Academic Publishing

How Does Journal Standardization Impact Intellectual Creativity?
Insights
November 2, 2022

How Does Journal Standardization Impact Intellectual Creativity?

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The Journal Citation Reports 2022 Are Out. What Do They Mean for Sociology?
Impact
July 6, 2022

The Journal Citation Reports 2022 Are Out. What Do They Mean for Sociology?

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We Cannot Cite Our Way to Equality, But Citational Justice Is Vital
Communication
June 3, 2022

We Cannot Cite Our Way to Equality, But Citational Justice Is Vital

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Paper Is No Longer A Thing, But We Have Failed to Notice
Business and Management INK
May 27, 2022

Paper Is No Longer A Thing, But We Have Failed to Notice

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Maybe You Can Judge a Journal by Its Cover: What Titles and Mission Statements Tell Us

Maybe You Can Judge a Journal by Its Cover: What Titles and Mission Statements Tell Us

Using a dataset of journals from the field of business, management, and accounting research,  Julián D. Cortés explores how the title and aims and purposes varies across journal, prestige, geography and publication model.

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Pandemic Shows We Must Recraft Editorial Ethics in Academic Publishing

Pandemic Shows We Must Recraft Editorial Ethics in Academic Publishing

Researchers need to observe ethical standards during a pandemic, say Ben Kasstan, Rishita Nandagiri and Siyane Aniley, and journals should hold them to these standards.

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Bill Edgar on Core Competences and the Importance of Long-Form Presentation

Bill Edgar on Core Competences and the Importance of Long-Form Presentation

The first SAGE Open Long Form monograph, “Corporate Core Competencies’ Essence, Contexts, Discovery, and Future: A Call to Action for Executives and Researchers,” has now been released. It discusses how even though researchers and managers value and even extol the importance of core competencies, they often present “a sprawling, even fragmented picture of core competencies’ essence and contribution.”

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The Role and Impact of Preprints in Open Access Publishing

The Role and Impact of Preprints in Open Access Publishing

Preprint repositories have become the hotspot for disseminating research articles. As a result, many researchers choose preprint over journal publishing to save […]

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Credit Due? Opposing One Form of Institutional Support for an Academic Boycott

Credit Due? Opposing One Form of Institutional Support for an Academic Boycott

Steven Lubet argues that while students have the right to call for academic boycott of Israeli institutions, their university has a responsibility not to award them academic credit for doing so.

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Watch the Webinar: Academic Publishing and a Quest for Diversity

Watch the Webinar: Academic Publishing and a Quest for Diversity

An insightful webinar hosted by Research Information took place on November 29, focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in academic publishing. […]

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Does the Business Model for Academic Publishing Promote Scholarly Progress?

Does the Business Model for Academic Publishing Promote Scholarly Progress?

The the latest Questions & Unanswers About Social Innovation seminar series put on by the Rutgers Institute for Corporate Social Innovation examined if the business model of academic publishing helps or hinders scholarly progress.

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In Praise of Those ‘Less Prestigious’ Journals

In Praise of Those ‘Less Prestigious’ Journals

Shannon Mason and Margaret K. Merga argue that researchers should adopt more careful citation practices, as a means to broaden and contextualise what counts as ‘prestigious’ research and create a more equitable publishing environment for research outside of core anglophone countries.

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