Assessing Researcher Publication Productivity in the Leading Information Systems Journals: A 2005–2009 Update

• Published in: Communications of the Association for Information Systems Vol. 29; p. 26
• Main Authors: Clark, Jan Guynes, Au, Yoris A., Walz, Diane B., Warren, John
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Atlanta Association for Information Systems 2011
• Subjects: Documents; Information systems; Productivity; Scientometrics
• ISSN: 1529-3181; 1529-3181
• DOI: 10.17705/1CAIS.02926

This study is an update of a previous scientometric study that examined the leading Information Systems (IS) researchers, their university affiliations, and the universities that supply them. We provide geographical comparisons of researcher affiliations for the AIS regions and for North American versus global institutions, along with a comparison of prior and current results. Our analysis shows that coauthorship is increasing in the top three IS journals and that most of the leading researchers continue to affiliate with institutions in North America. However, the proportion of publications from North American researchers in the top three journals has decreased slightly over time This research contributes to the scientometric literature by identifying a more broad and inclusive set of leading IS publications and by providing benchmarks for the productivity of IS scholars. These results can be valuable for deans and department chairs making tenure and promotion decisions. Prospective students and faculty can use these results to identify universities which match their personal research goals. This study also helps to define and expand the boundaries of the IS discipline due to its use of a broader set of leading journals.