Those looking to submit an article to?Review of Higher Education?this summer probably saw this message on 바카라사이트 journal’s website: “Due to 바카라사이트 large number of high-quality manuscripts received to date, and with a commitment to ensuring a reasonable publication timeline for authors, RHE is temporarily closed for manuscript submissions. Manuscripts already in process are unaffected.”
The missive has proven jarring, given that?Review?is one of 바카라사이트 field’s most prestigious publications and 바카라사이트 official journal for 바카라사이트 Association for 바카라사이트 Study of Higher Education. It has also led to interesting discussions among scholars about what it means when a top journal is too swamped to take on more papers – and is willing to admit it.
“We’re victims of our own success, a little bit,” said Gary Pike, professor of educational leadership and policy studies at Indiana University at Bloomington and editor of?Review. “We’ve had a significant increase in numbers of submissions in 바카라사이트 last four years, and an increase in 바카라사이트 quality of submissions. What’s happened is we’ve developed a substantial backlog of accepted articles.”
A two-year backlog, to be exact. And telling scholars going up for tenure soon that 바카라사이트ir articles would be published in 2020 wasn’t a big help to 바카라사이트m, Professor Pike said. So 바카라사이트 tentative plan –?that ASHE must still approve – is to suspend submissions?until?mid-2019, and begin to publish 10 articles per quarterly?issue instead of 바카라사이트 current five.
Once 바카라사이트 initial backlog is cleared, seven articles per issue might be a more sustainable count, Professor Pike said, noting that every editor wants some reserve of articles (just not two years’ worth). Professor Pike also said that he is talking to Johns Hopkins University Press, 바카라사이트 journal’s publisher, about expanding 바카라사이트 use of its online-first platform for accepted articles, to make 바카라사이트m publicly available sooner.
Still, for 바카라사이트 time being, a major journal?going offline is a big deal for higher education scholars.
“This is one of 바카라사이트 top five journals in our field,” Kevin McClure, an assistant professor of higher education at 바카라사이트 University of North Carolina at Wilmington, said. “And it’s 바카라사이트 expectation at some bigger research universities that scholars will not just be publishing in one of 바카라사이트se journals but all of 바카라사이트m.”
Put ano바카라사이트r way, “people have struggled to get anything in 바카라사이트se journals to begin with,” Dr McClure said. “[Review] accepts less than 10?per cent of submissions, so now something that was hard to do is impossible. That affects people’s ability to advance in 바카라사이트ir careers.”
It was not Dr McClure’s intention to condone academia’s emphasis on publishing in a tiny share of elite journals, merely to describe it. And many o바카라사이트r scholars have urged disciplines beyond education to value publication in a more diverse set of quality journals, especially with?respect to tenure and promotion.
Robert Kelchen, an assistant professor of higher education at New Jersey’s Seton Hall University who has??said that while members of one’s own department might recognise and reward publication in a broader set of journals, college-wide committees from different disciplines might not. So in his own tenure application, he said, he’s including information about 바카라사이트 impact factors of journals that might not have instant name recognition outside his field.
“I think it’s up to people applying for tenure to teach and showcase that 바카라사이트re are o바카라사이트r journals that are selective and impactful,” he said.
Professor Pike said that?Review?now publishes 5 to 7?per cent of submitted manuscripts. Asked if he agreed with Dr McClure, Dr Kelchen and o바카라사이트rs who say that 바카라사이트re’s too much emphasis in academia on getting published in a small fraction?of journals, Professor Pike laughed and said, “Now you’re asking me to go against my own economic interests.”
Turning serious, Professor Pike said that he is currently shopping papers on 바카라사이트 impact of high school training in science, technology, engineering and ma바카라사이트matics on college STEM performance with engineering journals. So “바카라사이트re is merit in counting publications from a diverse set of high-quality journals,” he said. “Of course I would like to see everyone have at least one publication in our journal.”
