[AISWorld] ECIS 2017 - Panel Discussion: Making an Impact in a Publish-or-Perish World (June 9, 2-4 pm)

[mmora at securenym.net]

Dear colleagues and Prof. Saunders,
This topic and IS research current practice (on the need of publishing in
called top journals and comply with the impact factor new kingdom for
valuating research) is required.  Just my 2 cents contribution and kind
petition on next reflection:

--- journal impact factor is rather usefulness and/or topic popularity
metric than a high-quality research metric, so we must elaborate other
specific instruments to measure the quality of research.

Thanks in advance for including it in the meeting!
Prof. Mora

PS. We shared a common invitation on this related problem at CAIS 38(1),
2016 issue. However, while I supported also Iivari's arguments, I reported
that they are insufficient from a core Systems Approach perspective.
Radical changes are still required for redesigning the current status quo
on IS top research. Critical example: all research on Data Centers and IT
Architectures is omitted at present, despite the relevance and legitimacy
to be studied in IS research streams.

Saunders, C. (2016). A Rejoinder to Iivari (2016). Communications of the
Association for Information Systems, 38(1), 15.

Mora, M. (2016). Rejoinder to Ivari’s (2016) Paper:“How to Improve the
Quality of Peer Reviews? Three Suggestions for System-level Changes”.
Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 38(1), 14.


On Wed, May 31, 2017 12:58 pm, Carol Saunders wrote:
> ** ECIS 2017 - Panel Discussion: Making an Impact in a Publish-or-Perish
> World (June 9, 2-4 pm) **
>
>
> Dear fellow IS researchers,
>
>
> We kindly invite you to join a panel discussion at ECIS 2017 on the topic
> of research impact within the IS discipline.
>
> PANEL MOTIVATION: On the one hand, in today’s publish-or-perish world, IS
> researchers face increasing pressure to publish in top-tier journals
> (e.g., AIS Senior Scholars' Basket of Eight). Consequently and not
> surprisingly, scholars, especially young scholars, are increasingly
> shifting their sole focus on publishing in such outlets. On the other
> hand, there are highly controversial discussions on the real-life impact
> of research published in top-tier journals (see, for example, the
> discussion initiated by Samir Chatterjee on AISWorld in summer 2016).
> This dilemma is further intensified by the rising pressure universities
> and researchers face from funding agencies to conduct impactful research
> and to 'give back' to key stakeholders, including students, businesses,
> and society in general.
>
> PANELISTS: Representing the perspectives of different countries/regions,
> five senior IS scholars who have been recognized for their impactful
> research around the globe will participate in the panel discussion: -
> Shirley Gregor (Australian National University, Australia)
> - Samir Chatterjee (Claremont Graduate University, USA)
> - Alan R. Dennis (Indiana University, USA)
> - Magnus Mähring (Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden)
> - Peter Mertens (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany)
>
>
> PANEL STRUCTURE: The panel discussion is designed to be highly
> interactive and will focus on three central questions/themes: 1. What is
> research impact? 2. Approaches to making an impact with IS research
> 3. Advice to PhD students and early-career scholars
>
>
> WHERE: ECIS 2017 in Guimarães, Portugal
> WHEN: Friday, June 9, 2017, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
>
>
> We hope you will be able to join us!
> If you cannot make it, please feel free to send us your comments/questions
> for the panelists via email (see below) or Twitter (#ISResearchImpact).
>
> All the best
> Carol & Martin
>
>
> Carol Saunders, Northern Arizona University, carol.saunders at nau.edu
> Martin Wiener, Bentley University, mwiener at bentley.edu
>
>
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