A perspective on the state of the field: International business publications in the elite journals as a measure of institutional and faculty productivity Len J. Trevin˜o a, *, Franklin G. Mixon Jr. b,1 , Charles A. Funk c,2 , Andrew C. Inkpen d,3 a Gerald N. Gaston Eminent Scholar Chair in International Business, Joseph A. Butt, S.J. College of Business, Loyola University New Orleans, 6363 St. Charles Avenue, Campus Box 15, New Orleans, LA 70118, United States b D. Abbott Turner College of Business & Computer Science, Columbus State University, 4225 University Avenue, Columbus, GA 31907, United States c Department of Management and Marketing, College of Business and Management, Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 North St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625-4699, United States d Thunderbird School of Global Management, 1 Global Place, Glendale, AZ 85306, United States 1. Introduction Over the past several decades, increased attention has focused on faculty and institutional research productivity in academia. One stream of research examines the effect that journal publications have on the compensation and careers of faculty members (Gomez-Mejia & Balkin, 1992). A second research stream focuses on the prestige ratings of leading scholarly journals (DuBois & Reeb, 2000; Stahl, Leap, & Wei, 1988). A third area examines the research productivity of universities, academic departments and/or individual scholars (Chandy & Williams, 1994; Inkpen & Beamish, 1994; Morrison & Inkpen, 1991; Trieschmann, Dennis, Northcraft, & Niemi, 2000). In the present study, we extend the second and third research streams as they relate to the field of international business (IB). The departure in the present study is that we analyze IB research published in a broad set of top-tier business journals and not just the small set of journals focused on IB research. By examining international research in top-tier journals across a broad set of disciplines, we provide a more comprehensive analysis than prior studies. International Business Review 19 (2010) 378–387 ARTICLE INFO Article history: Received 16 March 2009 Received in revised form 16 February 2010 Accepted 16 February 2010 Keywords: International business Ranking of institutions and scholars State of the Field ABSTRACT This study ranks academic institutions and scholars in international business based on publications in International Business Review, International Marketing Review, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of International Management, Journal of International Marketing, Management International Review, Journal of World Business, and 22 elite mainstream academic journals between 1996 and 2008. In contrast to earlier rankings that did not include international business scholarship from a wide range of elite mainstream publications across business disciplines, our analysis of international business research uses a comprehensive scoring procedure which demonstrates that IB research consistently emanates from many of the traditionally highest ranking universities throughout the world. Of the top 10 ranked universities, six are from North America, two are from Europe, and two are from Asia. ß 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. * Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 504 864 7927; fax: +1 504 864 7970. E-mail addresses: ltrevino@loyno.edu (L.J. Trevin˜o), mixon_frank@colstate.edu (F.G. Mixon Jr.), c-funk@neiu.edu (C.A. Funk), inkpen@thunderbird.edu (A.C. Inkpen). 1 Tel.: +1 706 568 2044. 2 Tel.: +1 773 442 6145; fax: +1 773 442 6066. 3 Tel.: +1 602 978 7079; fax: +1 602 843 6143. Contents lists available at ScienceDirect International Business Review journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ibusrev 0969-5931/$ – see front matter ß 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.ibusrev.2010.02.004