October 8, 2014
Pedagogy Journal Rankings
Using the ABS and ABDC rankings as a starting point, faculty in each discipline will decide on journals in the
discipline that should be included in the list of tiers 1, 2, and 3. Those journals will be entered in the appropriate
table below.
Tier 1
journals
Highest quality journal, highest selectivity, international audience, significant impact on advancement of theory or
practice in a discipline
Ranking: ABS rank 4, ABDC rank A, or top tier in in another ranking system
Tier 2
journals
Higher quality journal, selective, national audience, impact on a discipline’s theory and practice
Tier 3
journals
Refereed journal, regional audience
Ranking: ABS rank 1, ABDC rank C, or third tier in another ranking system
Tier 4
journals
All other journals (including non-peer-reviewed journals)
Ranking: ABS rank 3 or 2, ABDC rank B, or second tier in another ranking system
The starting points for these rankings are two widely used journal ranking lists: ABS (Association of Business Schools) and
ABDC (Australian Business Deans Council).
Rankings in the ABS list were standardized as 4* (a world elite journal); 4 (a top journal); 3 (a highly regarded journal); 2 (a
well-regarded journal); and 1 (a recognized journal).
The ABDC list groups the journals into A* (best or leading journal in its field); A (highly regarded journal in the field or
subfield); B (well-regarded journal in the field or subfield); C (recognized journal). The Harzing’s 52nd edition Journal Quality
List (2014) was also taken into account in the compilation process.
Field
Journal Title
BVGSB
Tier
ABS
Rank
ABDC
Rank
PEDAGOG
Academy of Management Learning and Education
1
3
A*
PEDAGOG
Accounting Education: An International Journal
1
2
B
PEDAGOG
Advances in Financial Education
1
B
PEDAGOG
Environmental Education Research
1
A
PEDAGOG
Gender and Education
1
A
PEDAGOG
Higher Education: the international journal of higher education and
educational planning
1
A
PEDAGOG
Issues in Accounting Education
1
2
A
PEDAGOG
Journal of Accounting Education
1
2
B
PEDAGOG
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
1
A*
PEDAGOG
Journal of Financial Education
1
B
PEDAGOG
Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education
1
A
PEDAGOG
Journal of Vocational Education and Training
1
1
A
PEDAGOG
Studies in Higher Education
1
3
A
PEDAGOG
Advances in Accounting Education: teaching and curriculum innovations
2
C
PEDAGOG
Australian Journal of Environmental Education
2
B
1
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Field
Journal Title
BVGSB
Tier
ABS
Rank
3
ABDC
Rank
PEDAGOG
British Educational Research Journal
2
PEDAGOG
Business Education and Accreditation
2
PEDAGOG
Decisions Sciences Journal of Innovative Education
2
PEDAGOG
Education and Training
2
1
PEDAGOG
Educational Management, Administration Leadership
2
1
PEDAGOG
Global Perspectives on Accounting Education
2
PEDAGOG
Higher Education Quarterly
2
2
PEDAGOG
Innovations in Education and Teaching International
2
2
PEDAGOG
Journal of Business Ethics Education
2
B
PEDAGOG
Journal of Economics and Finance Education
2
C
PEDAGOG
Journal of Education and Work
2
2
PEDAGOG
Journal of Education Policy
2
2
PEDAGOG
Journal of Higher Education
2
2
B
PEDAGOG
Journal of Information Systems Education
2
PEDAGOG
Journal of Management Education
2
2
B
PEDAGOG
Journal of Marketing Education
2
2
B
PEDAGOG
Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
2
B
PEDAGOG
Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education
2
B
PEDAGOG
Journal of Statistics Education
2
B
PEDAGOG
Management Learning
2
PEDAGOG
Statistics Education Research Journal
2
PEDAGOG
Teaching in Higher Education
2
PEDAGOG
The Journal of Economic Education
2
PEDAGOG
Active Learning in Higher Education
3
PEDAGOG
Australasian Journal of Economics Education
3
C
PEDAGOG
Australian Journal of Accounting Education
3
C
PEDAGOG
Industry and Higher Education
3
1
C
PEDAGOG
International Journal of Educational Management
3
1
C
PEDAGOG
International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education
3
C
PEDAGOG
International Review of Economics Education
3
C
PEDAGOG
Journal of Education for Business
3
C
PEDAGOG
Journal of European Business Education
3
C
PEDAGOG
Journal of European Industrial Training
3
1
C
PEDAGOG
Journal of Further and Higher Education
3
1
C
PEDAGOG
Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sports Tourism Education
3
1
C
PEDAGOG
Journal of International Education in Business
3
PEDAGOG
Journal of Management Development
3
PEDAGOG
Journal of Teaching in International Business
3
2
C
B
C
3
B
B
B
B
2
C
B
1
C
C
1
C
C
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Field
BVGSB
Tier
Journal Title
ABS
Rank
ABDC
Rank
PEDAGOG
Legal Education Review
3
C
PEDAGOG
Marketing Education Review
3
C
PEDAGOG
Quality Assurance in Education
3
PEDAGOG
Quality in Higher Education
3
C
PEDAGOG
Southern African Journal of Environmental Education
3
C
PEDAGOG
The International Journal of Management Education
3
1
1
References:
http://www.associationofbusinessschools.org/sites/default/files/Combined%20Journal%20Guide.pdf
http://www.abdc.edu.au/pages/abdc-journal-quality-list-2013.html
Journal Quality List (52nd edition) by Anne-Wil Harzing (http://www.harzing.com/jql.htm#download)
3
C