The paper „Wirtschaftswoche“ released in December 2020 their ranking of the most publishing researchers in the field of business administration. For this analysis, publications of business economists who are working at universities and research institutions in Germany, Austria and Switzerland were recorded. The web portal "Forschungsmonitoring" serves as the data source for the ranking. In addition to the number of publications, the reputation of the approximately 850 journals included in the analysis was also taken into account of the evaluation.
Laszlo Goerke, Director of the economic department at the IAAEU and Professor of Personnel Economics at the Trier University, is among the top 4% of all business economists in terms of research in the 'Lifetime Achievement' category, in which all previous publications are considered. Other colleagues from Trier are also high represented in this category as well as those limited to publications from recent years or younger researchers (further information can be found here).
While rankings such as that of the „Wirtschaftswoche“ capture research achievements and make them comparable, the evaluation also shows how much the rankings are determined by the quality assessments of the journals which are included. The above-mentioned ranking of the director of the IAAEU is based on the quality assessment of the German Academic Association of Business Research, the so-called "Jourqual 3.0 list". Based on this list, Laszlo Goerke is ranked 129th in the 'Lifetime Achievement' category, which includes approximately 4000 people. However, if the weighting used by the paper "Handelsblatt" in a 2014 evaluation is taken as a basis, then the director of the IAAEU is one of the most frequently publishing business economists in Germany and reaches the 26th place. These differences make it clear that rankings for measuring research performance are only one indicator, albeit not an unimportant one, with which the contribution to the advancement of knowledge can be illustrated.
Laszlo Goerke, Director of the economic department at the IAAEU and Professor of Personnel Economics at the Trier University, is among the top 4% of all business economists in terms of research in the 'Lifetime Achievement' category, in which all previous publications are considered. Other colleagues from Trier are also high represented in this category as well as those limited to publications from recent years or younger researchers (further information can be found here).
While rankings such as that of the „Wirtschaftswoche“ capture research achievements and make them comparable, the evaluation also shows how much the rankings are determined by the quality assessments of the journals which are included. The above-mentioned ranking of the director of the IAAEU is based on the quality assessment of the German Academic Association of Business Research, the so-called "Jourqual 3.0 list". Based on this list, Laszlo Goerke is ranked 129th in the 'Lifetime Achievement' category, which includes approximately 4000 people. However, if the weighting used by the paper "Handelsblatt" in a 2014 evaluation is taken as a basis, then the director of the IAAEU is one of the most frequently publishing business economists in Germany and reaches the 26th place. These differences make it clear that rankings for measuring research performance are only one indicator, albeit not an unimportant one, with which the contribution to the advancement of knowledge can be illustrated.
