Journal Rankings
Journal rankings are often used to identify the top research journals in a field.
We have updated the FAQ answer:
Where can I find a ranking and rating of business and management journals?
to make the distinction between general rankings and those specific to business and managment clearer.
Journal ranking is not perfect and there is significant research into its effectiveness. For example, the Journal Citation Report (JCR) rankings are strict in terms of the journals covered (with natural and life sciences better covered than social sciences) so journal focussed on new emerging areas do not score well.
Brief demo video http://screencast.com/t/gHdnrEvcwH accessing JCR rankings through Web of Knowledge (aka Web of Science)
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Journal Citation Reports, Scopus
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The German Academic Association has an official journal ranking.
For just the Ranking Results
For fuller details see the paper – VHB-JOURQUAL2: Method, Results, and Implications of the German Academic Association for Business Research’s Journal Ranking.
Many thanks to the DBA student who brought this to our attention. [FAQ answer now updated.]
The JRUL research and information skills blog has a post including a link to the Thomson Reuters bibliometrics white paper about the pros, cons and pitfalls of using metrics to evaluate the impact of articles, journals and authors.
See http://jrulskills.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/isi-web-of-knowledge-bibliometrics/
Previous post on this topic was 14 Jan 2010 – http://bizlib247.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/ranking-business-and-management-journals/
An interesting paper at Harzing.com, “Comparing the Google Scholar h-index with the ISI Journal Impact Factor” – http://www.harzing.com/h_indexjournals.htm