The Editorial Boards of Spanish Scholarly Journals: What Are They Like? WhatShouldThey Be Like?

2009 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
ELEA GIMÉNEZ-TOLEDO ◽  
ADELAIDA ROMÁN-ROMÁN, ◽  
PABLO PERDIGUERO ◽  
IRENE PALENCIA
Keyword(s):  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Editorial Boards

Editorial boards of 45 journals devoted to school and educational psychology: International characteristics and publication patterns

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-136
Author(s):  
Jiayi Wang ◽  
John C. Begeny ◽  
Rahma M. Hida ◽  
Helen O. Oluokun
Keyword(s):  
Educational Psychology ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Editorial Boards ◽  
Publication Patterns ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Future Research Directions

To assess and promote internationally representative scholarship, several past studies have examined the geographic affiliation of journals’ editorial board members and authors. The present study is the first known to examine this with journals devoted to school and educational psychology. After systematically identifying all peer-reviewed scholarly journals around the globe that are specifically devoted to school or educational psychology ( N = 45), the goals of this study were to (a) report key characteristics about each journal’s editorial board, and (b) examine the extent to which geographic affiliation (country where one is employed) is consistent among a journal’s editorial board members and recent authors. One key finding revealed that editorial boards of the discipline’s journals represent individuals from all global regions, but many global regions (e.g. Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America) are underrepresented. Another finding showed that the vast majority of journals evidence strong similarities in geographic affiliation between editorial board members and authors. Findings, implications, limitations, and future research directions are discussed in the context of internationalization.

Who Are the Gatekeepers? An Examination of Diversity in INFORMS Journal Editorial Boards

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laker J. Newhouse ◽  
Margaret L. Brandeau
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Underrepresented Minorities ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Underrepresented Minority ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Editorial Boards ◽  
Journal Editorial ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
High Level

Publishing in respected scholarly journals is critical to academic success. However, if journal editorial boards fail to reflect the diversity of thought in a field, worthy work may be overlooked. This study assesses the level of diversity in the editorial boards of the 16 INFORMS journals. We examine gender, whether an individual is an underrepresented minority, and institutional affiliation, and perform a network analysis to identify coauthor relationships between editorial board members. We find that the editorial boards have low levels of diversity: women comprise just under 20% of the editorial board members; fewer than 1% of editorial board members are underrepresented minorities; and 10 institutions (less than 5% of the total) account for more than 25% of the editors. We find a high level of connectivity between editorial board members (as measured by coauthor relationship) for some of the INFORMS journals, suggesting the influence of an “in crowd” of like-minded individuals. INFORMS can and should work to end this state of affairs: we provide a set of actionable recommendations for broadening diversity and reducing connectivity on the INFORMS journal editorial boards. In this way, INFORMS journals can support a diversity of backgrounds and views, enabling the publication of a broader range of ideas and invigorating academic discourse in our profession.

scholarly journals Improving Submissions to Scholarly Journals via Peer Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-9
Author(s):  
Elena Tikhonova ◽  
Lilia Raitskaya
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Academic Reputation ◽  
Editorial Boards ◽  
Peer Reviewers ◽  
Language And Education

Due to their commitment to better publishing standards and desire to improve their journals’ academic reputation, editorial boards, editors, and editorial teams seek to refine submissions they receive. Though, the peer review process serves as a filtering and assessment system, it is believed to greatly contribute to better quality of scholarly journals. Based on the analysis of the peer review internationally, the JLE editors focus on the peer review in the Journal of Language and Education, sharing their experience with the JLE potential authors. The editorial contains some reflections on the efficacy of peer review in the JLE. Potential authors may find some tips as to how to interact with recommendations and criticism on part of their peer reviewers and to make their voices heard.

scholarly journals Work it: Looking At Labour And Compensation In Independent, Scholarly, Canadian Journals

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Lange ◽  
Sarah Severson
Keyword(s):  
Response Rate ◽  
Editorial Team ◽  
Academic Publishing ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Editorial Boards ◽  
Commercial Publisher ◽  
Monetary Compensation ◽  
Current Practices

