Category Archives: Editorial policies
Termination of editorship
Will Hughes’ role as Editor-in-Chief of Construction Management and Economics comes to an end this year. Continue reading
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Publication rights and sharing your work
We often get enquiries from authors who have posted a pre-publication draft of their work in an institutional repository, or some other on-line repository of work-in-progress, such as SSRN or REPEC. These services invite authors to place working papers and … Continue reading
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Tagged author rights, open access, pre-publication drafts, repositories
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Invitations from unknown sources to join referee panels and editorial boards
It is with increasing frequency that scam organizations are attempting to set up open access journals with the aim of making money from charging authors for publication. Many of these are springing up around the world and their progenitors are … Continue reading
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Major revisions or minor revisions? That is the question…
There is an increasing tension around the question of the distinction between major and minor revision decisions on papers. When I started as an academic, there seemed to be a fairly consistent view among those with experience, that a major … Continue reading
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Why computer screen dumps are not the best way of creating graphics
From time to time, students or authors ask me why I never want to see their computer screen dumps in their papers . It may be useful to share some of the reasons behind my views on this. In my … Continue reading
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Tagged editorial policies, graphics, screen dumps
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How to write informative abstracts
Abstracts are frequently the least informative part of a paper. They should be the most informative part. Continue reading
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Tagged abstract, Author, Paper, Research, Writing
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How to propose a Special Issue of an academic journal
From time-to-time, some journals carry Special Issues. These consists of themed papers around a specific topic, introduced by an in‐depth editorial that not only summarizes the papers but also develops a particular view from the Guest Editor. This is an … Continue reading
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Tagged Call for papers, Editing, Journals, Special Issue
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What editors look for in referee reports
A recent discussion in orgtheory.net sparked some interest. I was particularly interested in the views from editors of various journals such as Organization Science, Organization Studies, Academy of Management Journal, Management Science, American Sociological Review, and Administrative Science Quarterly. If … Continue reading
How to write an informative and critical book review
A book review should be more than a flattering summary of the content. Many book reviews are not particularly useful in terms of positioning the book in relation to the literature or engaging with the contribution that the book makes … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, editorial policy, Reviews and Criticism, Scientific consensus
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Why does it take so long to get my paper refereed?
While most referees are very diligent in taking less than two weeks to review papers, authors often experience a sense of frustration when they have to wait much longer than this to get the first decision and feedback on their … Continue reading
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