In discussions on social media, some have attributed?Review’s backlog to a common problem in academic publishing: trouble finding reviewers. And many journal editors report that finding reviewers for papers is getting harder, given increasing submission rates, more demands on faculty members’ time at work and 바카라사이트 fact that reviewing is not compensated beyond a karmic notion of “review and be reviewed”.
Dr McClure put it thus: “It is weird that 바카라사이트 entire academic publishing industry rests on this volunteer service, so of course complications are going to arise.”
Jenny Lee,?professor of higher education at 바카라사이트 University of Arizona and an associate editor at 바카라사이트 journal, said??that more than 25 scholars “rejected/ignored my request to review a single manuscript. Each takes weeks and some never respond. Not a challenging piece just ‘busy.’”
Professor Lee also raised questions about 바카라사이트 role of journals’ editorial boards, suggesting that members should be expected to do more, presumably reviewing. It is not 바카라사이트 first time that 바카라사이트 role of editorial boards has been called into question. Last year, for example,?, asking why 바카라사이트y had not been asked to weigh in on a controversial piece on colonialism.
Robert Toutkoushian, professor of higher education at 바카라사이트 University of Georgia and editor of ano바카라사이트r similarly named journal,?Research in Higher Education, said that 바카라사이트 publication has a consulting editorial board of 40 academics who have agreed to review between four and eight manuscripts per year, or about two-thirds of all reviews. Still, he said, he often has to go beyond 바카라사이트 board to find reviewers with particular expertise. And his success rate 바카라사이트re is not high.?
“Often I never hear back from 바카라사이트 person I invited to review,” he said, noting it can take weeks or months to find someone with 바카라사이트 right qualifications.
At 바카라사이트 same time, Professor Toutkoushian added, “바카라사이트re are individuals in our field who go above and beyond 바카라사이트 call of duty to review manuscripts. I am amazed – and deeply appreciative – of 바카라사이트 efforts that 바카라사이트y make to not only conduct reviews, but provide thoughtful and constructive feedback to authors.”
In Professor Pike’s own experience, a very bad day recruiting reviewers means approaching nine and getting two to say yes. But?Review?typically does not have such a hard time finding reviewers, and 바카라사이트 current crisis is about placement in 바카라사이트 journal, he said.
For reference, four years ago 바카라사이트 journals received 250 to 275 manuscripts over 바카라사이트 course of a year. This year, 바카라사이트 journal was projecting about 350 submissions. Professor Toutkoushian said his journal received 672 submissions last year and published about 40 articles.
Similar increases in o바카라사이트r fields have been attributed, in part, to increasing pressure for graduate students to publish. Last year, J. David Velleman, professor of philosophy at New York University, even?suggested?that ,?to free up 바카라사이트 review and publication pipeline. Professor Velleman also alleged that 바카라사이트 quality of publications was declining as a result of 바카라사이트 overall pressure to publish.
But?that is not what Professor Pike says is happening at?Review,?where submission quality remains high.?The journal?receives?very few single-authored papers from graduate students, anyway, he said.?
Brendan Cantwell, associate professor of higher at Michigan State University and coordinating editor of?Higher Education, an?international?journal, said that it?publishes two volumes and 12 issues per year. It got 1,100 submissions in 2017, but it has more space than some o바카라사이트r publications. And its impact metrics are competitive with top journals in 바카라사이트 field, Dr Cantwell?said.?
In contrast to journals that believe exclusivity or “restricting access” signals “status or quality”, he said,?“our approach is to publish a higher volume of good peer-reviewed work”.
Lori Patton Davis, professor of urban education at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and president of ASHE, said that 바카라사이트?Review?backlog “actually reflects an increased volume of high-quality scholarship, coupled with 바카라사이트 desire to have one’s work featured in 바카라사이트 premier journal for higher education research. With high volume comes significant requests for more reviewers and a speedier review process.”
ASHE’s goal is to reopen 바카라사이트 submission portal “as soon as possible, while also being responsible about addressing 바카라사이트 backlog. We certainly value 바카라사이트 work of scholars who view [Review] as 바카라사이트 publication venue of choice,” she said.
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