Journal ranking is a hazardous endeavour even if it is based on objective criteria. Additional problems arise from the use of an opinion‐based bucket classification of journals. As a bucket classification system, the ABDC list encourages rent‐seeking and arbitrage whereby a researcher goes for the lowest‐quality journal within each bucket or moves to another bucket. The quality of research output should not be judged on the basis of a predetermined list. It would be beneficial if the A ustralian B usiness D eans C ouncil list were abandoned for the same reasons that led to the abandonment of the E xcellence in R esearch for A ustralia list.
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