Introduction

The purpose of this page is to provide information about evaluations concerning the quality of MIS journals. These evaluations may prove helpful to you in preparing promotion and/or tenure packets.

In addition to the standard question of "how many", there, hopefully is some concern at your university about "how good" your publications are. Since tenure and promotion are evaluated by professionals in disciplines other than yours, the rankings of journals in your discipline often serve as surrogate measures of quality. If you have published in top-ranked journals, be sure to highlight the ranking of those journals in your promotion and tenure packets.

NEW! For journal ranking lists and criteria at some universities, please also visit our new School Rankings page  (prepared with the help of Rudy Hirschheim at Louisiana State University).

MIS Journal Rankings


 Click journal code for full name of joural or click here for complete list of journal codes.

MIS Journal Rankings
Journal Code
(Click Journal
Code for
Full Name)
Rainer
&
Miller 2005
(50 Ranked)
Lowry
et al
2004
(World Ranking, 25 Ranked)
Katerat-tanakul
et al
2003
(27 Ranked)
Peffers
&
Tang
2003
(IS, 50 Ranked)
Peffers
&
Tang
2003
(Overall, 25 Ranked)
Mylono-poulos
&
Theo-harakis
2001
(50 Ranked)
Whitman et al
1999
(Top 50)
Hardgrave & Walstrom 1997
(53
Ranked)
Walstrom et al
1995
(27 Ranked)
Average Rank Points*
MISQ 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1.11
ISR 3 2 2 2 3 3 4 2 3 2.67
CACM 2 5 3   1 2 3 4 2 2.75
MS 4 4     7 5 2 3 4 4.14
JMIS 5 3   3   4 7 5 7 4.86
AI     6             6.00
DSI 7 6     5 8 5 6 8 6.43
HBR 6 15     4 7 6 9 9 8.00
IEEETrans   8       6 9 12   8.75
AIMag     9             9.00
EJIS 13 11 14 4 8 11       10.17
DSS 8 7 20 7 11 9 13 10 11 10.67
IEEESw 11                 11.00
I&M 12 9 15 5 9 10 15 20 12 11.89
ACMTDS 15   10   18     11 6 12.00
IEEETSE 10 22 5   24     7 5 12.17
ACMTrans   10       13 12 17   13.00
JCSS     13             13.00
SMR 16       17 12 8 13 13 13.17
CAIS 23     5 10 18       14.00
IEEETSMC 14                 14.00
ACS 20   12   16 24 14 14 10 15.71
JComp   16               16.00
AMJ 25       12 17   15 14 16.60
IJEC       12   23       17.50
JAIS   12   9 20 30       17.75
IEEETC 18                 18.00
ISF       18           18.00
JMS 21       6   27     18.00
OS 31 14     22 15   8   18.00
IEEEComp 19 25 16   19 19 11     18.17
ISJ 36 13 17 10 23 16 16     18.71
ASQ 24       15 21   16   19.00
JGIM       19           19.00
DATABASE 35     8 14 14 17 29 20 19.57
JDM       14     19 26   19.67
IS   21 18 21           20.00
MISQD       20           20.00
AMR 32       13 22   19 16 20.40
JACM 26   4 17   45 10     20.40
COR 17           24     20.50
HCI     7     32   23   20.67
CMR         21         21.00
IT&P       15   27       21.00
JSIS 27 18 22 16   20 30 25   22.57
JGITM       23           23.00
ACMTIS 9     39           24.00
InfoSci       24           24.00
JIM 27           21     24.00
OR   17       43   18 18 24.00
JCIS   23 26 13   41 22 27 22 24.86
BH                 25 25.00
IEEETKDE         25         25.00
JDA 22           28     25.00
IBMSJ 42   8     28       26.00
InfoSys                 26 26.00
JITTA       26           26.00
KBS     21         31   26.00
CompDcsn                 27 27.00
IT&M       27           27.00
WIRT   24   32           28.00
I&O 40 20   28   25       28.25
ACMSIG 27         26 33     28.67
ESA     24         34   29.00
ISM     19 38   33 26     29.00
INTFCS 39         39 20 28 19 29.00
Omega 48         29 32 24 15 29.60
IJHCS     11 42   44   22   29.75
DB 30                 30.00
JS&S     27         33   30.00
DataMgmt             37   24 30.50
IJMMS 34         34 25     31.00
JIS(Acct) 44 19       35 18 39   31.00
JISM 43     35       30 17 31.25
JIT     23 40           31.50
JOR               32   32.00
JOCEC       34   31       32.50
IRMJ 50     11   38 31 35   33.00
JITCA       33           33.00
JISE 33     31     36     33.33
JSM 46           29 40 21 34.00
JASIS             34     34.00
OBHDP           47   21   34.00
EMkt       29   40       34.50
AJIS       25   46       35.50
JOEUC       22   37 40 44   35.75
CSCW       36           36.00
JISci 49           23     36.00
Dtmn               51 23 37.00
INFOR               37   37.00
IJIM       37           37.00
JITM 36           38     37.00
BIT       30   48   36   38.00
ESR               38   38.00
JEMIS 38           39     38.50
CompJ     25     50 43     39.33
IPM       46     35     40.50
ECRA       41           41.00
IJTM 41           41     41.00
JIS(Edu)               41   41.00
CHB               42   42.00
EJOR           42       42.00
TIS       49   36       42.50
CommRsch               43   43.00
IR       43           43.00
JIIM 45           42     43.50
ESJ       45           45.00
IST             45     45.00
Sim               45   45.00
DPD 47   &
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