Jerry
As you say, there is a strong element of 'face validity' about the ABS
ranking in the entrepreneurship area, but I am less convinced that there
is, in fact, much cross-field comparability in rankings: indeed, the
efforts to determine what is the 'best' journal is subject to the
meta-rankings of field status, such that, for example, 'top' journals in
the strategy or OB/OT areas (for example) will be viewed as 'better' than
equivalently-ranked entrepreneurship journals. Our key challenge remains
the influencing of the meta-ranking of the field rather than just the
ranking of the journals in the field.
Best
Richard
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On Apr 12 2007, Jerome Katz wrote:
> I get asked occasionally about journal rankings in entrepreneurship, and
> I thought I'd share the quick, dirty but highly satisfying answer. The
> most complete journal ranking comes from the UK's Association of Business
> Schools, at
http://www.the-abs.org.uk/?id=257. They offer a listing by
> "field and rank" available from the above URL which has a listing (and
> ranking) of 24 journals in "Entrepreneurship and Small Business". There
> are three neat aspects: (1) the ranking is based on a very complete
> methodology, which is fully documented, (2) rankings are provided for
> journals in other disciplines, so cross disciplinary comparisons of
> journal quality are possible, and (3) Not every discipline has top-tier
> (rank 4 in their parlance) journals, which shows there is discriminating
> power. I think the ENT/SB listing makes a lot of sense and "travels
> well", although some other lists (like IB in particular) look markedly
> different from what we are used to seeing in North America. I'd be
> curious what folks think of the ABS list rankings.
>
>
>
> Next to that, Anne-Wil Harzing's Journal Quality List
>
http://www.harzing.com/ is the most complete coverage of journal
> rankings, and she also has a version by discipline. Anne-Wil does not
> offer a summative ranking, but provides a very complete listing of
> others' rankings. BTW, Harzing's Publish or Perish software provides a
> free and fascinating way to look at journal and author impact. It uses
> Google Scholar (vs. ISI's Journal Impact Ratings), and offers the latest
> stats for assessing impact. She also provides some interesting papers on
> the in's and out's of rankings and journal impact statistics. When these
> issues are heavy on your mind, she makes for good reading.
>
>
>
> Jerry
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