ARTICLES CONCERNING
RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY
(June 17, 2008) Special Report Dakhlia & Co. Rank MKT Journals An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Research
CredentialsThe work of untenured assistant professor of economics, Sami Dakhlia, the chair of the CoB's journal
ranking committee, and company is now complete. Having passed the CoB's new journal rankings weeks ago, the
CoB's journal ranking committee has yet to post the new rankings to the CoB's web pages, even though doing so
was said by Dakhlia to be an essential part of the process. According to Dakhlia, posting the lists to the Internet
would give them the credibility needed to move forward in using them in the CoB's merit raise and T&P processes.
(June 18, 2008) Special Report A Bird's Nest on the Ground An Investigative Series on the Use of the CoB for
Personal Gain The recent release of the CoB's new journal classifications is sure to lead to a number of interesting
reports here at USMNEWS.NET. The analysis of the MKT journal rankings revealed a number of issues with the
2007-08 CoB journal ranking process that was chaired by untenured assistant professor of economics, Sami
Dakhlia. Also part of that process was untenured assistant professor of marketing, Michael Wittmann. This Special
Report takes a look at how the journals that have published Wittmann's past work were ranked by the CBA of the
mid-1990s, and how that ranking was changed by Dakhlia, Wittmann and the other members of the CoB's journal
ranking committee. A similar analysis of untenured associate professor of finance John Clark's publications is also
presented here.
(June 18, 2008) Special Report We Get by with a Little Help from Our Friend An Investigative Series on the Use of
the CoB for Personal Gain This Special Report adds to other reports on the CoB's 2007-08 journal ranking process
that have been appearing on the pages of USMNEWS.NET in recent days. As those reports indicat, this process was
led by untenured assistant professor of economics, Sami Dakhlia, who chaired the CoB's journal ranking
committee during the 2007-08 academic year. This particular report examines how the EFIB favorites benefited (or
not) from Dakhlia's position on the journal ranking committee. All of the publications data presented in this report
come from the EconLit database.
(June 23, 2008) Special Report Dakhlia & Co. Rank ACC Journals An Investigative Series on CoB Faculty Research
Credentials The work of untenured assistant professor of economics, Sami Dakhlia, the chair of the CoB's journal
ranking committee, and company is now complete. Having passed the CoB's new journal rankings weeks ago, the
CoB's journal ranking committee has yet to post the new rankings to the CoB's web pages, even though doing so
was said by Dakhlia to be an essential part of the process. According to Dakhlia, posting the lists to the Internet
would give them the credibility needed to move forward in using them in the CoB's merit raise and T&P processes.