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TY - JOUR
T1 - Explicit and Implicit Subject Bias in the ABS Journal Quality Guide
AU - Hoepner, Andreas G.F.
AU - Unerman, J.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This paper addresses issues raised in two recent papers published in this journal about the UK Association of Business Schools' Journal Quality Guide (ABS Guide). While much of the debate about journal rankings in general, and the ABS Guide in particular, has focused on the construction, power and (mis)use of these rankings, this paper differs in that it explains and provides evidence about explicit and implicit biases in the ABS Guide. In so doing, it poses potentially difficult questions that the editors of the ABS Guide need to address and urgently rectify if the ABS Guide seeks to build and retain legitimacy. In particular, the evidence in this paper shows explicit bias in the ABS Guide against several subject areas, including accounting and finance. It also shows implicit bias against accounting and finance when comparing journal rankings in sub-areas shared between accounting and finance and the broader business management subject areas. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
AB - This paper addresses issues raised in two recent papers published in this journal about the UK Association of Business Schools' Journal Quality Guide (ABS Guide). While much of the debate about journal rankings in general, and the ABS Guide in particular, has focused on the construction, power and (mis)use of these rankings, this paper differs in that it explains and provides evidence about explicit and implicit biases in the ABS Guide. In so doing, it poses potentially difficult questions that the editors of the ABS Guide need to address and urgently rectify if the ABS Guide seeks to build and retain legitimacy. In particular, the evidence in this paper shows explicit bias in the ABS Guide against several subject areas, including accounting and finance. It also shows implicit bias against accounting and finance when comparing journal rankings in sub-areas shared between accounting and finance and the broader business management subject areas. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
KW - ABS Guide
KW - British Accounting and Finance Association
KW - explicit bias
KW - implicit bias
KW - journal quality
KW - Thomson ISI
U2 - 10.1080/09639284.2011.651291
DO - 10.1080/09639284.2011.651291
M3 - Journal article
VL - 21
SP - 3
EP - 15
JO - Accounting Education
JF - Accounting Education
SN - 0963-9284
IS - 1
ER -