How Media Scholars’ Attributes Affect Their Ratings of Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Abstract

This article examines how media scholars' attributes affect ratings of Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly (JMCQ), based on the 2014 JMCQ readership survey.It compares the impacts of these attributes on five different types of subjective journal ratings. For instance, importance of journal impact factor in the respondent's institution only affects the rating of the journal's standing in the field. Attributes such as use and knowledge of the journal, research recognition received in the field, doctoral institution affiliation, and ethnicity consistently predict the rating of the journal's standing in the field, overall ratings, and relevance to the respondents; but other attributes predict the ratings of the journal in serving the association members well and author-friendliness.

How online usage of subscription‐based journalism and mass communication research journal articles predicts citations

“…The sole emphasis of citations as a measure of scholarly impact has been challenged by other scholars who argue for additional measures such as expert ratings to be taken into account (e.g. Ha et al ., ).…”

Virtual Theme Collection: Journalism and Media Research on Africa

“…Many African scholars also send manuscripts to journals without being familiar with such journals and most times without having read a single article published in the journals. “Familiarity with the journals consists of three dimensions: knowledge, use and readership” (Ha et al, 2015, p. 225). African scholars, in their haste to get published, most times gloss over such basic requirements.…”

“…Toward this end, the aim of the collection is to generate interest in African research and also to encourage more research output from scholars of the continent. “Research reputation,” according to (Ha et al, 2015), “is the most important criterion in evaluating a faculty’s performance in research in tenure and promotion decision in universities” (p. 221). Reputation is often linked to publication in prestigious journals.…”