Judging the quality of research in business schools: The UK as a case study

J. R. Doyle and A. J. Arthurs

Omega, 1995, vol. 23, issue 3, 257-270

Abstract: This article examines how the research quality of management departments and business schools may be assessed. We define the most influential business and management studies journals by their 10-year citation impact. Most of these journals are based in the US. We examine the extent to which UK business schools publish in the most cited journals, and find a surprisingly small presence, even from those business schools classified as 'internationally excellent' by the most recent government-sponsored Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). Comparisons are made with US business schools. We then show that British academics publish mainly in British-based journals. Reasons for this situation and reactions to it are discussed.

Keywords: research; evaluation; citation; analysis; journal; influence; Research; Assessment; Exercise; Business; and; Management; Studies; academic; insularity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995
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