Biehl M, Kim H, Wade M "Relationships among the academic business disciplines: a multi-method citation analysis " OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 34 (4): 359-371 AUG 2006

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail:
M. Biehl : mbiehl at schulich.yorku.ca


Title: Relationships among the academic business disciplines: a multi-
method citation analysis

Author(s): Biehl M, Kim H, Wade M

Source: OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 34 (4): 359-371
AUG 2006

Document Type: Article    Language: English
Cited References: 34      Times Cited: 0

Abstract:
A great number of papers have been published that compare the quality or
impact of academic journals. This article seeks to broaden the debate on
journal evaluation by showing how top journals in various academic business
disciplines, as defined by the Financial Times list of top research
outlets, relate to one other. Using large-scale sociometric analyses on
about 140,000 citations we found that the integration of the citation
network has increased over time. Moreover, the information flow from
Finance and Economics to Management has become stronger and, within
Management, a polarization between information generators and users has
taken place. We also found that most business academics published in
distinct and mostly nonoverlapping disciplines. The only exceptions were
Finance and Economics as well as Strategic Management and OB/HR.
Surprisingly, we also found that the general business journals, which could
be assumed to be cited by most other journals across the management
disciplines, are not central to the entire field. For instance, they are
not complementary at all to Finance and Economics. Instead, Operations
Research (OR) and Management Information Systems journals occupy the
central space on the perceptual map. This indicates that these disciplines
(and OR in particular) are complementary with Management and with Finance
and Economics. Crown Copyright (c) 2005 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All
rights reserved.

Author Keywords: management journals; management disciplines; sociometric
analysis; citation analysis; multivariate methods

Addresses: Biehl M (reprint author), York Univ, Schulich Sch Business, 4700
Keele St, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada
York Univ, Schulich Sch Business, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada

E-mail Addresses: mbiehl at schulich.yorku.ca

Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE,
KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND
Subject Category: MANAGEMENT; OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
IDS Number: 998KJ

ISSN: 0305-0483

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