Shaping the field: the role of academic journal editors in the construction of education as a field of study

Wellington, Jerry; Nixon, Jon

doi:10.1080/01425690500293835

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“…As Macnab and Thomas note, at the present time 'the education community has … no formal procedures for dealing with misconduct' (2007,341). Given the significant role that journal editors do appear to play in shaping fields of study (Wellington and Nixon 2005), they would seem to have considerable responsibility for developing some. Maybe membership of COPE will help.…”

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Will the real author come forward? Questions of ethics, plagiarism, theft and collusion in academic research writing

Sikes¹

2009

International Journal of Research & Method in Education

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This paper raises some questions about academic authorial honesty under the headings of Plagiarism (including self-plagiarism), Theft, and Collusion. Compared with the medical sciences, the social sciences in general and education specifically, lag behind in terms of critical attention being paid to the problem of plagiarism, the peer review process and academic authorial ethics. The ubiquity of the Internet, the ever intensifying demand to publish or perish, and maybe, a general shift in perceptions of what constitutes 'bad' plagiarism and collusion which challenge traditional notions of what constitutes authorial honesty, mean that the time may be ripe for a consideration by academic writers and journal editors of how they regard and deal with the whole area. This paper makes an early contribution to the discussion.

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Will the real author come forward? Questions of ethics, plagiarism, theft and collusion in academic research writing

Sikes¹

2009

International Journal of Research & Method in Education

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“…This is so especially since these papers are often authored by graduate students and/or scholars working in nations with considerably fewer resources than we who work in the United States have access to; in other words, many of these papers are authored by scholars, or scholars in-themaking, who would really benefit from thoughtful reviews by experts in their fields. But in such cases I must weigh the benefits to the authors against the likelihood of exhausting reviewers and maybe even prejudicing them against the journal (Wellington and Nixon 2005). That is, if I send out too many Bbad^papers for review potential reviewers may conclude that everything having to do with the journal is Bbad.^Overall, though, papers in this category are numerically few and, although I much prefer to deliver good news over bad news, not especially difficult to reject.…”

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Editorial Life at a Small Regional Journal: Simultaneously at the Margins and in the Thick of Things

Linders

2016

Am Soc

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In this essay I discuss how my editorship of Sociological Focus, the official journal of the North Central Sociological Association, simultaneously places me at the margins, in relation to top-tier journals, and in the thick of things, in relation to the authors and reviewers who participate in the journal. All editors face issues related to the review process and, occasionally at least, struggle with decisions. Given the hierarchical nature of the discipline, however, editors of journals at the lower end of the rankings face additional dilemmas related to fairness and access. Concluding that the margin is a bustling place where lots of sociology gets done, I end with a strong plea that we protect our regional journals and keep them vibrant and inclusive. The easiest way to do that is for all of us to publish in them.

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“…The goal here is to make sure that scholars receive feedback that can enhance their research even if the manuscript has Englishlanguage problems. Very often scholars receive instant rejection notices, so they never have any opportunity to benefit from peer review (Wellington and Nixon 2005). We believe this process is especially helpful for graduate students and junior scholars.…”

Section: Apse Peer Review Process and English-language Editorial Suppmentioning

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Asia-Pacific Science Education (APSE): expanding opportunities for publishing science education research

Martin

Chu

2015

Asia Pac. Sci. Educ.

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We are pleased to introduce a new journal, Asia-Pacific Science Education, which was created to provide researchers in the Asia-Pacific region with a central channel for disseminating research in local contexts about issues in science education to both science educators in the geographical region and researchers in the extended international community. APSE is unique in that our journal focuses on the publication of scholarly articles examining issues related to science teaching and learning in Asia as well as articles that address the issues facing science teachers and science learners who are members of the Asian Diaspora.1 As a result, we expect the scholarly works published in APSE will encompass diverse topics of interest that will be significant for a wide readership.In this introductory issue, we describe the origins of APSE and we share findings from an analysis of publication data from other major journals in the field that demonstrate a need for APSE. Next we share our vision for the role APSE can play in supporting the development of an academic community where studies conducted in the Asia-Pacific region and studies conducted with participants from the Asian Diaspora will be valued and accessed by scholars who are concerned about science education issues affecting these communities. We conclude by offering a detailed description of the unique features APSE offers our authors and readers, including a supportive peerreview process that is considerate of the challenges facing non-native English speakers. Finally, we explain how our open access (OA) publication model ensures that researchers and teachers anywhere in the world can access and read all content in our journal for free.

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Shaping the field: the role of academic journal editors in the construction of education as a field of study

Cited by 48 publications

References 13 publications

Will the real author come forward? Questions of ethics, plagiarism, theft and collusion in academic research writing

Will the real author come forward? Questions of ethics, plagiarism, theft and collusion in academic research writing

Editorial Life at a Small Regional Journal: Simultaneously at the Margins and in the Thick of Things

Asia-Pacific Science Education (APSE): expanding opportunities for publishing science education research

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