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Names of journals falling in the areas of anthropology, economics, geography, history, philosophy, political science, and sociology were mailed to department chairpersons in these disciplines in U.S. and Canadian universities. Chairpersons were asked to assign numerical ratings using a 1–5 point scale in order to represent the quality of those journals they were familiar with. They were also asked to add journals which they thought should have been included in the original list. The resulting data provide (1) a basis for classifying journals into categories representing their visibility relative to other journals within a particular discipline, and (2) provide average rankings of quality for individual journals. The paper also reviews options generally available in assessing journal quality and describes possible use of such data in the context of the university, particularly in respect to personnel decisions.
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Nelson, T.M., Buss, A.R. & Katzko, M. Rating of scholarly journals by chairpersons in the social sciences. Res High Educ 19, 469–497 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01418448
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01418448