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APPENDIX
Table A.1
This table shows the top 10 business journals based on their five-year impact factors as reported by Journal Citation
Reports.
2010
RANK
1
2
3
JOURNAL
Academy of
Management Review
Academy of
Management Journal
Administrative Science
Quarterly
2011
5YEAR
IF
11.657
10.779
7.539
4
Journal of Marketing
7.243
5
Strategic Management
Journal
6.818
6
Journal of Management
6.210
7
Journal of International
Business Studies
5.539
8
Journal of Management
Studies
4.684
9
Journal of
Organizational
Behavior
4.411
10
International Journal of
Management Review
4.304
JOURNAL
Academy of
Management Review
Academy of
Management Journal
Journal of Marketing
Journal of
Management
Administrative
Science Quarterly
Strategic Management
Journal
Journal of
Management Studies
Journal of
International Business
Studies
International Journal
of Management
Review
Journal of
Organizational
Behavior
2012
5YEAR
IF
11.442
10.565
7.039
6.810
6.545
6.288
5.160
5.142
JOURNAL
Academy of
Management Review
Academy of
Management Journal
Journal of
Management
Administrative
Science Quarterly
Strategic
Management Journal
Journal of Marketing
Journal of
International
Business Studies
International
Journal of
Management Review
5YEAR
IF
11.578
10.031
7.754
7.693
6.393
5.717
5.183
4.981
4.978
Journal of
Management Studies
4.744
4.382
Journal of Consumer
Research
4.641
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Table A.2
This table shows the five-year Impact Factors for a few major journals in the Management category.
Journal of
Academy of
Year
Management
Journal
Academy of
Management
Review
Administrative
Strategic
International
Organization
Business
Science
Science
Management
Quarterly
Journal
Studies
2012
10.03
11.58
7.69
5.18
5.5
6.39
2011
10.56
11.44
6.54
5.14
5.61
6.28
2010
10.77
11.65
7.53
5.53
5.83
6.81
2009
9.26
9.53
6.21
5.72
5.77
6.93
2008
7.67
8.21
6.31
5.03
5.45
6.7
2007
6.20
6.44
6.34
3.33
5.59
5.09
Source: Thomson Scientific’s Journal Citation Reports, Social Science Edition
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Table A.3
This table shows the 166 journals in our citation network sample. They have been organized by their assigned
discipline or field, which is in shown in bold, in greyed cells.
ACCOUNTING
BUSINESS
COMPUTER SCIENCE & INFORMATION
SYSTEMS
ABACUS
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING
MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION & MANAGEMENT
(INFORM MANAGE-AMSTER)
ACCOUNTING ORGANIZATIONS AND
SOCIETY
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH
ACCOUNTING REVIEW
JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF
ELECTROICS AND COMMUNICATIONS
AUDITING-JOURNAL OF PRACICE &
THEORY
TECHNOLOGY FORECASTING AND
SOCIAL CHANGE
JOURNAL OF INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNT RESEARCH
BUSINESS ETHICS
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
EUROPEAN ACCOUNTING REVIEW
BUSINESS ETHICS QUARTERLY
MIS QUARTERLY
JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING AND
ECONOMICS
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS
JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING RESEARCH
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS FINANCE &
ACCOUNTING
REVIEW OF ACCOUNTING STUDIES
4
Table A.3 (continued)
ECONOMICS
AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW HEALTH ECONOMICS
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL
ECONOMICS AND
RAND JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS
MANAGEMENT
BROOKINGS PAPERS ON
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
INDUSTRIAL AND CORPORATE
CHANGE
JOURNAL OF HEALTH
ECONOMICS
REAL ESTATE ECONOMICS
CHINA ECONOMIC REVIEW
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF
FORECASTING
JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL
ECONOMICS
RESOURCE AND ENERGY
ECONOMICS
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
JOURNAL OF APPLIED
ECONOMICS
JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL
ECONOMICS
REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND
STATISTICS
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS &
ECONOMIC STATISTICS
JOURNAL OF LABOR
ECONOMICES
REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES
THE ECONOMIC JOURNAL
JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMICS
JOURNAL OF LAW AND
ECONOMICS
SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC POLICY
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC
GEOGRAPHY
JOURNAL OF LAW, ECONOMICS, WORK, EMPLOYMENT &
AND ORGANIZATION
SOCIETY
ECONOMY AND SOCIETY
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC
GROWTH
JOURNAL OF MONETARY
ECONOMICS
WORLD BANK ECONOMIC
REVIEW
ECONOMETRICA
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC
LITERATURE
JOURNAL OF MONEY, CREDIT,
AND BANKING
WORLD BANK RESEARCH
OBSERVER
ENERGY ECONOMICS
JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS &
MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
JOURNAL OF POLITICAL
ECONOMY
WORLD DEVELOPMENT
ENERGY JOURNAL
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC
PERSPECTIVES
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC
ECONOMICS
WORLD ECONOMICS
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC
SURVEYS
FOOD POLICY
JOURNAL OF ECONOMETRICS
JOURNAL OF URBAN
ECONOMICS
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF
ECONOMICS
5
Table A.3 (continued)
ENTREPRENUERSHIP
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
MANAGEMENT
ENTREPRENEURSHIP &
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
GENDER, WORK AND
ORGANIZATION
ACADEMY MANAGEMENT
JOURNAL
MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
ENTREPRENEURSHIP THEORY
AND PRACTICE
GROUP & ORGANIZATION
MANAGEMENT
ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT
REVIEW
MIT SLOAN MANAGEMENT
REVIEW
INTERNATIONAL SMALL
BUSINESS JOURNAL
JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL
BEHAVIOR
ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE
QUARTERLY
ORGANIZATIONAL
RESEARCH METHODS
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS
VENTURING
LEADERSHIP QUARTERLY
BRITISH JOURNAL OF
MANAGEMENT
ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
OPERATIONS RESEARCH &
MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
AND HUMAN DECISION
PROCESSES
CALIFORNIA MANAGEMENT
REVIEW
ORGANIZATION STUDIES
DECISION SCIEBCES JOURNAL
RESEARCH IN
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
ORGANIZATION
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF
OPERATIONS & PRODUCTION
MANAGEMENT
PYSCHOLOGY
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
R&D MANAGEMENT
JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS
MANAGEMENT
JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL
AND ORGANIZATIONAL
PSYCHOLOGY
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
OF MANAGEMENT REVIEWS
RESEARCH POLICY
OMEGA INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
SCIENCE
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
OF SERVICE INDUSTRY
MANAGEMENT
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
JOURNAL
SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
TECHNOVATION
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
STUDIES
TOURISM MANAGEMENT
JOURNAL OF PRODUCT
INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
LONG RANGE PLANNING
6
Table A.3 (continued)
MARKETING
FINANCE
INDUTRIAL MARKETING
MANAGEMENT
JOURNAL OF MARKETING
ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL
STUDIES
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF
RESEARCH IN MARKETING
JOURNAL OF MARKETING RESEARCH
EUROPEAN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
INTERNATIONAL MARKETING
REVIEW
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC POLICY AND
MARKETING
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS
REVIEW
JOURNAL OF THE ACADEMY OF
MARKETING SCIENCE
JOURNAL OF RETAILING
FINANCIAL ANALYSTS JOURNAL
JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING
MARKETING LETTERS
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING
RESEARCH
MARKETING SCIENCE
FINANCE AND STOCHASTICS
JOURNAL OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS
PSYCHOLOGY AND MARKETING
CZECH JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND
FINANCE
JOURNAL OF CONSUMER
PSYCHOLOGY
FINANZARCHIV
JOURNAL OF CONSUMER RESEARCH
FISCAL STUDIES
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL
MARKETING
FORBES
JOURNAL OF INTERACTIVE
MARKETING
GENEVA PAPERS ON RISK AND INSURANCE ISSUES AND PRACTICE
FINANCE (continued)
HUMAN RESOURCE MGMT
GENEVA RISK AND INSURANCE
REVIEW
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MONEY
AND FINANCE
HUMAN RELATIONS
IMF STAFF PAPERS
JOURNAL OF PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCES
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF
FINANCE & ECONOMICS
JOURNAL OF REAL ESTATE FINANCE
AND ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
JOURNAL OF BANKING & FINANCE
JOURNAL OF REAL ESTATE RESEARCH
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
STUDIES
JOURNAL OF CORPORATE FINANCE
JOURNAL OF RISK AND INSURANCE
JOURNAL OF WORLD BUSINESS
JOURNAL OF FINANCE
JOURNAL OF RISK AND UNCERTAINTY
JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS
MATHEMATICAL FINANCE
JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL
INTERMEDIATION
NATIONAL TAX JOURNAL
JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL MARKETS
QUANTITATIVE FINANCE
JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL AND
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
REVIEW OF FINANCIAL STUDIES
JOURNAL OF FUTURES MARKETS
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Table A.4
This table shows the similarity of core disciplines relative to other disciplines or fields in our sample of journals for
2010; greyed cells reflect the disciplines that have the highest similarity to the discipline in the column.
