[AISWorld] Senior Scholars Journal Basket Survey

mmora at securenym.net mmora at securenym.net
Fri Apr 8 11:54:21 EDT 2016


Dear AIS colleagues: well, of course there is a seniority level by
research accomplishments, but I estimate there is also few people in this
3,500+ list with over 30+ years teaching undergraduate (very technical
like Prolog and Lisp programming and Data Center Design and managerial IT
courses like Strategic Planning or simply MIS) and 20+ years on graduate
topics. Under this context my 5-cent contribution: our discipline has
generated in the last 15-20 years a publishing closed circle (non virtuous
one by using System Dynamics concepts from Systems Engineering from the
60's) among a set of scholars and Institutions (maybe over 80% of research
papers in these 5-7 top IS journals). In other disciplines, the research
publishing openness is more clear to receive different type of research
(topics, methods,settings,etc). In summary, IS research is losing
effectiveness, when we measure the citations to our papers from other
disciplines AND their real utilization in the praxis. Most of them are
self-cited in the same journals. It will never change the status quo, but
I expect new IS/IT scholars in the way to be Seniors change radically this
pattern in next 15-20 years.
Manuel Mora / UAA / Mexico (the 13th world economy !)
Website: http://x3620a-labdc.uaa.mx:8080/web/drmora/profile

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PS. A more academic critique on same related problem is reported at:

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: Vol. 38,
Article 14. Available at: http://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/vol38/iss1/14
Abstract

This short paper is a rejoinder to Ivari’s (2016). It describes the
Ivari’s arguments, corrective actions, and contributions on the peer-based
review system problem in the information systems field. It manifests that,
while Ivari’s posited solutions are worthy, they are also insufficient for
achieving a behavioral change in the current peer-based review system.
However, based on Ivari’s solutions, this short paper presents radical
extensions as alternative solutions. Their implementation, however, will
rely on the willingness of editorial teams of top and secondary-level
journals to promote structural rather than superficial changes to the
peer-based review system.


On Fri, April 8, 2016 8:19 am, John Nosek wrote:
> 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
> <aisworld at lists.aisnet.org>
> 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
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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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