Journal Ranking Equivalency 
                                          [Approved at CoB Faculty Meeting on April 26th, 2021] 
                                                                      
                 The College of Business utilizes two external journal ranking lists to validate the journal quality of 
                 scholarly publications contributing to Scholarly Academic or Scholarly Practitioner status.  The table 
                 below provides a COB Journal Rating equivalency for Australian Business Deans Council and Chartered 
                 Association of Business Schools ratings.  For any journal publication that appears on both lists, if the 
                 ranking is different, the higher of the two rankings is counted for annual evaluation, Summer Research 
                 Enhancement Awards and any other purposes.   
                  
                  Quality        Criteria                                           Points assigned     Points assigned 
                  Rating                                                            for Annual          for Additional 
                                                                                    Evaluation          Reassigned 
                                                                                                        Time 
                  Elite (E)      Journals in the ABDC list with a rating of A*      30                  20 
                                 Journals in the CABS list with a rating of 4* or 4 
                                 Journal rating by Faculty Qualification 
                                 Committee (FQC) 
                  Very High      Journals in the ABDC list with a rating of A       25                  14 
                  Quality        Journals in the CABS list with a rating of 3 
                  (VHQ)          Journal rating by Faculty Qualification 
                                 Committee (FQC) 
                  High           Journals in the ABDC list with a rating of B       20                  6 
                  Quality        Journals in the CABS list with a rating of 2 
                  (HQ)           Journal rating by Faculty Qualification 
                                 Committee (FQC) 
                  Quality (Q)    Journals in the ABDC list with a rating of C       15                  3 
                                 Journals in the CABS list with a rating of 1 
                                 Journal rating by Faculty Qualification 
                                 Committee (FQC)