Information Systems is Not a Reference Discipline (And What We Can Do About It)
Wade, Michael, Biehl, Markus, Kim, Henry
Journal of the Association for Information Systems · 2006 · Volume 7 · Issue 5
Abstract
A number of recent papers have proclaimed that the IS field has approached the status of a reference discipline. The paper draws on citation data from 33 IS and non-IS journals over 12 years to test this assertion. Analysis of this data suggests that the IS field has left a modest imprint on other sub-fields of management. Based on this evidence, the paper concludes that IS is not yet a reference discipline, but has the potential to become one. We propose number of measures to enhance the external influence of the field that may, in time, lead to it becoming a true reference discipline.
Keywords
IS research relevance, reference discipline, citation analysis, multiple degrees of separation
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