A REVEALED PREFERENCE STUDY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNALS' DIRECT INFLUENCES

摘要

Our study develops and uses a new methdology for analyzing journal citations to recent publications to determine which management journals now have the greatest influence on the field of management. It analyzes the 23637 academic journal references cited in teh 1275 articles published in 17 key management journals during 1993 and 1994, focusing on citations to references published up to the modal vintage of 4 years earlier. Most cied as a eprcentage of all these referces was Strategic Management Journal (11/100), followed by Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology. Organization Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Academy of Management Review, Administrative Sciences Qurterly, and Journal of Management-accounting in total for 51 percent of all citations.