Assessing the quality and knowledge contribution of top is journals: A comparative citation analysis

Bo Xiao, Christy M.K. Cheung, Dimple R. Thadani

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Abstract

This paper employs citation analysis to investigate empirically the influence of top IS journals on both IS and other literature. We assessed the quality of the three top IS journals by comparing their citation indices and examining the distribution of their citations among different disciplines. Some 7429 citations from the Social Science Citation Index and Social Science Index (2003-2009) are made to 425 source articles published in MISQ, ISR, and JMIS between 2003 and 2007 (inclusive). Our results reveal that the citation-based quality indices of MISQ are consistently better than those of ISR and JMIS. In addition, our results provide strong evidence that articles published in the three top IS journals have significant impacts to different disciplines, with JMIS appealing most to articles in science and engineering and ISR contributing mostly to professional journals and magazines. The knowledge contribution of MISQ appears to be the most balanced among the three.

Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event19th European Conference on Information Systems - ICT and Sustainable Service Development, ECIS 2011 - Helsinki, Finland
Duration: 9 Jun 201111 Jun 2011

Conference

Conference19th European Conference on Information Systems - ICT and Sustainable Service Development, ECIS 2011
Country/TerritoryFinland
CityHelsinki
Period9/06/1111/06/11

Keywords

  • Citation analysis
  • Citation-based index
  • IS research
  • Journal quality
  • Knowledge contribution
  • Reference discipline

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Information Systems

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