The VHB-Rating 2024—more than Just Another Rating
Abstract The VHB (German Academic Association for Business Research) has released a new rating for publication media, known as VHB-Rating 2024. Even though there was agreement that the previous rating required renewal, specifying the rating terms with regard to the needs of all scientific commissions of the VHB was a challenging process. The aim of this paper is to review the fundamental discussion on journal ratings, outline the VHB’s objectives for the new VHB-Rating 2024, describe the negotiation process leading up to finding a solution, explain the solution found and its implementation and critically discuss the rating results.
Authors
- Jutta Geldermann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6437-0305)
- Christian Koziol
- Thomas Volling
Institutions
- Technische Universität Berlin (DE)
- University of Duisburg-Essen (DE)
- University of Tübingen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research
- Published
- 2025-08-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s41471-025-00217-6
- Primary Topic
- scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00