[AISWorld] Senior Scholars Journal Basket Survey

[John Nosek]

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>
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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
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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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