The effect of journal metrics on academic resume assessment

Figures & data

Table 1. Ratings of journal publications shown on candidate resumes.

Journal name	Journal abbreviation	ABS	ERA (2010)	SJR area rank	TR (ISI) IF disciplinary area rank (2014)	TR (ISI) impact factor (2014)	Eigen score		No. of entries on complete resume
Psychology
							(Eigen Factor)	(Article Influence)
High Rated				1042 Total	646 Total (all psychology areas)
Psychological Science	PSYCHOL SCI	n/a	A*	18	28	4.940	0.06739	3.227	2
Cognition	COGNITION	n/a	A*	47	55	3.479	0.02471	1.978	1
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition	J EXP PSYCHOL LEARN	n/a	A*	78	99	2.862	0.01560	1.492	1
Low Rated
Psychological Reports	PSYCHOL REP	n/a	C	686	528	0.560	0.00294	0.202	4
Perceptual and Motor Skills	PERCEPT MOTOR SKILL	n/a	C	721	534	0.546	0.00245	0.175	4
Management
High Rated				1106 Total	337 Total (business, finance, management)
Academy of Management Journal	ACAD MANAGE J	4*	A*	6	3	6.448	0.02813	5.738	2
Journal of Management	J MANAGE	4*	A*	9	4	6.071	0.02099	4.548	1
Journal of Management Studies	J MANAGE STUD	4	A*	27	20	3.763	0.01220	2.572	1
Low Rated
European Journal of International Management	EUR J INT MANAG	1	C	572	284	0.457	0.00044	0.172	4
Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal	CROSS CULT MANAG	1	C	482	296	0.396	0.00100	0.300	4

Figure 1. Yes appointable for short and long resume across countries and disciplines. Note: Error bars at 95% CI.

Table 2. Binary logistic regression; likelihood of rejecting the resume.

Years in academia		B	S.E.	Wald	df	Sig.	Exp(B)
Less than 10 years	Male	−0.372	0.220	2.843	1	0.092	0.69
	Psychology	1.053	0.223	22.387	1	0.000	2.868
	UK	−0.231	0.255	0.815	1	0.367	0.794
	Short Resume	0.702	0.217	10.508	1	0.001	2.019
	Constant	−0.75	0.309	5.888	1	0.015	0.472
10–20 years	Male	−0.319	0.246	1.687	1	0.194	0.727
	Psychology	0.582	0.244	5.681	1	0.017	1.79
	UK	−0.028	0.300	0.009	1	0.925	0.972
	Short Resume	0.061	0.243	0.063	1	0.801	1.063
	Constant	−0.208	0.352	0.347	1	0.556	0.813
More than 20 years	Male	0.176	0.276	0.407	1	0.524	1.193
	Psychology	0.716	0.241	8.794	1	0.003	2.045
	UK	−0.786	0.239	10.814	1	0.001	0.455
	Short resume	0.686	0.237	8.379	1	0.004	1.986
	Constant	−0.427	0.322	1.759	1	0.185	0.653

Table 3. Candidate would be recruited descriptive statistics.

		Short resume				Long resume				Sig. between resumes
		Yes	No	Total	Sig.	Yes	No	Total	Sig.
	Total	49.2%	50.8%	508		60.4%	39.6%	503		0.000
Gender	Male	51.0%	49.0%	316	0.371	64.3%	35.7%	305	0.018	0.001
	Female	46.8%	53.2%	190		53.6%	46.4%	194		0.185
Years as an academic	<10	49.8%	50.2%	207		66.7%	33.3%	195		0.001
	10–20	53.2%	46.9%	143	0.356	52.8%	47.2%	144	0.035	0.950
	>20	44.9%	55.1%	158		59.8%	40.2%	164		0.008
Discipline	Psychology	36.7%	63.3%	207	0.000	48.6%	51.4%	212	0.000	0.014
	Management	57.8%	42.2%	301		69.1%	30.9%	291		0.004
Country	UK	53.2%	46.8%	370	0.003	61.9%	38.1%	344	0.318	0.019
	USA	38.4%	61.6%	138		57.2%	42.8%	159		0.001

Figure 2. Yes appointable for the long and short resume given the number of years in academia. Note: Loess Method, 50% points fit, Epanechikov Kernel.

Table 4. Descriptive statistics for appointing resume by years in academia and country.

Years in academia	Country		Appointable		Total	Sig.
			Yes	No
Less than 10 years	UK	Short resume	82	73	155
		Long resume	95	53	148	0.03
	USA	Short resume	21	31	52
		Long resume	35	12	47	0.001
10–20 years	UK	Short resume	64	54	118
		Long resume	58	52	110	0.462
	USA	Short resume	12	13	25
		Long resume	18	16	34	0.456
More than 20 years	UK	Short resume	51	46	97
		Long resume	60	26	86	0.013
	USA	Short resume	20	41	61
		Long resume	38	40	78	0.043