Perceived relevance and quality of POM journals: a decade later

This research is a 10-year update on the rankings of perceived relevance an d quality of selected Production and Operations Management (POM) journals t hat was reported by Barman et al. (1991) [Journal of Operations Management 10 (2), 194-212)]. The results show some changes in the perceptions of jour nals over the past decade. Some journals are perceived to be extremely rele vant to POM research, but not particularly of "high" quality. For other jou rnals, the reverse is true - "high" quality is perceived but the published studies are not considered particularly relevant to POM. The Journal of Ope rations Management remained atop the relevance rankings and retained its po sition among the top three journals for quality. The study identifies facto rs that the respondents say influence their perception of journal quality. Finally, the paper finds some evidence that association with the editorial board of a journal affects one's perceptions of the quality and relevance o f that journal. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.