Abstract
The objectives of this study are:(1) to describe journals in business and economics according to three quality categories, and (2) discuss potential implications of this categorization for both faculty and university administrators. Three journal tiers are discussed: (a) top quality journals, defined as those included in Thomson's Web of Science or Elsevier's Scopus, (b) predatory journals, as defined by Jeffrey Beall, a librarian from the University of Colorado at Denver, and (c) good journals, defined as those not included in the other categories and recognized as legitimate journals by peers within the discipline. Potential implications include the distortion of research productivity incentive programs and the demoralization of the faculty due to the establishment of unattainable research output objectives by university administrators, among others