the leading related SCML journals will be included in the impact factor computations. This will make for a very intriguing appraisal of Chapman and Ellinger’s (2009) study findings where constructed impact factors for SCML journals were found to compare most favorably with published impact factors for journals from other business disciplines in the Web of Science database.
Since our study findings indicate that the leading SCML journals have somewhat lower levels of international diversity among authors and editors, the international diversity of SCML journal authors and editors could also be re-examined in the future to see whether the increased exposure associated with inclusion in the Web of Science database results in a more diverse group of contributors. Another avenue for assessing the quality and progress of SCML research would be to compare the six newly added SCML journals to other journals that have been included in Web of Science for many years, rather than with other newly added titles. Finally, since most journal assessment studies in our discipline draw upon either perceptual survey data or citation analysis, multi-method examinations of journal quality that employ both approaches would help to determine the congruence or lack of congruence between the two alternative approaches for evaluating journal quality.