Johnson, J. L & Podaskoff, P. M. Journal Influence in the field of management; an analysis using Salancik's index on a dependency network, A of M J 37:1392-1407 1994.

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They looked at the relative influence of certain journals in management science. Journal prestige is interesting and debateable. It has implications for status, tenure, and pay.

Methods for Assessing Journal Influence
Most methods have used surveys or citations, correcting for various factors such as publishing rate, journal length. and citation frequency. But one can also assume a dependency when one cites another work. Indirect as well as direct dependencies are important.

According to Salancik, a journal's inflence is a function of
* sum of direct citations
* influence of citing journals
* intrinsic value of citing journal

The authors extended Salanciks analysis to three periods and increased the number of articles.

The 1991 Rank of Adjusted Influence is:
* ASQ
* Research in OB
* Academy of Mgmt Review
* Academy of Mgmt Journal
* Journal of Applied Psych
* Strategic Mgmt Journal
* OB and Human Decision Processes
* Industrial and Labor Relations Review
* Harvard Business Review
* American Sociological Review

Interestingly, the results correlate with other studies that look at citation frequency but not ones who rely on subjective ratings.

The ascendence of AMR and ROB suggests that researchers have become to rely more on reviews and theory building articles. The field is also moving toward more macro than micro level research. Strategy has become more popular in the 80's and 90's.