Publication Productivity of IS Researchers in the Pacific Asia Region: An Analysis of DSS and I

Abstract

This paper reports on the productivity of Pacific Asia scholars and academic institutions in the period 2003 to 2007 in two information systems journals: Decision Support Systems (DSS) and Information and Management (I&M). We used the Web of Science database to track the publication records of the scholars and institutions. The results indicated that the Pacific Asia researchers provided notable contributions to these two journals and seem to treat them as their preferred publication outlets. Furthermore, the leading institutions in the Pacific Asia region show similar productivity to the leading institutions in North and South America in these two journals. The findings from this research shed more light on the productivity of Pacific Asia scholars.