Forums for management information systems scholars

A discussion is presented of scholarly research and determining which publication outlets are considered best. Many constituents have a definite interest in the determination of the relevance of publication outlets in a particular discipline. A study was undertaken to determine the important publishing journals and other outlets for management information systems (MIS) faculty. The MIS faculty were viewed as expert consumers of MIS research. In particular, 3 dimensions of each expert's background were considered important: 1. the expert's education, 2. the expert's role orientation, and 3. the expert's academic life-style. The impact of these dimensions was studied to determine their influence on MIS faculty perception of publishing journals. The top rated journals appear to be MIS Quarterly, Communications of the ACM, Information Systems Research, and Management Science.