The rankings biz

Readers with a firm view on bized journal rankings have to Monday night to let the Australian Business Deans Council know

That’s when it’s journal quality review concludes.

The review covers new publications, exclusions (irrelevant, “overly aggressive”) and name changes.

Alas for editors who think an existing ranking does them wrong, this is not on the agenda.

The ABDC likes to keep its ranking in-shape. Last year the council asked constituents whether having it was worth all the effort (CMM June 24 2021).

Some researchers who aren’t in mass market fields might think it was a good question, given what’s on the agenda at the Macquarie U business school, (scroll down).