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The relative importance of journals used in operations management research A citation analysis
Author(s) -
Vokurka Robert J.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of operations management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.649
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1873-1317
pISSN - 0272-6963
DOI - 10.1016/s0272-6963(96)00092-7
Subject(s) - citation , variety (cybernetics) , promotion (chess) , citation analysis , bibliometrics , computer science , library science , political science , artificial intelligence , politics , law
Journal rankings are important for a variety of reasons, most importantly as the basis of academic tenure and promotion decisions. A common approach in other fields is the citations methodology which is used in this study to determine the relative importance of various operations management (OM) journals. The citations analysis noted the frequency that all other journals are cited in Decision Sciences, Journal of Operations Management , and Management Science during the period 1992 to 1994. Rankings are provided based on total citations, citations per article, and citations per words published. The study shows that the journals with the most importance to OM research are Management Science, Decisions Sciences and Operations Research . Other journals important to OM research are the Harvard Business Review, Journal of Operations Management , and IIE Transactions .