Tag: journal editing
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How geographically concentrated are academic finance journals editorial boards?
Some new evidence here : https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3757983 TL:DR – extremely. The USA is massivly overrepresented compared to the diversity of authors submitting to journals, while China in particular is massibly underrepresented. This disparity is exceptionally obvious in ABS 4* journals, seen as the “leading” journals.
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Wasting time on the margins of academic writing
Recently I submitted a paper to a leading journal. They had incredibly specific requirements for formatting for submitted papers, and numerous templates in Word, SciWord, Latex and so on for the use thereof. Being a leading journal and wanting to maximise the scant chance they might not bin it after a good bellylaugh, I spent…