The goal of this paper is to document how labour is divided and compensated (both monetarily and non-monetarily) in independent, Canadian scholarly journals in order to inform future research on sustainability in academic publishing. We define independent as journals that are not affiliated with a commercial publisher, and Canadian as journals that have more than one third of their editorial boards at a Canadian institution. Earlier papers suggest that most independent, scholarly journals run primarily on volunteer labour, with little compensation (Edgar and Willinsky, 2010) or as Pooley (2019) suggests “[platinum OA journals] limp along, with estimable doggedness, but are often one devoted editor away from the digital graveyard”. As labour is the essential for the continued success of independent journals, understanding the depth (i.e. how many positions; how many hours per position), scope (i.e. which tasks are undertaken and who is responsible for them), and cost (monetary or non-monetary) of labour will be critical in understanding and ensuring these journals’ success, longevity, and sustainability. To investigate current practices, the authors distributed a survey to 488 Canadian journals meeting the inclusion criteria. The survey was composed of two sections: how labour is divided at a journal (i.e. how many positions are there, what are the responsibilities of these positions, and how many hours/week are dedicated to these positions) and compensation (i.e. does the journal provide monetary or non-monetary compensation to members of its editorial team, which positions receive compensation, and what is the source of these funds). The authors received 119 responses, for a 25% response rate.

scholarly journals UOC scholarly journals

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Boixadera-Ibern ◽  
Clara Riera-Quintero
Keyword(s):  
Academic Staff ◽  
Knowledge Network ◽  
Web Traffic ◽  
Academic Impact ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Research Dissemination ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Editorial Boards ◽  
Social Media Networks ◽  
International Knowledge

Inspired by the DORA Declaration's recommendations regarding the transparency and contextualization of research output's impact data, we have created a poster displaying the complete set of data and indicators for all academic journals published, coedited or sponsored by the UOC. This visual representation is also intended as a way of presenting evidence of scholarly journals' capacity to create and build an international knowledge network. In the process, this helps to publicise and position the prestige of universities and their academic staff and quality values within the framework of scholarly communication. The figures are grouped into four categories: The first data group provides a description of the academic staff network involved in the journals' publication (authors, reviewers and members of the editorial boards). The figures show the number of people for each type of academic post and staff distribution by gender and by country. The second group is a geomap that combines data from two different dimensions: number of site visits per country and number of academic staff members per country. The third group of data shows the academic impact figures. They are basically the total number of citations reported in Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar, and the main indexing achievements. The fourth group provides information on the journals' general engagement capacity based on data gathered from social media networks and web traffic. In summary, the aim of this type of information graphic is to demonstrate scholarly journals' capacity to boost prestige, knowledge and research dissemination within a quality-controlled framework.

scholarly journals Conflicts of Interest Arising from Simultaneous Service by Editors of Competing Journals or Publishers

Publications ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
Quality Of Information ◽  
Scholarly Journals ◽  
Editorial Boards ◽  
Single Entity ◽  
Financial Interests

In this day and age of challenging post-publication peer review and heightened academic scrutiny, editors serve an increasingly important role in screening submissions and managing the quality of information that is published in scholarly journals. Publishers compete for an intellectual market while commercial publishers compete for a commercial share of the market. The assumption argued in this perspective is that having editorial positions in competing journals or publishers (CJPs) may represent competing intellectual, professional and/or financial interests. Thus, based on this assumption, an editor would be expected to show loyalty to a single entity (journal or publisher). Editorial positions on the editorial boards of CJPs, as well as conflicts, financial or other, should be clearly indicated for all editors on the editorial board page of a journal’s website, for transparency. In science and academia, based on these arguments, the author is of the belief that editors should thus generally not serve on the editorial boards of CJPs, or only under limited and fully transparent conditions, even if they serve as editors voluntarily. The author recognizes that not all academics, including editors, might agree with this perspective, so a wider debate is encouraged.

Institutional Contributions to Scholarly Journals of Business: A Reply

1974 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 573 ◽  
Author(s):  
William R. Henry ◽  
E. Earl Burch
Keyword(s):  
Scholarly Journals
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