Serenko, Alexander; Bontis, Nick - In: Journal of Informetrics 7 (2013) 1, pp. 138-144
The purpose of this study is to test for the presence of order-effect bias in journal ranking surveys. Data were … satisficing theory, and the Gricean maxim of orderliness, order-effect bias was observed in journal ranking surveys. Journals that … appear in the beginning of the ranking list delivered to survey respondents consistently receive higher scores than journals …