Accounting
Anthropology
Applied psychology
Biology
Business
Business ethics
Communication
Computer science,
information systems
Demography
Economics
Energy & fuels
Entrepreneurship
Environmental sciences
Environmental studies
Finance
Geography
Hospitality, leisure, sport &
tourism
Human resource management
Industrial relations & labor
International business
Law
Management
Marketing
Medicine
Multidisciplinary sciences
Operations research &
management science
Organizational behavior
Other
Physics
Planning and development
Political science
Psychology
Social sciences mathematical
methods
Sociology
Statistics & probability
Urban studies
Psychology Sociology
Anthropology Economics Finance Law
0.013046 0.062423 0.196972 0.068734 0.020141 0.022141
1.000000 0.010852 0.005468 0.007272 0.017801 0.162291
0.008939 0.008103 0.004298 0.018201 0.151697 0.126470
0.059761 0.073981 0.001573 0.006084 0.002886 0.017487
0.018135 0.128763 0.208620 0.034712 0.105943 0.096520
0.015143 0.020470 0.012424 0.052987 0.082707 0.047604
0.039597 0.009586 0.001263 0.006719 0.133136 0.054677
0.000000
0.000000
0.010852
0.000000
0.009822
0.004225
0.010342
0.005468
0.016847
0.032129
0.128346
1.000000
0.090861
0.072646
0.109755
0.197297
0.286845
0.140603
0.003184
0.002973
0.286845
0.011642
0.047093
0.002971
0.011366
1.000000
0.012131
0.019554
0.009852
0.100308
0.000000
0.012667
0.006022
0.008423
0.127238
0.003145
0.085864
0.008176
0.039837
0.000770
0.055841
0.004106
0.013213
0.016384
0.013829
0.044236
0.055435
0.100373
0.000218
0.145626
0.015489
0.027007
0.026918
0.095017
0.037243
0.019765
0.002988
0.009553
0.007272
0.055162
0.041498
0.011422
0.033791
0.012803
0.084078
0.087142
0.072620
0.100308
0.148107
0.049124
0.138725
0.145794
0.000340
0.007571
0.012246
0.028630
0.127238
0.076006
0.008235
0.014664
0.017248
0.004826
0.015847
0.017951
0.017281
1.000000
0.060042
0.012331
0.011280
0.027522
0.010758
0.348117
0.088169
0.049518
0.026188
0.268090
0.208353
0.133745
0.100402
0.163994
0.184311
0.088372
0.099945
0.076105
0.389174
0.090035
0.076398
0.083829
0.001479
0.013418
0.008443
0.000000
0.000000
0.025510
0.017801
0.041310
0.021861
0.121492
0.036027
0.070289
0.177045
0.039837
0.019344
0.008299
0.025570
0.017041
0.006624
0.019233
0.016384
0.004818
0.011637
0.006877
0.000000
0.010364
0.047433
0.026187
0.049859
0.498105
0.018385
0.001446
0.003869
0.042586
1.000000
0.032871
0.140421
0.049121
0.030088
0.049527
0.111022
0.183685
0.033893
0.162291
0.006197
0.004680
0.150922
0.100373
0.229817
0.178759
0.066526
0.026918
0.109390
0.028315
0.014665
0.076105
0.005300
0.008577
0.130023
0.183685
0.036069
0.004505
0.098301
1.000000
0.028417
0.040279
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Table A.5
This table shows the similarity of International Business field relative to other disciplines or fields over time
(2001-2012):
Accounting
Anthropology
Applied psychology
Biology
Business
Business ethics
Communication
Computer science,
information systems
Demography
Economics
Energy & fuels
Entrepreneurship
Environmental sciences
Environmental studies
Finance
Geography
Hospitality, leisure, sport
& tourism
2001
0.006293
0.040912
0.034003
0.000000
0.118401
0.042150
0.007374
2002
0.003166
0.004944
0.048997
0.000000
0.063538
0.018645
0.004475
2003
0.009562
0.003221
0.054112
0.000000
0.154720
0.037669
0.019992
2004
0.008870
0.001905
0.024689
0.000000
0.143311
0.038058
0.015963
2005
0.005670
0.001006
0.024051
0.005612
0.107844
0.017786
0.007221
2006
0.006694
0.009694
0.055872
0.000000
0.123987
0.029594
0.022797
2007
0.010085
0.008462
0.018311
0.000000
0.133533
0.020575
0.011609
2008
0.018933
0.006715
0.025716
0.000000
0.125511
0.034491
0.011771
2009
0.006816
0.031551
0.020501
0.000676
0.132706
