Kelley School ranked for publishing prowess

IU's Kelley School of Business proved itself again to be a leader in the business community, ranking in the top 25 business schools in the and the world for the amount of research published by faculty in 22 leading business journals.\nIU was ranked 23rd nationwide, 24th worldwide and in the top 10 for public universities.\nThe University of Texas at Dallas School of Management compiled the rankings based on the number of contributions to the publications within the last five years. \nAccording to the database's Web site, a paper results in the school being credited with a score of one. If there is more than one author, the score is divided by how many people contributed to the work. This provides a clear picture of contributions from each school for the selected journals and time period.\nThe ranking, which differs from most other national rankings, provides insight into the research productivity of Kelley School faculty members.\n"An important part of the Kelley School's mission is to produce new knowledge on the most pressing problems faced by organizations today," said Kelley School Interim Dean Dan Smith in an e-mail. "From a research standpoint, our goal is to fundamentally affect the way scholars and managers think and behave."\nSmith said that UT-Dallas' rankings use the most prestigious journals, most with acceptance rates below 10 percent.\n"Being ranked in the top 25 in the world and top-10 among public schools using this stringent metric clearly positions the Kelley School as a leading source of cutting edge ideas," he said.\nVarghese Jacob, senior associate dean of UT-Dallas School of Management, said the rankings are a way for schools to benchmark themselves in terms of faculty productivity with respect to others.\nHe said IU should be proud of such a high rank in the nation and the world.\n"Look at the number of schools, there are thousands," Jacob said. "If you take out all the private schools, the ranking will be even higher."\nHowever, the Kelley School's ranking could change with continuing publication of the journals.\n"The database is dynamic, we update the information as issues are published," Jacob said. \nJacob said the rankings can reflect to future employers the quality of education graduates received.\n"If cutting edge work is being done at your school, most likely that is coming back into the classrooms," he said. "Students have access to these faculty members."\nSmith also said faculty research is valuable to students.\n"There is roughly a five year lag time between when research is conducted and when it ends up in textbooks," he said. "Our faculty bring their latest research findings and thought into our classrooms in real time."\nSmith said this gives Kelley School students an advantage.\n"Students at the Kelley School are assured to be on the leading edge in terms of their knowledge and skills," he said. "Quite literally, they are three to five years ahead of students who attend less research-oriented schools."\n-- Contact Staff Writer Haley Beck at habeck@indiana.edu.