MIS departments at higher educational institutions in Taiwan and their faculty members have experienced a dramatic growth in recent years. Up to the year of 2001, the total number of MIS departments in Taiwan has reached 90, and the number of their faculty members has accumulated to 1000. Hence, it is imperative to establish a standard for evaluating and comprehending the performance of researches in MIS fields. To meet this need, we develop a set of research performance indicators by ranking academic journals in MIS field obtained from related studies and expert judgment. These indicators are then applied to comprehend the research performance of each MIS department under investigation. Results of investigation indicate that, the aggregate performance on the total number of papers published in the selected journals grows with years in general. This implies that MIS research in Taiwan is growing. However, a substantial majority of papers were published in non-MIS core journals. This fact reveals that a noticeable gap exists between the research perceived by many MIS scholars in Taiwan and the international MIS research. on the other hand, the rankings of MIS departments on SCI and SSCI journals significantly vary. This finding shows that each MIS department has a different emphasis. Some of them focus more on IT fields, while others lay particular stress on aspects of management. Moreover, a finding in this study displays the number of papers published in type A journal is significantly less than that of type B journals. It is perceived that publishing in these top MIS journal is relatively difficult.