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Journal of Management: Research at Fisher having significant impact on field
Published: 2008-09-11
A study in the “Journal of Management” on the scholarly influence of research work in the field of management placed Fisher College of Business 14th in a ranking that measured the impact of published studies.
Two Management and Human Resources faculty members were recognized in the study, which also ranked the top 150 most cited authors in the field of management. Jay Barney, the Chase Chair for Excellence in Corporate Strategy, was ranked 7th and Raymond Noe, the Hoyt Designated Professor of Management and Human Resources, was 62nd.
“This is the first study to examine author and university influences in virtually all subareas of the field of management,” the authors wrote in the report. Citations were used to measure research impact.
Conducted by four management professors on the faculties at Indiana University, University of Arizona and University of Alabama, the study examined published research from 1981 to 2004. The analysis included more than 1,600 universities and 25,000 management scholars. The researchers grouped published work in four-year blocks. During the final time period of the study, 2000-04, Fisher was ranked 12th.
“This study is very significant because the study focuses on the impact our colleagues are having on the field,” said David Greenberger, department chair of Management and Human Resources. “Instead of looking solely at the number of papers an institution or scholar produced, the researchers analyzed the frequency published studies were cited over nearly a 25 year period.”
Authors analyzed 30 research journals, including the “Academy of Management Journal,” “Harvard Business Review,” “Sloan Management Review” and “Journal of Management Studies.” The study appears in the August 2008 edition of the Journal of Management and can be downloaded from http://jom.sagepub.com.
