Katerattanakul, P; Han, B. "Are European IS Journals under-rated? An answer based on citation analysis" EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS, 12 (1): 60-71 MAR 2003

[Eugene Garfield]

Pairin Katerattanakul :   p.katerattanakul at wmich.edu


While the authors have done an interesting bibliometric study it seems that
they, as well as the journal in which this article appears, have never heard
of the field of Information Science.  Otherwise how can one account for the
unabashed use of the term "IS" to describe Information Systems?

In a ranked list of 60 journals listed in the Appendix, the Journal of
Information Science is included.  Therefore they seem oblivious to the
iterant ambiguity of "IS".  This reminds me of President Clinton's remark
"it all depends upon what "is" is!"

Author(s): Katerattanakul, P; Han, B

Title:     Are European IS Journals under-rated? An answer based on
           citation analysis
Source:    EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS, 12 (1): 60-71 MAR 2003

Language: English   Document Type: Article

Abstract:
A concern that the quality of European IS journals has been under-rated by
existing studies was recently addressed in the IS community. In this study,
an objective method based on a Citation Analysis was employed to re-examine
the quality of four established European IS journals as compared to I I
other well-recognized IS journals. Extensive citation data were collected to
derive eight indices as the measures of journal quality. Our research
results indicate that the quality of the four leading European IS journals
is quite comparable to that of other well-known IS journals reported in
prior studies.

Addresses: Western Michigan Univ, Haworth Coll Business, Dept Business
Informat Syst, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 USA

Reprint Address: Katerattanakul, P, Western Michigan Univ, Haworth Coll
Business, Dept Business Informat Syst, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 USA.

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Cited Reference Count: 30
Times Cited: 0

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