0.043144
0.010592
2010
0.008019
0.009553
0.027035
0.000615
0.140428
0.048408
0.013035
2011
0.008778
0.011181
0.020309
0.001969
0.126991
0.130847
0.007134
2012
0.012487
0.010592
0.011826
0.004368
0.110270
0.068119
0.010843
0.006925
0.018986
0.036481
0.001620
0.161126
0.013115
0.005200
0.014236
0.046741
0.003697
0.000000
0.029892
0.000000
0.037598
0.000000
0.000733
0.010013
0.043160
0.015722
0.000000
0.047978
0.003139
0.069912
0.001164
0.010176
0.015923
0.024042
0.014067
0.000000
0.063797
0.000402
0.173997
0.000501
0.002734
0.017702
0.024704
0.012861
0.000882
0.057640
0.000379
0.092607
0.000599
0.002528
0.013467
0.064302
0.006374
0.000213
0.047511
0.000693
0.093347
0.000000
0.001178
0.020833
0.033705
0.011868
0.001209
0.051044
0.000000
0.097713
0.000334
0.005382
0.012617
0.026397
0.020082
0.000965
0.065257
0.000136
0.107794
0.006260
0.001796
0.026518
0.030893
0.021188
0.003430
0.073131
0.000000
0.143566
0.000663
0.004428
0.019851
0.073543
0.022760
0.001673
0.072620
0.000000
0.108302
0.004303
0.002645
0.028630
0.031196
0.034268
0.002467
0.054846
0.001513
0.203081
0.005018
0.004055
0.015560
0.035365
0.018203
0.003487
0.072027
0.000000
0.145613
0.007470
0.003701
0.030427
0.050861
0.000590 0.000110
0.117477
0.013203 0.218739
1.000000 1.000000
0.006472 0.005727
0.312712 0.305125
0.131746 0.082902
0.005107 0.001106
0.007269 0.009313
0.001146
0.167561
0.009087
1.000000
0.014769
0.282875
0.145837
0.001413
0.003839
0.000479
0.080820
0.014368
1.000000
0.018625
0.221280
0.161955
0.002139
0.001660
0.003730
0.133903
0.010930
1.000000
0.009369
0.339958
0.123509
0.002486
0.003200
0.004203
0.103023
0.018323
1.000000
0.016323
0.283414
0.141485
0.004446
0.004795
0.007209
0.163082
0.018256
1.000000
0.005073
0.270099
0.129250
0.004680
0.011374
0.003038
0.125829
0.030458
1.000000
0.018486
0.334696
0.149275
0.002944
0.005875
0.001533
0.092410
0.015729
1.000000
0.016337
0.290888
0.104574
0.005302
0.003680
0.004702
0.153644
0.023426
1.000000
0.017281
0.326774
0.154550
0.005464
0.007691
0.002706
0.180982
0.019395
1.000000
0.013610
0.294529
0.143871
0.002344
0.004901
0.004345
0.114330
0.013825
1.000000
0.014912
0.307745
0.120186
0.006683
0.011123
0.006915
0.084608
0.066122
0.000000
0.053911
0.024277
0.042786
0.036293
0.076760
0.039267
0.000000
0.023661
0.014131
0.034110
0.019479
0.078800
0.014810
0.000000
0.027507
0.034134
0.125143
0.018742
0.058219
0.039628
0.000000
0.050177
0.055860
0.039527
0.026388
0.050577
0.082508
0.000000
0.029485
0.034055
0.048555
0.020191
0.107933
0.061560
0.000605
0.029243
0.041054
0.094521
0.017488
0.077416
0.111072
0.003399
0.012028
0.024209
0.066441
0.029237
0.051859
0.050538
0.000000
0.016563
0.050428
0.047836
0.015440
0.044821
0.042515
0.004152
0.037013
0.039015
0.036143
0.043815
0.042208
0.089376
0.001910
0.023457
0.047776
0.049518
0.041701
0.048785
0.092000
0.000362
0.041020
0.031978
0.048138
0.039542
0.051462
0.078636
0.000000
0.031093
0.047629
0.055259
0.011258
0.096193
0.012372
0.001682
0.014352
0.060241
0.006088
0.001826
0.013072
0.061958
0.005972
0.004115
0.025233
0.065915
0.005742
0.013622
0.025835
0.086136
0.011341
0.024317
0.031760
0.104955
0.007923
0.004051
0.023451
0.088473
0.007455
0.004774
0.030335
0.090329
0.012231
0.011218
0.027682
0.074675
0.012629
0.006556
0.040337
0.099945
0.020273
0.015888
0.031232
0.083838
0.014480
0.006270
0.036125
0.068296
0.014293
0.015376
Human resource management
0.130430
Industrial relations & labor
International business
Law
Management
Marketing
Medicine
Multidisciplinary sciences
Operations research &
management science
Organizational behavior
Other
Physics
Planning and development
Political science
Psychology
Social sciences
mathematical methods
Sociology
Statistics & probability
Urban studies