Preprint: “Peer Reviewers of Academic Journals: Who is Responsible for our Professional Literature”
Title
“Peer Reviewers of Academic Journals: Who is Responsible for our Professional Literature”
Authors
Mary Francis
Reference Instruction Librarian
Dakota St. University
Source
College & Research Libraries
This article was accepted on May 9. 2012.
It’s scheduled for publication in September 2013.
Abstract
Scholarly journals provide a record of the research, issues, and concerns of a field. Authors have their names associated with their individual articles while editors are connected with a publication. However, there is another group of individuals who are often left out of the record although their contributions are just as critical in the formation of scholarly journals. This article will take a look at this group of peer reviewers providing demographic data as well as understanding for why individuals take on the duty of peer reviewer.
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Filed under: Academic Libraries, Data Files, Libraries, Publishing
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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