<p>Da: http://www.fba.nus.edu.sg/isworld/exemplaryIS.doc </p><p>October 29, 2001 Colleagues: Some time ago we posted a request for assistance us in ranking "Exemplary Works on Information Systems Research".A good number of you responded, and the preliminary results are provided here.</p><p>Our thanks to all those who participated.</p><p>The results are listed as follows: Citation (abbreviated Author, Year),Number of Raters, Mean, Std Dev, and Ranking (based on number of 1st place, 2nd place etc. votes times5 points for a 1st place, 4 for second place etc.).</p><p>Michael E. Whitman, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems and BS-IS Coordinator Computer Science and Information Systems Department Kennesaw State University 1000 Chastain Rd. Kennesaw, GA 30144-5591 Ph:770.499.3568 Fx:770.423.6731 [email protected]</p><p>Citation Institution N Mean Std. Ranking Dev. 1 Baroudi & Orlikowski *; MIT 57 3.8 1.21 221 (1989) 2 Lee (1999) VCU 56 3.93 1.14 220 3 Orlikowski & Baroudi MIT; * 56 3.88 1.15 217 (1991) 4 Lee (1989) VCU 56 3.84 1.26 215 5 Benbasat & Zmud UBC; 57 3.75 1.24 214 (1999) U. Oklahoma 6 Klein & Myers (1999) SUNY, Bing. 53 4.02 1.26 213 U. Auckland 7 Straub (1989) Georgia State U. 56 3.70 1.28 207 8 Benbasat, Goldstein, & UBC; *; * 55 3.64 1.22 200 Mead (1987) 9 Benbasat & Weber UBC; U. Queensland 51 3.55 1.27 181 (1996) 10 Robey (1996) Georgia State U. 49 3.67 1.20 180</p><p>1 11 Galliers & Land (1987) LSE; * 55 3.24 1.45 178 12 Jarvenpaa, Dickson, * UT Austin; *; Duke U. 47 3.68 1.30 173 DeSanctis (1985) 13 Kaplan & Duchon Yale U.; * 49 3.51 1.19 172 (1988) 14 Myers (1999) U. Auckland 50 3.40 1.25 170 15 Lee, Barua,Whinston ?; UT Austin; UT 48 3.52 1.34 169 (1997) Austin 16 Ives Hamilton, & U. Houston; *; U. 51 3.29 1.50 168 Davis (1980) Minnesota 17 Robey (1998) Georgia State U. 47 3.51 1.23 165 18 Baskerville & Wood- Georgia State U.; 50 3.22 1.33 161 Harper (1996) Warwick U. 19 Jarvenpaa (1988) UT Austin 50 3.22 1.28 161 20 Dickson, Senn, & *; Georgia State U.; U. 54 2.94 1.51 159 Chervany (1977) Minnesota 21 Mason & Mitroff SMU; * 49 3.22 1.58 158 (1973) 22 Gefen, Straub, & Drexel U.; Georgia 48 3.25 1.44 156 Boudreau (2000) State U.; U. Georgia 23 Walsham (1995) Cambridge U. 47 3.32 1.34 156 24 Darke, P., Shanks,& Monash U.; Monash U.; 48 3.23 1.28 155 Broadbent,(1998) * 25 Lyytinen (1999) Case Western U. 45 3.31 1.31 149 26 Chin & Todd (1995) U. Houston; U. Virginia 48 3.04 1.35 146 27 Straub, Ang & Georgia State U.; 47 3.06 1.37 144 Evaristo (1994) Nanyang T.U.; U. Illinois, Chicago 28 Lacity & Janson (1994) U. Missouri, St. Louis; 45 3.11 1.27 140 U. Missouri, St. Louis; 29 Gable (1994) Queensland U. Tech. 44 3.14 1.25 138 30 Pinsonneault & McGill U.; UC Irvine 45 3.04 1.31 137 Kraemer (1993) 31 Sethi & King (1991) UT Arlington; U. 43 3.16 1.23 136 Pittsburgh 32 Weill & Olson (1989) MIT; * 43 3.16 1.23 136 33 Grover, Lee & Durand Clemson; Salisbury 43 3.14 1.19 135 (1993) StateU.; U. Missouri, St. Louis 34 Westfall (1999) Cal. Poly Tech, Pomona 43 3.12 1.24 134 35 Barki, Rivard, & HEC; HEC; HEC 52 2.52 1.43 131 Talbot (1993) 36 Benbasat, Dexter, UBC; UBC; McGill U.; 49 2.67 1.26 131 Drury & Goldstein UBC (1984) 37 Hwang (1996) Central Michigan U. 44 2.93 1.35 129</p><p>2 38 Alavi & Carlson (1992) Emory U.; Suffolk U. 49 2.57 1.14 126 39 Hufnagel & Conca USF, St. Petersburg; * 41 3.07 1.40 126 (1994) 40 Nolan & Wetherbe Harvard U.; Texas Tech 47 2.68 1.38 126 (1980) U. 41 Cavaye (1996) * 43 2.91 1.46 125 42 Drury & Farhoomand McGill U.;U. Hong 45 2.69 1.20 121 (1997) Kong 43 Silverman (1998) * 42 2.79 1.18 117</p><p>References</p><p>Alavi, M. & Carlson, P. 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