Academic Journal Rankings

16.6.2009 von Alex.

Zum Thema Ranking von wissenschaftlichen Zeitschriften hat kürzlich (12.06.2009) Prof. Will Hughes folgendes geschrieben:

“It is interesting how many times people try to provide a ranked list of journals, and it is important to be clear about the reasons for wanting to do this.  On the one hand, you might be wanting to shape your publication strategy and be clear about which journals you are targeting and why.  On the other hand, you might be trying to provide administrative staff with the means to make your quality judgments on your behalf, which is always a dangerous strategy.  I am in favour of peer review, because that  retains the judgments in the hands of academics.  Whatever your reason for wanting to create a ranked list of journals, I can offer you two recent insights into how our peers view the top journals in our field.  One from Australia, one from the UK.  In Australia, a group called the Australian Business Deans Council ascertained which were the top journals in their field, as they saw it, rated A-D.  As this was much wider than the built environment, it is interesting to see that there are built environment journals in that list.  In the Interdisciplinary list, Construction Management and Economics is rated in the top category of journals, as A*, along with Journal of Construction Engineering and Management.  Automation in Construction is listed as A, as is Engineering Construction and Architectural Management.  Construction Law Journal gets a B, does International Journal of Construction Information

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