research chapter and not simply a summary of the literature or a chapter primarily used for teaching purposes. POINTS CALCULATION An article in an A-journal published or a fully written monograph by an A-publisher counts for 100 points, an article in a B-journal or a fully written monograph published by a B-publisher counts for 50 points. A research chapter in a book will count for half that of a journal article. The amount of points is adjusted for the number of authors by using the following formula: 2/(N+1) where N is the number of authors.

3 EXAMPLE: a researcher who has one publication in an A-journal with four other authors and one chapter in a book published by a B-publisher with two other authors will have earned 46 points ((2/6)*100+(2/4)*50*0.5) TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS The new list of journals is a definitive representation of quality international publication outlets that more fully represents the activities and publication performance for current faculty than the older RESAM list. For a few individual researchers, however, the new system may result in a reduction of research time. In order to prevent a reduction of research time of ABS faculty before they will have had the opportunity to adapt to the new rules, a transitional arrangement for (the publication years) has been made. This means that the new list of journals will be used to assess the allocation of research time but that any actual reductions will be postponed until January 1, This has been done in order to circumvent the retroactive implementation of the new standard. FLEXIBILITY The above regulations should not be viewed as rigid mechanical standards and the chairperson of the department can pursue annual adjustments. In any deliberations between the Dean of the Business School and the Chairperson of the Section, arrangements will be made to solve specific problems as the international research environment evolves. However, the over-riding criterion will be the internationally recognised quality of business research output.

4 AMSTERDAM BUSINESS SCHOOL COMPREHENSIVE JOURNAL LIS ISSN 5-year ImpArticle Influ ERIM FT ABS UK ABCD A-journals A Academy of Management Journal ,031 5,594 STAR FT 4* A* A Academy of Management Review ,578 6,252 STAR FT 4* A* A Academy of Management Perspectives (fo ,318 1,636 S FT 3 A A Accounting Review ,204 1,479 STAR FT 4* A* A Accounting, Organizations and Society ,143 1,034 STAR FT 4* A* A Administrative Science Quarterly ,693 5,621 STAR FT 4* A* A California Management Review ,554 1,140 M-STAR FT 3 A A Communications of the ACM ,564 1,325 STAR 3 A Contemporary Accounting Research ,154 1,098 P FT 3 A* A Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice ,451 1,222 P FT 4 A* A Harvard Business Review ,998 0,989 M-STAR FT 4 A A Human Resource Management (US) ,251 0,979 P FT 4 A* A IEEE Transactions on Software Engineerin ,371 1,332 3 A Information Systems Research ,638 1,890 STAR FT 4* A* A International Journal of Research in Marke ,467 1,222 STAR 3 A* A Journal of Accounting and Economics ,023 2,465 STAR FT 4* A* A Journal of Accounting Research ,368 2,221 STAR FT 4* A* A Journal of Applied Psychology ,313 3,702 STAR FT 4 A* A Journal of Business A Journal of Business Ethics ,628 0,454 P FT 3 A A Journal of Business Venturing ,954 1,591 P FT 4 A* A Journal of Consumer Research ,641 2,223 STAR FT 4* A* A Journal of Consumer Psychology P FT 4 A A Journal of Finance ,185 8,889 STAR FT 4* A* A Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analy ,130 2,665 STAR FT 4 A* A Journal of Financial Economics X 5,087 6,376 STAR FT 4 A* A Journal of International Business Studies ,183 1,827 STAR FT 4 A* A Journal of Management ,754 4,084 P 4 A* A Journal of Management Information ,780 0,939 P 3 A* A Journal of Management Studies ,744 1,930 STAR FT 4 A* A Journal of Marketing ,717 2,622 STAR FT 4* A* A Journal of Marketing Research ,527 2,336 STAR FT 4* A* A Journal of Organizational Behavior ,226 2,096 P 4 A* A Journal of Retailing ,110 0,983 P 4 A* A Leadership Quarterly ,784 1,348 P 4 A* A Management International Review S 3 A A Management Science ,057 2,370 STAR FT 4* A* A Marketing Science ,681 2,027 STAR FT 4* A* A MIS Quarterly ,474 3,077 STAR FT 4* A* A MIT Sloan Management Review ,704 0,756 M-STAR FT 3 A A Organizational Behavior and Human Decis ,024 2,594 STAR FT 4 A* A Organization Science ,506 3,435 STAR FT 4* A* A Organization Studies ,229 1,468 STAR FT 4 A* A Review of Accounting Studies ,899 1,219 P FT 4 A* A Review of Financial Studies ,367 7,298 STAR FT 4* A* A Strategic Management Journal ,393 3,137 STAR FT 4 A* B-journals B Abacus ,010 0,285 P 3 A B Accounting and Business Research ,792 0,227 S 3 A B Accounting and Finance ,794 0,193 S 2 A B Accounting Horizons S 3 A B Accounting, Auditing, and Accountability Journal S 3 A B ACM computer surveys 7,854 4,097 B ACM Transactions on Information ,716 0,865 S C B Applied Psychology: An International Revi X 3,256 1,406 S 2 A B Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory ,408 0,390 P 2 A* B Behavioral Research in Accounting S 3 A B British Accounting Review S 3 A B British Journal of Management ,391 0,835 S 4 A B Business and Society S A B Business Ethics (Quarterly) ,555 0,910 S 3 A B Business Strategy and the Environment S 2 B B Communications of the AIS 2 A B Corporate Goveranance: An International Review S 3 A B Critical Perspectives on Accounting A B Data Base 2 B Decision Sciences ,993 1,156 P 3 A* B Decision Support Systems ,037 0,864 P 3 A* B European Accounting Review ,465 0,454 P 3 A*

