Academic Publishing: A Faustian Bargain?
Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: This paper documents and shares our experience of navigating the journal-review process. By providing apersonal account we aim to provide a piece that will resonate with those who have had similar experiences.We adopted a case-study approach using the reviews of the manuscript by two anonymous reviewers and theauthors' responses. The paper confirms the emotive nature of the manuscript-review process and details someof the vagaries associated with the review process, highlighting our frustrations with it. An extensive literaturecritiquing the manuscript peer-review process exists. This is understandable given the requirement foracademics to publish their research findings in peer-reviewed journals. In view of this extensive literature,what is surprising is the dearth of studies detailing how authors have managed to navigate their way throughthe process.
Author: Grant Samkin
Institution: University of Waikato
Language: English
Subfield: Library and Information Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W61567724