Substandard journal management: wastage of authors’ motivation

Authors who offer papers for publication to professional journals are under the impression that their work is publication-worthy. The editors as well as reviewers adjudge whether the manuscripts should be taken up for publication. This paper presents certain cases of unreliable journals’ management...

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Main Authors: Sorooshian, Shahryar, Parsia, Yasaman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018
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description Authors who offer papers for publication to professional journals are under the impression that their work is publication-worthy. The editors as well as reviewers adjudge whether the manuscripts should be taken up for publication. This paper presents certain cases of unreliable journals’ management processes with an aim to show how a journal reviewer or editor could squander authors’ time and negatively impact the motivation of scholars to publish.
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spelling ump-293722022-11-07T09:50:28Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/29372/ Substandard journal management: wastage of authors’ motivation Sorooshian, Shahryar Parsia, Yasaman HD Industries. Land use. Labor LB Theory and practice of education Q Science (General) Z004 Books. Writing. Paleography Authors who offer papers for publication to professional journals are under the impression that their work is publication-worthy. The editors as well as reviewers adjudge whether the manuscripts should be taken up for publication. This paper presents certain cases of unreliable journals’ management processes with an aim to show how a journal reviewer or editor could squander authors’ time and negatively impact the motivation of scholars to publish. MDPI AG 2018-01-23 Article PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by_4 http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/29372/1/Substandard%20journal%20management-%20Wastage%20of%20authors%27%20motivation.pdf Sorooshian, Shahryar and Parsia, Yasaman (2018) Substandard journal management: wastage of authors’ motivation. Publications, 6 (1). pp. 1-5. ISSN 2304-6775. (Published) https://doi.org/10.3390/publications6010011 https://doi.org/10.3390/publications6010011
spellingShingle HD Industries. Land use. Labor
LB Theory and practice of education
Q Science (General)
Z004 Books. Writing. Paleography
Sorooshian, Shahryar
Parsia, Yasaman
Substandard journal management: wastage of authors’ motivation
title Substandard journal management: wastage of authors’ motivation
title_full Substandard journal management: wastage of authors’ motivation
title_fullStr Substandard journal management: wastage of authors’ motivation
title_full_unstemmed Substandard journal management: wastage of authors’ motivation
title_short Substandard journal management: wastage of authors’ motivation
title_sort substandard journal management: wastage of authors’ motivation
topic HD Industries. Land use. Labor
LB Theory and practice of education
Q Science (General)
Z004 Books. Writing. Paleography
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