USING EXPERT JUDGMENTS TO RANK 45 LATIN AMERICAN BUSINESS JOURNALS

This article presents the results of a study on the perception of quality of Latin American business journals based on the judgment of relevant experts - senior professors with knowledge of Latin American research and journals. Forty-five journals were included in the study. The highest perceived quality scores were given to Academia (CLADEA - Uniandes), RAE (Fundação Getulio Vargas), and Innovar (Universidad Nacional de Colombia). When perceived quality was weighted by awareness, Academia, LABR-Latin American Business Review (University of San Diego - Coppead), and Innovar had the highest scores. Results complement a recent study by Ruiz-Torres, Penkova, and Villafane (2012) that focused on management journals published in Spanish. Analysis of results suggests that language and branding have an effect on the perception of journal quality. Implications for editors/publishers, tenure, promotion, research grant committees, and authors are provided.

KEYWORDS:
Scientifics journals; ranking; Latin America; scientific production; business research

Criteria	Category	Number	%
Total responses		82	100
Total responses
Final degree
	Ph.D.	76	92.7
	Ph.D. (c)	2	2.4
	Master	3	3.7
	Other	1	1.2
Rank
	Full professor	50	61.0
	Associate	23	28.0
	Assistant	8	9.8
	Other	1	1.2
Editorial board membership
	Yes	51	62.2
	No	24	29.3
	No response	7	8.5
Number of peer-reviewed journal articles
	30+	19	23.2
	20–29	12	14.6
	10–19	19	23.2
	5–9	17	20.9
	1–4	10	12.3
	0	1	1.2
Number of papers in WOS (ISI) journals
	10+	16	19.5
	5–9	23	28.0
	1–4	33	40.3
	0	9	11.0
	NR	1	1.2
Gender
	Male	63	76.8
	Female	19	23.2

Subject areas	Number	%
Strategy	19	23.2
Marketing and markers	17	20.7
Finance	16	19.5
Management, organization theory and human resource management	14	17.1
Economics and public policy	4	4.9
Accounting and management control	2	2.4
Management information systems	1	1.2
Other	5	6.1
No response	4	4.9
Total	82	100

Country	Number	%	Business schools in AE 2014 ranking	*ISI papers (1988–2012) total ^ * Author's survey and author's elaboration from Web of Science database.**	*ISI Papers per million people ^ * Author's survey and author's elaboration from Web of Science database.**
Argentina	5	6.1	4 (9.5%)	205	5.7
Brazil	11	13.4	5 (11.9%)	1074	6.2
Colombia	14	17.1	5 (11.9%)	236	5,9
Chile	18	22.0	11 (26.1%)	453	29.6
Costa Rica	3	3.7	1 (2.4%)	60	14
Ecuador	1	1.2	3 (7.15)	12	0.9
Mexico	11	13.4	6 (14.3%)	435	4.5
Peru	6	7.3	2 (2.4%)	76	3.0
Uruguay	1	1.2	1 (2.4%)	27	8.4
Venezuela	3	3.7	1	291	12.1
Latin America	73	89.0
Australia	1	1.2
Canada	1	1.2
Spain	2	2.4
USA (&PR)	5	6,1
Outside Latin America	9	10.9
Total	82	100.0

		This study				Ruiz-Torres et al. (2012)
Rank	Journal	(a) Perceived quality (1–5)	(b) Awareness (Count)	(c) Awar1 (%)	(d)=(a)x(d) Weigh quality	Quality	Awar2 %	Importance	Quality x importance
1	Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración ^ * Journals included in the ISI database at the time of the survey*	3.7	71	86.6	3.20	4.5	32	52.2	3.9
	RAE-Revista de Administração de Empresas ^ * Journals included in the ISI database at the time of the survey*	3.7	37	45.1	1.67
3	Innovar-Journal of Administrative Sciences ^ * Journals included in the ISI database at the time of the survey*	3.6	58	70.7	2.55	4.9	37	75	4.9
	BAR-Brazilian Administration Review	3.6	32	39.0	1.40
5	Trimestre Económico ^ * Journals included in the ISI database at the time of the survey*	3.5	48	58.5	2.05
	RAC-Revista de Administração Contemporânea	3.5	30	36.6	1.28
	Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences	3.5	29	35.4	1.24	4.1	23	27.8	2.5
8	LABR-Latin American Business Review	3.4	66	80.5	2.74
	INCAE Business Review	3.4	48	58.5	1.99
	RAP-Revista de Administração Pública	3.4	25	30.5	1.04
11	Cuadernos de Administración	3.3	54	65.9	2.17	4.7	32	58	4.1
12	Contaduría y Administración	3.2	34	41.5	1.33	4.6	19	31.2	2.4
	RAM-Revista de Administração Mackenzie	3.2	29	35.4	1.13
13	Estudios Gerenciales	3.1	43	52.4	1.62	4.7	24	42.8	3
	Revista Venezoelana de Gerencia ^ * Journals included in the ISI database at the time of the survey*	3.1	31	37.8	1.17	5.2	14	26.1	2
	RBFin-Revista Brasileira de Finanças	3.1	24	29.3	0.91
17	Revista de Ciencias Sociales ^ * Journals included in the ISI database at the time of the survey*	3.0	27	32.9	0.99
18	Estudios de Administración	2.9	40	48.8	1.42	4.2	12	12.8	1.4
	Cuadernos de Administración – Univalle	2.9	37	45.1	1.31	4.2	21	26.8	2.4
	Debates IESA	2.9	34	41.5	1.20
	Base: Revista de Administração e Contabilidade da Unisinos	2.9	25	30.5	0.88
	REGE-Revista de Gestão	2.9	24	29.3	0.85
	Investigación Administrativa	2.9	20	24.4	0.71	4.1	9	8.3	1
24	Multidisciplinary Business Review	2.8	34	41.5	1.16
	Revista Iberoamericana de Estrategia	2.8	32	39.0	1.09
	RBGN-Revista Brasileira de Gestão de Negócios	2.8	31	37.8	1.06
	Revista Ciencias Estratégicas	2.8	25	30.5	0.85
	Contabilidade e Gestão	2.8	23	28.0	0.78
	RAUSP-Revista de Administração FACES Journal	2.8	21	25.6	0.72
30	Abante	2.7	42	51.2	1.38
	Fórum Empresarial	2.7	32	39.0	1.05	4.1	13	13.2	1.4
	Ad-minister	2.7	21	25.6	0.69	3.9	14	12.9	1.5
33	Panorama Socioeconómico	2.6	29	35.4	0.92
	Cathedra Centrum Journal	2.6	28	34.1	0.89
	Revista de Administração e Inovação	2.6	25	30.5	0.79
	RCA-Revista de Ciências de Administração	2.6	24	29.3	0.76
	Actualidad Contable FACES	2.6	21	25.6	0.67
	Hitos de Ciencias Económico Administrativas	2.6	20	24.4	0.63	4	9	6.9	1
39	Economía y Administración (Concepción)	2.5	25	30.5	0.76	4.2	15	15.2	1.7
	Pensamiento y Gestión	2.5	24	29.3	0.73	4.4	13	17.7	1.5
	Gestión Pública y Empresarial	2.5	22	26.8	0.67	4.1	9	8	1
42	Oikos	2.4	23	28.0	0.67	3.9	12	9.2	1.3
43	Revista Universidad & Empresa	2.3	27	32.9	0.76
	Administração em Pauta	2.3	19	23.2	0.53
	Panorama Administrativo	2.3	15	18.3	0.42	4.1	8	6.5	0.9

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Author's survey and author's elaboration from Web of Science database.