A Guide to Publishing for Academics

124

danieL e. o’Leary

Referees

As an editor a key activity is choosing referees for a paper. Occasionally,

I have found that potential referees accept the assignment, but then do

not provide a review or provide a useless review with no real substan-

tive comments. Unfortunately, by the time that the editor finds out

either situation, the paper typically has been in process for a relatively

long period of time. Furthermore, typically, another referee must be

found and given sufficient time to review the paper. Accordingly, I

have found that the lack of appropriate referee response is the primary

factor slowing the editorial process.

Summary, Contributions, and Extensions

is chapter has presented some models of editorial boards and edit-

ing and exa ...