FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — In 2007, researchers in the information systems department of the Sam M. Walton College of Business published three articles in the top two information systems academic journals. While not unprecedented, the achievement is extremely rare and exemplifies the breadth and depth of research in the department.

“This is a major accomplishment,” said Moez Limayem, professor of information systems and department chair. “The achievement exemplifies our rise in stature over the past several years, and I think solidly affirms that our department is one of the very best in the world.”

Information Systems Research and Management Information Systems Quarterly, or MIS Quarterly, are the top industry and academic journals for information systems research. Business leaders depend on findings published in both journals for direction on purchasing, deploying and implementing expensive networking and information systems.

Two articles, “Understanding Mindshift Learning: The Transition from Structured to Object-Oriented Development,” authored by Bill Hardgrave, professor of information systems, and Deb Armstrong, assistant professor at Florida State University; and “How Habit Limits the Predictive Power of Intention: The Case of Information Systems Continuance,” authored by Limayem and researchers in Spain and China, were accepted for publication in MIS Quarterly.

“Assimilation of Interorganizational Business Process Standards,” authored by Viswanath Venkatesh, professor of information systems, and Hillol Bala, a graduate student in the information systems department, appeared in Information Systems Research.

The information systems department in the Walton College is home of the Information Technology Research Institute, established in 1999 as the Information Technology Research Center as part of an endowment created by the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation’s 1998 gift of $50 million. In 2005, the center became an institute and subsequently opened the RFID Research Center, one of the few academic laboratories worldwide dedicated to studying the business applications of radio-frequency identification.

Hardgrave is executive director of the Information Technology Research Institute and director of the RFID Research Center. He is holder of the Edwin and Karlee Bradberry Chair in Information Systems. Venkatesh is holder of the George and Boyce Billingsley Chair of Information Systems.