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

Fri Jun 2 20:17:03 EDT 2017

Professor Palvia, I congratulate for addressing a "known secret" for
senior researchers in our discipline. It is clear that called top journals
in the last 10-15 years have priliveged a particular style, a particular
research method and particular topics, and indirectly it can be associated
to particular research groups and graduate IS programs. While in other
disciplines, researchers working in graduate schools outside of the "big
leagues" get 1 or 2 publications in highest ranked journals (Computer
Sciences, Biology, Chemical, Nuclear Engineering, and so on) in MIS it is
practically impossible. I have meet Mexican colleagues graduate from
highest top universities (top 5 at USA) and get published in MIS area has
been a barrier for them. My case is actually far away of these issues,
because my PhD is from a mexican university ranked on 100-150 in the
151-200 range in the worldwide ranking: 
http://www.shanghairanking.com/World-University-Rankings/National-Autonomous-University-of-Mexico.html
However, we have get to be published in respected IEEE or other
engineering journals. Is there really an implicit social-behavioral bias
in MIS research at present? My conjecture is that is true and it has been
strongly influenced for assigning more weight to the relationed support
disciplines to MIS (i.e. Economy, Psychology, Marketing, and so on) that
on the core MIS/IT issues. As a final example, while the construct and
real entity of EDP (Electronic Data Processing) unit was highly researched
in the past, at present, their updated concept of Data Centers Units are
totally ignored in journals and tops conferences like ICIS, ECIS, PACIS
and AMCIS.
We need, at least, to address these issues in this kind of forums.
Sincerely,
Prof. Mora

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Manuel Mora, EngD.
Full-time Professor and Researcher Level C
ACM Senior Member / SNI Level I
Department of Information Systems
Autonomous University of Aguascalientes
Ave. Universidad 940
Aguascalientes, AGS
Mexico, 20131
http://x3620a-labdc.uaa.mx:8080/web/drmora
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On Thu, June 1, 2017 8:45 pm, Prashant Palvia wrote:
> Hi all AISWorlders,
>
>
> I ask for your forgiveness at the very beginning. I will be controversial
>  and will ask the entire IS community at large to speak up.  We should
> hear from all, and not a select few "elite" and "establishment"
> researchers.
>
> Someone has to bell the cat. I am taking this risk fully understanding
> the implications to my own professional standing, as I am simply tired and
> sick of it.  IMHO, the whole publication system is broken and we need to
> start over. Publications in such so-called "top" journals is largely
> determined by who you know, who your co-authors are, who do you socialize
> with, who you influence and entice and make deals with at conferences, and
> so on. Of course the research has to be usually good, but in the end the
> winners are those who are better at playing the game.
>
> But before we can fix a problem, we must first recognize it.  I bet there
>  are thousands of stories confirming such unethical and marginal behavior
> in our profession.  In general, people are afraid to talk openly - for the
>  sake of their careers (but they will talk privately and confidentially).
>  But for the sake of the vitality of our profession, we must speak up. I
> invite everyone to share their experiences, either on this forum, or
> privately to me. If you are uncomfortable putting your name out, you can
> write directly to me and ask for anonymity.  I will fully respect your
> anonymity.
>
> Perhaps I am completely wrong. In fact, I hope I am wrong. But your
> experiences will tell us where we stand. If I receive enough responses, I
> will prepare a report (with no names identified) and will make it
> available to the entire IS community. The next step, if there is a
> problem, will be to find ways to fix it.
>
> I apologize in advance if I have offended anyone.
>
>
> Respectfully,
>
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> *Prashant Palvia, Ph.D., Joe Rosenthal Excellence Professor,
> https://baelearn.uncg.edu/people/palvia/
> <https://baelearn.uncg.edu/people/palvia/>Bryan School of Business and
> EconomicsThe University of North Carolina at Greensboro 426 Bryan
> Building,
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> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Carol Saunders <csaunder at ucf.edu> 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 todayâ€™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 MÃ¤hring (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 GuimarÃ£es, 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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