Reviewing Criteria of Information Systems, Computer Science and Engineering Journals
Most research in the field of business information processing follows a behavioral or a construction-oriented research approach. While the behavioral paradigm is dominating in North America and some parts of Europe, many researchers in other parts of the world prefer the construction-oriented style. This dichotomy motivated an investigation of leading information systems, computer science and engineering journals with regard to their reviewing criteria. In particular, we were interested in features that are related to construction-oriented research. This paper describes the motivation, methodology and results of the study. The reviewing criteria of 175 journals as they are communicated to authors through the journals' websites were examined. Some significant differences between journals of the three disciplines were detected. However, we also saw that essential criteria are not explicitly documented but assumed to be evident from the “unwritten norms” of the community.