Gatekeepers of Knowledge : Journal Editors in the Sciences and the Social Sciences.
Title:
Gatekeepers of Knowledge : Journal Editors in the Sciences and the Social Sciences.
Author:
McGinty, Stephen.
ISBN:
9780313002328
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (155 pages)
Contents:
Preliminaries -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction Editors Power and Higher Education -- 2 Getting There The Path from Junior Scholar to Editor -- 3 Setting Up Shop -- 4 Making Meaning of the Work -- 5 Electronic Journals and the Internet -- 6 Personal Networks Connections and Circles -- 7 The Impact of Scholarly Culture on Editors in the Sciences and the Social Sciences -- 8 Conclusion Editors and Gatekeeping Today -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
This text examines the role that journal editors play in academia. It looks at the careers of 35 journal editors through interviews that cover their rise to positions of influence, their views of the work of journal publishing, and the role played by personal networks as they conduct their work.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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