Impact factor as a metric to assess journals where OM research is published

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 24-43

  Stonebraker, Jeffrey S ^a   Gil, Esther ^b   Kirkwood, Craig W ^c   Handfield, Robert B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; Impact factor; Journal ranking; Operations management; Production operations management

Indexed keywords

CITATION ANALYSIS; IMPACT FACTOR; JOURNAL RANKINGS; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTION OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT;

RATING;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84857369472     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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