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Difficulty In Finding Reviewers Taints Editorial Decisions

Journal editors are more likely to reject papers when they experience trouble recruiting reviewers, reports a new study.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Oct 16, 2017
  • 13 Comments

Revisiting: The Editor — A Vital Role We Barely Talk About Anymore

Revisiting Kent Anderson’s 2014 post on the importance of editors–how much of what we see as a failure of “peer review” is really a failure of editorial oversight?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Sep 17, 2015
  • 6 Comments

When a Journal Sinks, Should the Editors Go Down with the Ship?

This year, Thomson Reuters suspended six business journals for engaging in a citation cartel. Should the authors be held responsible for the malfeasance of their editors? We propose a new solution to punishing the community for the poor decisions of the few.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Oct 6, 2014
  • 59 Comments

The Editor — A Vital Role We Barely Talk About Anymore

An alien landing in the scholarly and scientific publishing world today, reading all the opinions about how to make things more efficient and effective, might be forgiven for thinking there are only authors, readers, librarians, and reviewers. After all, those […]

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Sep 23, 2014
  • 8 Comments

A New Head Chef in the Kitchen — Changes in Leadership Mean Changes in Leadership

Changes are afoot in the Kitchen, as leadership roles switch and we position ourselves for future success.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jun 10, 2013
  • 5 Comments

Convenience versus Community — Is a Deeper Question Hiding Behind the Façade of the Access Debates?

While the access debates have dominated, another debate has been emerging, one that perhaps has greater significance in the long run.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • May 2, 2013
  • 17 Comments

More Review Costs More — The Dynamics of a Complex and Varied Expense for Journals

Can peer review systems be run less expensively? Sure, if you eliminate major levels and elements of peer review.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Apr 22, 2013
  • 21 Comments

The Lens We Look Through — Are We All About Containers or What Goes Into Them?

An analysis of publishing costs continues the theme of accountability and transparency, but perhaps focuses too much on the containers of information rather than how and why the containers are filled in the first place.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Apr 2, 2013
  • 23 Comments

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