A guide to expert systems
Empirical research in information systems: the practice of relevance
MIS Quarterly - Special issue on intensive research in information systems
Empirical research in information systems: on the relevance of practice in thinking of IS research
MIS Quarterly - Special issue on intensive research in information systems
The academic field of information systems in Europe
European Journal of Information Systems
What's an MIS paper worth?: (an exploratory analysis)
ACM SIGMIS Database
Information Systems Education in the USA
Education and Information Technologies
Information systems research in the Asia Pacific region
European Journal of Information Systems - Special section: PACIS 2004
The DeLone and McLean Model of Information Systems Success: A Ten-Year Update
Journal of Management Information Systems
Information systems as a reference discipline
MIS Quarterly
Design science in information systems research
MIS Quarterly
Relevance through consortium research? findings from an expert interview study
DESRIST'10 Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Global Perspectives on Design Science Research
An n-gram analysis of Communications 2000--2010
Communications of the ACM
A Fitness-Utility Model for Design Science Research
ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (TMIS)
Advancing the IT research agenda
Proceedings of the 2nd annual conference on Research in information technology
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This paper provides an introspective assessment of the current state of management information systems as a research discipline using the "lens" of the informing sciences. Based on this assessment, we observe that the degree to which MIS research is informing its key external clients-practitioners, students, and researchers in other disciplines- has declined over the years. This problem is particularly acute with respect to informing practitioners. Unfortunately, practitioner support may be critical in making up for lost resources caused by declining student enrollments. Despite this dire prognostication, we believe that it is possible to reverse this trend. Drawing upon cognitive science and diffusion of innovations research, we analyze the source of the problem and then present five recommendations aimed at leading MIS journals, scholars, and professional societies for improving the ability of MIS research to engage and inform its external clients.