5 B European Financial Management ,431 0,804 S 3 A B European Journal of Information Systems X 2,422 0,876 P 3 A* B European Journal of Marketing ,575 0,521 S 3 A* B European Journal of Work & Organizationa X 2,485 1,079 S 2 B B European Management Journal S 2 B B Finance and Stochastics ,597 1,782 S 3 A B Financial Analyst Journal X 0,959 0,796 S 3 A B Financial Management ,568 1,076 P 3 A B Human Performance ,359 0,754 3 A B Human Relations ,901 1,262 P 4 A* B Human Resource Management Journal UK S 3 A B IEEE Computer B IEEE Software ,584 0,596 B Industrial and Corporate Change ,197 1,152 P 3 A B Industrial Marketing Management ,376 0,482 S 3 A* B Information and Management P 3 A* B Information and Software Technology ,692 0,607 2 A B Information processing and management ,388 0,531 S 3 B B Information Resources Management Journ C B Information Systems Journal ,376 0,848 S 3 A* B International Business Review ,330 0,495 S 3 A B International Journal of Electronic ,290 0,676 P 3 A B International Journal of Human Resource M ,510 0,428 S 3 A B International Journal of Industrial Organiz ,325 1,176 P 3 A B International Journal of Information ,898 0,494 S 2 A B International Journal of Selection and Asse X 1,544 0,704 S 3 A B International Journal of Service Industry M S B International Marketing Review ,538 0,439 S 3 A B Journal of Accounting and Public Policy ,770 S 3 A B Journal of Accounting Literature S 3 A B Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Financ X S 3 A B Journal of Advertising ,859 0,712 P 3 A B Journal of Advertising Research ,472 0,495 S 3 A B Journal of Banking and Finance ,721 0,801 P 3 A* B Journal of Business Finance and Accountin X 1,061 0,314 P 3 A B Journal of Business Research ,203 0,656 S 3 A B Journal of Consumer Psychology P 4 A B Journal of Corporate Finance ,774 1,057 P 3 A* B Journal of Cultural Economics ,945 1,013 S A B Journal of Derivatives (The) ,758 0,534 S 2 A B Journal of Financial Econometrics ,580 1,736 S 1 A B Journal of Financial Intermediation ,460 2,709 P 3 A* B Journal of Financial Markets ,505 1,706 P 3 A* B Journal of Financial Research (The) S 3 A B Journal of Financial Services Research S 3 A B Journal of Financial Stability C B Journal of Human Resources: education, manpower and welfare economics A* B Journal of Information Technology ,801 1,353 P 3 A* B Journal of International Accounting Resear S 2 A B Journal of International Financial Managem B B Journal of International Management ,781 0,780 S 2 A B Journal of International Marketing X 3,212 0,996 S 3 A B Journal of International Money and Financ ,434 0,921 P 3 A B Journal of Informatoin Systems S A B Journal of Management Accounting Resear S 2 A B Journal of Management Inquiry ,255 0,548 S 3 A B Journal of Managerial Psychology C B Journal of Money, Credit and Banking ,700 1,702 S 4 A* B Journal of Occupational and Organizationa ,944 1,382 S 4 A B Journal of Organizational Change Managem ,977 0,321 S 2 B B Journal of Personnel Psychology ,439 0,227 S B Journal of Product Innovation Managemen ,111 0,918 P 4 A* B Journal of Real Estate Finance and Econom ,203 0,538 S 2 A B Journal of Risk and Insurance ,390 0,647 S 2 A B Journal of Risk and Uncertainty ,016 1,632 S 4 A B Journal of Strategic Information Systems ,433 0,654 S 3 A* B Journal of Systems and Software ,322 0,483 B B Journal of Systems Management B Journal of the Academy of Marketing Scien ,795 1,398 P 3 A* B Journal of the ACM ,733 3,297 C B Journal of World Business ,330 1,001 S 3 A B Long Range Planning ,885 1,017 P 3 A B Management Accounting Research P 3 A*

