Starry-eyed: journal rankings and the future of logistics research

International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-17

  Mckinnon, Alan C ^a  

^a KÜHNE LOGISTICS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Australia; Germany; Journal rankings; Journals; Logistics research; Research assessment; Supply chain management; Supply chain management research; Transportation research; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873024255     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09600031311293228     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. ABDC (2012), ABDC Journal Ratings List, Australian Business Deans Council, Sydney, available at: www.abdc.edu.au/3.43.0.0.1.0.htm.
2. ABS (2010), Academic Journal Quality Guide: Version 4, Association of Business Schools, London, available at: www.associationofbusinessschools.org/sites/default/files/Combined%20Journal%20Guide.pdf.
3. Anon (2012), BWL-Ranking: Fast 300 Professoren steigen aus' Der Spiegel, 3 September.
4. Bennis, W.G. and O'Toole, J. (2005), “How business schools lost their way”, Harvard Business Review, Vol. 83, May, pp. 96-105.
5. Brown, S. (2012), “I have seen the future and it sucks: reactionary reflections on reading, writing and research”, European Business Review, Vol. 24 No. 1, pp. 5-19.
6. Chapman, K. and Ellinger, A. (2009), “Constructing impact factors to measure the influence of supply chain management and logistics journals”, Journal of Business Logistics, Vol. 30 No. 2, pp. 197-212.
7. Ellinger, A. and Chapman, K. (2011), “Benchmarking leading supply chain management and logistics strategy journals”, International Journal of Logistics Management, Vol. 22 No. 3, pp. 403-19.
8. Handelsblatt/BWL (2012), BWL-Ranking 2012: Methodik und Zeitschriftenliste, available at: www.handelsblatt.com/politik/oekonomie/bwl-ranking/-bwl-ranking-2012-bwl-ranking-2012-methodik-und-zeitschriftenliste/6758368.html.
9. Harzing, A.-W. (2012), Journal Quality List, 47th ed., University of Melbourne, Melbourne, available at: www.harzing.com/download/jql_journal.pdf.
10. Jump, P. (2011), “Willetts: ‘REF will take no notice of where researchers publish’”, Times Higher Education, 3 July.
11. Menachof, D., Gibson, B., Hanna, J.B. and Whiteing, A. (2009), “An analysis of the value of supply chain management periodicals”, International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, Vol. 39 No. 2, pp. 145-65.
12. Milne, M.J. (2002), “The construction of journal quality: no engagement detected”, Accounting Forum, Vol. 26, March, pp. 72-86.
13. Mingers, J. and Willmott, H. (2010), “Moulding the one-dimensional academic: the performative effects of journal ranking lists”, Working Paper No. 239, Kent Business School, Brighton.
14. Naughton, J. (2012), “Academic publishing doesn't add up”, The Observer, 22 April.
15. Nkomo, S.M. (2009), “The seductive power of academic journal rankings: challenges of searching for the otherwise”, Academy of Management: Leaning and Education, Vol. 8 No. 1, pp. 106-12.
16. REF2014 (2012), “Panel criteria and working methods”, Report REF January 2012, Bristol.
17. Rowbotham, J. (2011), “End of an ERA: journal rankings dropped”, The Australian, May 30.
18. Rowland, F. (2002), “The peer-review process”, Learned Publishing, Vol. 15 No. 4, pp. 247-58.
19. Schmenner, R.W., Wassenhove, L.V., Ketokivi, M., Heyl, J. and Lusch, R.F. (2009), “Too much theory, not enough understanding”, Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 27, pp. 339-43.
20. Shugan, S.M. (2003), “Journal rankings: save the outlets for your research”, Marketing Science, Vol. 22 No. 4, pp. 437-41.
21. Singh, G., Haddad, K.M. and Chow, C.W. (2007), “Are articles in ‘top management journals' necessarily of higher quality?”, Journal of Management Inquiry, Vol. 16 No. 4, pp. 319-31.
22. Starbuck, W.H. (2005), “How much better are the most-prestigious journals? The statistics of academic publication”, Organisation Science, Vol. 16 No. 2, pp. 180-200.
23. Tapp, A. (2006), “Why practitioners don't read our articles and what we should do about it”, The Marketing Review, Vol. 5 No. 1, pp. 3-13.
24. Thomson Reuters (2012), “Journal citation report 2011”, available at: http://wokinfo.com/products_tools/analytical/jcr/.
25. Van Wassenhove, L.V. (2009), “Commentary”, in Schmenner, R.W., Wassenhove, L.V., Ketokivi, M., Heyl, J., Lusch, R.F. (Eds), Too Much Theory, Not Enough Understanding. Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 27, pp. 339-343.
26. VHB (2012), “VHB-jourqal”, available at: http://vhbonline.org/service/jourqual/.