Research Standards for Promotion and Tenure in Information Systems

Dennis, Saya; Valacich,; Fuller,; Schneider,

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“…In our perception, chairs in the NAIS community usually have a comparatively small number of PhD students who receive intensive research training from their supervisors. In line with the commitment to research excellence, journal publication is a primary consideration in the promotion and tenure decision for faculty in the NAIS community (Dennis, Valacich, Fuller, & Schneider, 2006). Not surprisingly, numerous scholarly journals originating from the NAIS community are reckoned standard setters with respect to methodological rigor and scholarly writing.…”

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Business and Information Systems Engineering: A Complementary Approach to Information Systems – What We Can Learn from the Past and May Conclude from Present Reflection on the Future

Buhl¹,

Müller²,

Fridgen³

et al. 2012

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Business and Information Systems Engineering: A Complementary Approach to Information Systems – What We Can Learn from the Past and May Conclude from Present Reflection on the Future

Buhl¹,

Müller²,

Fridgen³

et al. 2012

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“…In consequence of these concomitant increases, the overall average length of each research papers published in leading North American IS journals has nearly doubled from 8,286 words per paper in 1990 to 15,383 words per papers in 2013 (excluding references). Collectively, we believe the trends in Table 1 indicate 1) that editors of leading North American IS journals have heeded Dennis, Valacich, Fuller, and Schneider's (2006), among others', calls to substantially increase the volume of high-quality papers published in elite IS journals; and 2) that North American IS researchers may be investigating increasingly complex phenomena that require both multi-theoretic foundations and a lengthier exposition. Projecting this trend a decade into the future reveals that, ceteris paribus, an average research papers published in one of these journals in the year 2026 will exceed 17,300 words in length (or approximately 70 double-spaced pages) (excluding references).…”

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Theory in North American Information Systems Research: A Culturomic Analysis

Soper¹,

Turel²

2016

CAIS

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Abstract:Since its inception, North American information systems (IS) research has relied on a broad and varied collection of theories. The core of this theoretical landscape is an important determinant of the IS research community's identity, and, as such, researchers have discussed it extensively in recent years. Nevertheless, we know few concrete facts about the composition, consistency, or evolution of this theoretical core over time. Using a set of 318 theories in conjunction with n-gram analyses, we address these issues empirically by computationally analyzing the complete text of every research paper published in three leading North American IS journals over a 24-year period. In examining these 2,215 papers and more than 3.54 billion n-gram records, we identify the theories that constitute the overall core of North American IS research and provide insights into the evolution of that core. We further identify and quantify the nature of theoretical pluralism in North American IS research and examine the evolution of the theoretical density of IS research studies over time. Finally, our results shed light on the patterns of theory co-occurrence in North American IS research studies and demonstrate how such information can facilitate increasingly imperative efforts aimed at theory consolidation and generalization.

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“…Although a small number of journals consistently appear at the top of most of these lists, it is becoming increasingly apparent that requirements to publish only or primarily in these top journals is effectively constrained by the number of publication opportunities they offer (Kozar & Larsen, 2006;Valacich et al, 2006;Saunders & Benbasat, 2007) and that this is affecting promotion and tenure decisions for IS staff (Chua et al, 2002;Dennis et al, 2006).…”

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The ranking of top IS journals: a perspective from the London School of Economics

Willcocks

Whitley

Avgerou

2008

European Journal of Information Systems

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The Information Systems and Innovation Group at the London School of Economics has developed a distinct profile of social theory driven research across a wide range of mainstream and specialist IS topics. In this paper, we explain why we do not find existing IS journal rankings appropriate for the assessment of quality of the publications of our Group. We present a set of lists of internationally recognised outlets that we provide to the committee responsible for promotions decisions in our university and we use to advise junior staff and students on where they should publish their work. In addition to these lists, decisions on research quality in our university require the opinion of specialist experts on both the particular outlet of a publication and the publication itself. We argue for the merits of our research quality assessment approach and reflect on its risks.

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Research Standards for Promotion and Tenure in Information Systems

Cited by 111 publications

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Business and Information Systems Engineering: A Complementary Approach to Information Systems – What We Can Learn from the Past and May Conclude from Present Reflection on the Future

Business and Information Systems Engineering: A Complementary Approach to Information Systems – What We Can Learn from the Past and May Conclude from Present Reflection on the Future

Theory in North American Information Systems Research: A Culturomic Analysis

The ranking of top IS journals: a perspective from the London School of Economics

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