Method, Results, and Implications of the German Academic Association for Business Research's Journal Ranking

VHB-JOURQUAL represents the official journal ranking of the German Academic Association for BusinessResearch. Since its introduction in 2003, the ranking has become the most influential journal evaluationapproach in German-speaking countries, impacting several key managerial decisions of German, Austrian,and Swiss business schools. This article reports the methodological approach of the ranking’s secondedition. It also presents the main results and additional analyses on the validity of the rating and the underlyingdecision processes of the respondents. Selected implications for researchers and higher-educationinstitutions are discussed.