An Assessment of Individual and Institutional Research Productivity in MIS

Abstract

There is a widely shared perception that Management Information Systems (MIS) research has significantly improved in both quantity and quality over the past decade. Most MIS academics and practitioners have strong opinions about who the leading MIS researchers are and which institutions are on the cutting-edge with respect to MIS research. To a large extent, these opinions are subjective, based on impressions about specific MIS researchers, their work, and the institutions they represent. To complement the subjective judgment about the leading MIS researchers and institutions, this work has ranked the leading MIS publishers and institutions according to measurable objective criteria. It is the purpose of this study to assess the research productivity of MIS researchers and institutions in the leading MIS journals for the period 1991 through 1996 using measures-normal count, adjusted count, and productivity score-suggested in the previous studies (Lindsey, 1980; Jackson and Nath, 1989; Grover et al., 1992). In particular, this paper seeks to answer: