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The Impact of Perceptions of Journal Quality on Business and Management Communication Academics

University of Michigan

Nittaya Campbell

University of Waikato

Leena Louhiala-Salminen

Helsinki School of Economics

Kathy Rentz

University of Cincinnati

Jim Suchan

The Naval Postgraduate School

This commentary describes and critiques criteria that, according to results from an Association for Business Communication (ABC) member survey, are having an impact on quality judgments about our journals. ABC members rank the Journal of Business Communication and Business Communication Quarterly as top research and pedagogical journals in business/management communication, a finding corroborated by a larger study of academics in business and technical communication. However, the growing importance of citation counts and journal rankings currently disadvantages our journals, presenting us with professional obligations and personal dilemmas in relation to them. The authors' purpose is to raise awareness of the various determinants of perceptions of journal quality, to explore the communal views of ABC members on this issue, and to seek ways of enhancing the value of business/management communication research in the academic marketplace.

Key Words: business and management communication journal rankings • journal quality criteria • citations • promotion and tenure

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