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Becoming a Scholarly Journal Editor

Practical Advice for Editors and Tips for Authors
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 2022

Summary

Along with the infamous “Reviewer 2,” journal editors are a leading cause of angst among scholars. When editors are bad at their jobs, careers are damaged, reputations of journals suffer, and the overall scholarship within a field is weakened. Yet, despite their importance to the practice of academia, most editors do not receive any formal training on the editing process. Even well-published authors face a steep learning curve when navigating all of the moving parts of a scholarly journal and providing quality feedback to authors.

This book is intended to be a guide for scholarly journal editors. It walks current and prospective editors through the various steps of the editing process, including establishing an editorial vision, creating editorial teams/boards, interpreting reviewers’ comments and writing decision letters, and publicizing published articles and improving journal metrics. A secondary goal of the book is to provide authors with a peek inside the process of journal editing. By better understanding the decisions that editors make, authors can make more informed choices about which journals they should submit their work, as well as improve their chances for publication.

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Copyright year
2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-4758-6783-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-4758-6785-5
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
116
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Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Foreword No access
    3. Preface No access
    4. Acknowledgments No access
  1. Why Would Anyone Want to Be a Journal Editor? No access Pages 1 - 10
  2. Getting Started No access Pages 11 - 32
  3. To Review or Not to Review No access Pages 33 - 48
  4. The Buck Stops Here No access Pages 49 - 68
  5. Marketing Articles and Making an Impact No access Pages 69 - 84
  6. Afterword No access Pages 85 - 88
  7. Appendix A No access Pages 89 - 92
  8. Appendix B No access Pages 93 - 100
  9. Appendix C No access Pages 101 - 106
  10. Appendix D No access Pages 107 - 108
  11. Bibliography No access Pages 109 - 114
  12. About the Author No access Pages 115 - 116

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