6 B Marketing Letters ,492 0,734 P 3 A B Mathematical Finance ,463 1,516 S 3 A B Organization ,593 1,124 S 3 A B Organizational Dynamics ,925 0,381 S 3 A B Psychology & Marketing ,124 0,586 S 3 A B Real Estate Economics ,307 0,781 S 2 A B Research Policy ,387 1,554 P 4 A* B Review of Derivatives Research B B Review of Finance P 3 A* B Review of Quantitative Finance and Accou X 3 B B Strategic Organization ,630 2,454 P 2 A B Technology Analysis and Strategic Manage ,498 0,503 S 2 B B Computer Journal (The ) ,954 0,398 2 C B Financial Accountability and Management S 3 A KEYS: ABS UK (Association of Business Schools UK): 4*: World elite, 4:most original, 3: orginal, 2: acceptable, 1: recognized ABCD (Australian Business Deans Council): A*: highest quality category, indicatively representing the top 5-7% of the journals assigned to the given primary panel. A: second-highest quality category, indicatively representing the next 15-25% of the journals assigned to the given primary panel. B: third-highest quality category, indicatively representing the next 35-40% of the journals assigned to the given primary panel. C: fourth-highest quality category, representing the remaining recognised quality journals assigned to the given primary panel. ERIM: p: primary list, s: secondary list: STAR: top journals, M-STAR: practice oriented top journals FT: listed on the Financial Times list FIELD (sub-field management). MG=Management General, M=Marketing, S=Strategy, HRM=Human Resources Management/Organisational Behaviour, IM=Information Management, FIN=Finance, ACC=Accounting

7 Proforma Proposal to Amend Ranking or Add a Journal to the ABS Journal List (In completing the form, please refer to the ABS System of Research Time Allocation) Proposal submitted by: Section: Supported by head of section: Comments by head of section: yes/no Journal title: Publisher: Frequency: Currrent volume: ISBN: First year published: Name editor: Current School ranking (type - if not listed): Suggested School ranking: A/B Editorial board: attach as Appendix 1 Referee procedure: ISI Impact Factor: Listed in review articles on journal quality in field: attach paper as Appendix 2 Provide at least three rankings on other lists (attached): Other indicators of quality:.:.:.: DECISION ABS:

8 Proforma Proposal for Appraisal of a Research Chapter or Monograph (In completing the form, please refer to the ABS System of Research Time Allocation) Proposal submitted by: Section: Supported by head of section: Comments by head of section: yes/no Name publisher: Title volume under review: Copy of the volume: attach as Appendix 1 Name editor(s) volume under review: Suggested School ranking: A/B Referee procedure of volume under review: attach referee report as Appendix 2 Motivation by the applicant: attach as Appendix 3 Other indicators of quality: DECISION ABS:

9 Proforma Proposal for Appraisal of a Contribution to Proceedings of Conferences (In completing the form, please refer to the ABS System of Research Time Allocation) Proposal submitted by: Section: Supported by head of section: Comments by head of section: yes/no Name publisher: Name organizing body of the conference: Title volume under review: Copy of the volume/link to full text on website: attach as Appendix 1 Name editor(s) volume under review: Suggested School ranking: A/B Citeseer impact (if applicable): Referee procedure of volume under review: attach referee report as Appendix 2 Motivation by the applicant: attach as Appendix 3 Other indicators of quality: DECISION ABS: