later to writing my September 2002 editorial statement in succession the AIS-MIS Quarterly alliance.

later to writing my September 2002 editorial statement in succession the AIS-MIS Quarterly alliance, a certain number of colleagues asked me to prepare an editorial statement in succession the future of journals. In my September 2002 statement, I attempted to fit out some characteristics of the pile and dynamics of the journal marketplace, especially from an economic perspective. I made one predictions about likely future results in this marketplace to point out some motivations for implementing the alliance between AIS and the MIS Quarterly.

For several reasons, it is easy to understand for what purpose information systems researchers might be interested in the journal marketplace. First, journals