Standard 8
Impact of Scholarship
Standard 8: Impact of Scholarship
8.1 The school’s faculty collectively produce high-quality, impactful intellectual contributions that, over time, develop into mission-consistent areas of thought leadership for the school.
8.2 The school collaborates with a wide variety of external stakeholders to create and transfer credible, relevant, and timely knowledge that informs the theory, policy, and/or practice of business to develop into mission-consistent areas of thought leadership for the school.
8.3 The school’s portfolio of intellectual contributions contains exemplars of basic, applied, and/or pedagogical research that have had a positive societal impact, consistent with the school’s mission.
Impact of Scholarship
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Prepare a report by faculty member and discipline that captures through multiple means their individual research impact, including both quantitative and qualitative metrics.
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School鈥檚 mission statement, Carnegie research classification, social media mentions, media citations of all types, faculty vita, h-indices, SCOPUS or SSCI download statistics, journal quality metrics (e.g., UTD/FT-50/ABS/ABDC ratings), citations (for example from Google scholar or other index), external letters of support on research quality
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Considering the data provided on faculty scholarship, generate a report that highlights strengths and opportunities for improvement. Evaluate the quality of faculty publications in relation to the data provided regarding the school鈥檚 mission statement and Carnegie research classification.
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SDG Analysis: Evaluate the extent to which scholarship shows the faculty member societal impact through journal analysis.
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School mission and vision statement, faculty vita, or other data showing all intellectual contributions by faculty, by discipline
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Considering the data provided on faculty scholarship, analyze publication titles, abstracts, and key words to determine the extent to which faculty intellectual contributions address the UN鈥檚 Sustainability Development Goals (SDG). Identify strengths and opportunities for improvement.
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Business Impact Analysis: Identification of ways the school鈥檚 scholarship has had a measurable impact on business practices
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Reports in the media, journal articles, press releases, or stakeholder survey data indicating how specific publications and research reports by individual faculty members have been implemented in practice due to their positive impact.
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Considering the provided data on the business impact of faculty scholarship, generate a report noting strengths and opportunities for improvement in how the school鈥檚 scholarship is impacting business practices.
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Thought Leadership
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Analyze intellectual contributions produced by faculty as a whole, and engagement activities by faculty to identify broad themes that may be areas of thought leadership for the school. Compare these areas to the school鈥檚 mission statement to see if the areas of thought leadership that emerge are consistent with the school鈥檚 mission and vision.
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School mission and vision statements, faculty vita, or other data showing all intellectual contributions by faculty, by discipline. Faculty annual reports or other data that show faculty engagement activities. Faculty 鈥渂est paper鈥� and other research awards. Conferences or seminars hosted by the school by topic or discipline, list of external speakers, journal rankings lists
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Considering the data provided on the school鈥檚 mission and vision and faculty intellectual contributions, identify themes that emerge in terms of areas where the school can be considered a 鈥渢hought leader.鈥� Analyze patterns across faculty members鈥� individual contributions to identify inter-disciplinary scholarship that appears to be unique.
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Show how the school鈥檚 entire portfolio of intellectual contributions supports the school鈥檚 mission and societal impact focus area.
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Faculty vita or other data showing all intellectual contributions by faculty, by discipline. Mission statement, strategic plan, societal impact plan or information showing the school鈥檚 chosen focus area for societal impact.
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Considering the data provided on the school鈥檚 mission and vision and faculty intellectual contributions, evaluate the extent to which the portfolio of intellectual contributions is aligned with the school鈥檚 mission, vision, and stated societal impact focus. Identify strengths and opportunities for improvement.
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Analysis of Journal Quality
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Prepare a report that analyzes the quality of publications, by discipline. Identify any predatory journals.
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Faculty vita or other data showing all intellectual contributions by faculty, by discipline (should include grants received relative to scholarship, best paper awards or other recognitions). List of predatory journals (for example Beall鈥檚 List); Journal quality lists such as ABS or ABDC or UTD/FT-50. The data should ideally be organized by year for the last 5 years.
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Considering the data provided on the faculty intellectual contributions and journal quality indicators, generate a report that provides an analysis of the quality of the portfolio of intellectual contributions across all faculty. Identify strengths and opportunities for improvement. Evaluate the 5-year trend in publication quality and comment on any discernable trends
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