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Problematising the construction of journal quality: an engagement with the mainstream

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  • Joanne Locke
  • Alan Lowe

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Journal ranking studies have generally adopted citation techniques or academic perceptions as the basis for assessing journal quality. They have traditionally been a source of information about potential research outlets, new journals, and an aid to developing a consensus about the relative merit of publications for promotion decisions. The aim of our research is to address specific shortcomings in the conventional literature and construct an alternative view of how we might more appropriately assess journal ‘quality’. We attempt to engage with the conventional literature by applying an approach that does not privilege either citation techniques or academic perceptions. We have adopted from Zeff (1996) an objective measure of academic journal library holdings, which Zeff describes as a ‘market test’. Our construct provides evidence of an important difference in journal holdings for the Australasian region that could significantly influence further research on journal quality. The method itself is entirely mundane but may be considered to reflect a complex of historic and more contemporary variables which impact on academic and administrative decisions, influencing the makeup of academic library holdings and providing a proxy for journal ‘quality’.

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  • Joanne Locke & Alan Lowe, 2002. "Problematising the construction of journal quality: an engagement with the mainstream," Accounting Forum, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(1), pages 45-71, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:accfor:v:26:y:2002:i:1:p:45-71
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-6303.00079
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    1. Wade D. Cook & Tal Raviv & Alan J. Richardson, 2010. "Aggregating Incomplete Lists of Journal Rankings: An Application to Academic Accounting Journals," Accounting Perspectives, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 9(3), pages 217-235, September.
    2. Bonner, Sarah E. & Hesford, James W. & Van der Stede, Wim A. & Young, S. Mark, 2006. "The most influential journals in academic accounting," Accounting, Organizations and Society, Elsevier, vol. 31(7), pages 663-685, October.
    3. Lowe, Alan & Locke, Joanne, 2005. "Perceptions of journal quality and research paradigm: results of a web-based survey of British accounting academics," Accounting, Organizations and Society, Elsevier, vol. 30(1), pages 81-98, January.
    4. Geert Campenhout & Tom Caneghem & Steve Uytbergen, 2008. "A comparison of overall and sub-area journal influence: The case of the accounting literature," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 77(1), pages 61-90, October.
    5. Catriona Paisey & Nicholas Paisey, 2005. "The research assessment exercise 2001—insights and implications for accounting education research in the UK," Accounting Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(4), pages 411-426.
    6. M. R. Mathews, 2007. "Publish or Perish: Is this Really a Viable Set of Options?," Accounting Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(3), pages 225-240.
    7. Lowe, Alan & Locke, Joanne, 2006. "Constructing an ‘efficient frontier’ of accounting journal quality," The British Accounting Review, Elsevier, vol. 38(3), pages 321-341.
    8. Hussain, Simon, 2010. "Accounting journals and the ABS quality ratings," The British Accounting Review, Elsevier, vol. 42(1), pages 1-16.
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    10. S. Douglas Beets & Andrea S. Kelton & Bruce R. Lewis, 2015. "An assessment of accounting journal quality based on departmental lists," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 102(1), pages 315-332, January.
    11. repec:dau:papers:123456789/8741 is not listed on IDEAS
    12. Vivien Beattie & Alan Goodacre, 2006. "A new method for ranking academic journals in accounting and finance," Accounting and Business Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(2), pages 65-91.

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