Citation cartels, scientific communities, and journal rankings this is a wileyblackwell publishing paper. Sixth, how do the abs quality rankings compare with those of others. Academic journals are one of the most important means of publishing and disseminating the results of academic research and scholarship. Fifth, how have the abs journal quality rankings been made. Academic journal guide 2015 the methodology of the academic journal guide is based on. Only open access journals only scielo journals only wos journals. An effect of their use, it argued, is to stifle diversity and constrict scholarly innovation. Australian business deans council publishes a list of journals with categories a to c. Although the ranking has been heavily criticized see.
On the other hand clarivate analytics web of science publishes journal citation reports jcr as per the. Abs academic journal guide 2015 methodology 7 rating definitions and issues in table 1, the definitions of the journal ratings are set out. Chartered association of business schools is a registered charity in england and wales charity number. In the abs academic journal guide, the quality of a journal can be measured by one of five ratings. The case for using academic journals lists is critically scrutinised. Pdf journal rankings and the abs journal quality guide. As the world leading journals in the field, they would be ranked among the highest in terms of impact factor. The final ratings given to journals are not based purely on weighted averages of journal metrics. Academic journal guide 2015 chartered association of.