The influence of publication ranking specifications on publication strategy and academic careers in business administration.

ABSTRACT: This study examines the impact of methodological variations in publication-based rankings on the evaluation of individual research performance in business administration. Drawing on a unique dataset comprising complete personal publication lists of 233 professors from Austrian public universities (2009-2018), we apply ten distinct ranking variants that differ in their treatment of data sources, co-authorship, publication languages, article lengths, and journal qualities. These variants are categorized into purely quantity-focused and predominantly quality-focused rankings. Our results demonstrate that researcher rankings are susceptible to specification choices. While quantity-focused rankings produce relatively small performance differentials and high variability, quality-focused variants

SUBMITTER: Reichmann G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12646440 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature