The Australian Business Deans Council says “it is currently finalising an expert panel” to review the methodology of its journal ranking. Which is what the ABDC said last August (CMM August 28 217).  Bizoids are anxious about the review, fearing that research on Australian subjects will suffer if it is conducted by offshore academics and rates international journals above ones with a local focus. This may be why the ABDC says at least one reviewer, “will be an Australian academic based in Australia,” although why this could mean a focus on local subjects eludes CMM.