[AISWorld] Senior Scholars Journal Basket Survey

Tue Apr 12 18:48:39 EDT 2016

I like John's suggestion in point 3 below.  I think we get hung up on  top 
journals when the real artifact we create is the article.  A journal  list 
is the easy way out of judging quality but actually does not validate the  
quality of the individual article.  I've read many articles from top  journals 
that I don't cite and don't use while there are many articles from  lesser 
journals I cite and use.  Does this make the unused articles better  
quality?  I don't think so, it just benefits from the halo effect. I think  we 
should check the quality of the specific articles when judging for promotion  
and tenure and instead of using a journal list perhaps use the h index or 
other  measures of how much an article is used as more reflective of the quality 
of the  of the researcher (and yes I know this raises other questions, but 
we will never  get over the journal list fight as long as it is assumed that 
there are only a  few really good journals).....murray

In a message dated 4/8/2016 6:21:11 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
nosek at temple.edu writes:

Hi,

Just a couple of comments:
1. I know Alan and  Doug.  I respect them and although I won't speak for
them, I think  they are creating a basket of journals to provide more IS
journal outlets  that are being demanded by deans of business schools who 
are
chasing U.S.  and News rankings, which BTW are not good for education.  Alan
and  Doug are broad thinkers whose work crosses many disciplines.
2.  Intellectually, IS is cool because it can broadly cross many 
disciplines.
I  like to build effective information systems that require me to delve  
into
many disciplines.  My most-cited works are in top CS and Human  Experience
journals - none of which makes it into this "highly-rated  basket" of
journals (which I just looked up). 
3. I repeat a suggestion  that I think may still be used by one 
highly-ranked
school for those going  up for tenure and promotion: forget baskets, have
them submit their top  three journal articles for review to be judged on
creativeness and quality.  
4. If this fails, I repeat a tongue-in-cheek suggestion that one is hired  
as
a tenured, full professor, and is given a reduction in rank for  every
published journal article - so only top-quality, journal articles  will be
published.

Take Care,

John
John Nosek,  Ph.D.
Professor, Computer & Information Sciences
Temple  University

Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2016 09:47:25 -0400
From: Prashant  Palvia <pcpalvia at uncg.edu>
To: "Dennis, Alan R."  <ardennis at indiana.edu>,    AISWorld
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Subject: Re: [AISWorld] Senior Scholars  Journal Basket Survey
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My recommendation is to use an inclusive  process in deciding the top
journals, perhaps a survey of all IS  academics.  Also, let's stop calling
it "senior scholars" basket as it  creates a perception of "establishment"
fiat. You could call it the "AIS"  basket.

Thanks for your efforts.

Prashant Palvia, Ph.D., Joe  Rosenthal Excellence Professor
Bryan School of Business and  Economics
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
426 Bryan  Building, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA, Ph: 336.334.4818
Editor in Chief,  *JGITM*, http://www.tandfonline.com/UGIT
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The World IT Project  http://www.WorldITproject.com
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On  Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 11:24 PM, Dennis, Alan R.  <ardennis at indiana.edu>
wrote:

> Several years ago, the AIS  College of Senior Scholars created "Basket" of
> eight journals  recognized as top journals in our field. In the normal
> course of  activity, the Senior Scholars are evaluating the role and
effects
>  of the Basket. We invite comments from the entire community on the  
current
> Basket and how to improve it. All comments are welcome and  will be
> considered by the Task Force as it prepares its  report.
>
> Please complete our brief  survey<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/F3VB8HK> 
(
>  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/F3VB8HK) to help influence the future  of
> our field. Please respond no later than May 2,  2016.
>
> Thanks
>
> Alan Dennis and Doug Vogel (Task  Force Co-Chairs)
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