Exploring the Scientific Impact of Information Systems Design Science Research - A Scientometric Study

International Conference on Information Systems ยท 2017 ยท 1โ€“24

literature-reviews
student-paper
Authors

Wagner, Gerit

Prester, Julian

Schryen, Guido

Published

2017

Keywords

literature-reviews, student-paper

Abstract

Design science is a fundamental research stream that contends its position in the information systems discipline. While ongoing debates address the relative importance of design science contributions in the information systems community, insights into the scientific impact of design science research (DSR) are missing and this lack of understanding arguably poses challenges to an informed discourse. To identify the most influential papers and those factors that explain their scientific impact, this paper presents an exploratory study of the scientific impact of DSR papers published in the AIS Senior Scholars' Basket of Journals. We uncover the current DSR landscape by taking stock of influential papers and theories and develop a model to explain the scientific impact of DSR papers. Our findings show that scientific impact is significantly explained by theorization and novelty. We discuss how the implications of our work can be projected on the overarching discourse on DSR.

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Wagner, G., Prester, J., & Schryen, G. (2017). Exploring the Scientific Impact of Information Systems Design Science Research - A Scientometric Study. International Conference on Information Systems 1โ€“24. http://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2017/ResearchMethods/Presentations/8

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@inproceedings{WagnerPresterSchryen2017,
  author     = {Wagner, Gerit and Prester, Julian and Schryen, Guido},
  booktitle  = {International Conference on Information Systems},
  title      = {Exploring the Scientific Impact of Information Systems Design Science Research - A Scientometric Study},
  year       = {2017},
  pages      = {1--24},
  url        = {http://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2017/ResearchMethods/Presentations/8},
  abstract   = {Design science is a fundamental research stream that contends its position in the information systems discipline. While ongoing debates address the relative importance of design science contributions in the information systems community, insights into the scientific impact of design science research (DSR) are missing and this lack of understanding arguably poses challenges to an informed discourse. To identify the most influential papers and those factors that explain their scientific impact, this paper presents an exploratory study of the scientific impact of DSR papers published in the AIS Senior Scholars' Basket of Journals. We uncover the current DSR landscape by taking stock of influential papers and theories and develop a model to explain the scientific impact of DSR papers. Our findings show that scientific impact is significantly explained by theorization and novelty. We discuss how the implications of our work can be projected on the overarching discourse on DSR.}
}

Citation: RIS

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