The authors summarize the general editorial practices discussed throughout the rest of the book

Ramrattan, Lall B.

Szenberg, Michael

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Touro Scholar Lander College of Arts and Sciences Publications and Research Lander College of Arts and Sciences 2014 The Journal Editorial Cycle and Practices Lall B. Ramrattan Michael Szenberg Touro College, michael.szenberg@touro.edu Follow this and additional works at: https://touroscholar.touro.edu/lcas_pubs  Part of the Publishing Commons, and the Scholarly Communication Commons Recommended Citation Ramrattan, L. B., & Szenberg, M. (2014). The journal editorial cycle and practices. In M. Szenberg & L. B. Ramrattan (Eds.), Shared secrets of economic editors (pp. 357-367). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. This Book Chapter is brought to you for free and open access by the Lander College of Arts and Sciences at Touro Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Lander College of Arts and Sciences Publications and Research by an authorized administrator of Touro Scholar. For more information, please contact touro.scholar@touro.edu. 24 The Journal Editorial Cycle and Practices Lall B. Ramrattan and Michael Szenberg Editors and authors both recognize that way that journals function needs to improve. Scholarly journals are the mainstays of scientific communica-tion, and publication in them by academicians is the primary route to promotion, tenure, salary increases, recognition, and mobility. The scru-tiny and assessment of the publication process is therefore of vital concern to the scientific community. The purpose of this volume is to relay edito-rial insights that will enlighten the academic stakeholders as well as the general public. The literature on journal editorial practices is limited. Fritz Machlup (1962, 7) was one of the first to point out the importance of analyzing the "production of knowledge," which included periodicals. He referred to "disclosure, dissemination, transmission, and communication." In George B. Shepherd's 1994 book, Rejected: Leading Economists Ponder the Publication Process, authors shared their experiences of how they dealt with their rejected manuscripts. The works of Joshua S. Gans and Shepherd (1994) and Gans (2001) are also in that vein, sharing signifi-cantly overlapping information on the subject. This book goes beyond the scope of those works and delves into the various phases of journal editing cycle from the editors' perspectives. A journal editorial cycle involves phases of rejection, revision, accep-tance, publication, and risk management to reduce the chance of publish-ing unworthy papers. The journal editors allocate their efforts within various process groups in order to initiate, plan, execute, and control or monitor those phases of publication. This volume reviews the shared and unique experiences of editors in the various activities of those process groups. The contributing editors were asked to reflect on their editorial envi-ronment, share the fruits of their experiences for both seasoned and aspiring writers, and disseminate that knowledge to the public. They 

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