As scholars we are often confronted by the need to judge the quality of journals. There have been many attempts to establish rankings. Today we would like to share our top six links for judging the quality of scientific journals:
- Anne-Wil Harzing publishes not only an overview of various journal rankings, but has also created a nice tool, which allows to analyze the citation data of Google Scholar for individual scholars and journals*.
- The ranking of the German Business Newspaper “Handelsblatt” is one of the most comprehensive rankings around.
- For a more selective list the Financial Times ranking is also very useful.
- Another comprehensive list comes from our French colleagues.
- Scholars interested in a perspective from the southern hemisphere, might also find the Australian journal ranking useful.
- Scholars working in Germany, Austria or Switzerland should also check the ranking by the professional association of university teachers in business education (VHB).
* Anne-Wil has also written a nice book: The Publish or Perish Book: Your Guide to Effective and Responsible Citation Analysis
We will also keep that list updated as a permanent page.