The relative importance of journals used in operations management research A citation analysis
Journal of Operations Management · 1996 · Volume 14 · Issue 4
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6963(96)00092-7
Abstract
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 inDecision Sciences, Journal of Operations Management, andManagement Scienceduring 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 areManagement Science, Decisions SciencesandOperations Research. Other journals important to OM research are theHarvard Business Review, Journal of Operations Management, andIIE Transactions.
Keywords
Operations management, Research, Citation, Methodology, Journals
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