scholarly journals The Future of Academic Journals in a COVID-19 World

Sci ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Jan R. Magnus ◽  
Michael McAleer
Keyword(s):  
Time Frame ◽  
Academic Publishing ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Academic Journals ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
The Future ◽  
Internet Publishing ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Continuous Dynamic

Many academics are critical of the current publishing system, but it is difficult to create a better alternative. This review relates to the Sciences and Social Sciences, and discusses the primary purpose of academic journals as providing a seal of approval for perceived quality, impact, significance, and importance. The key issues considered include the role of anonymous refereeing, continuous rather than discrete frequency of publications, avoidance of time wasting, and seeking adventure. Here we give recommendations about the organization of journal articles, the roles of associate editors and referees, measuring the time frame for refereeing submitted articles in days and weeks rather than months and years, encouraging open access internet publishing, emphasizing the continuity of publishing online, academic publishing as a continuous dynamic process, and how to improve research after publication. Citations and functions thereof, such as the journal impact factor and h-index, are the benchmark for evaluating the importance and impact of academic journals and published articles. Even in the very top journals, a high proportion of published articles are never cited, not even by the authors themselves. Top journal publications do not guarantee that published articles will make significant contributions, or that they will ever be highly cited. The COVID-19 world should encourage academics worldwide not only to rethink academic teaching, but also to re-evaluate key issues associated with academic journal publishing in the future.

Looking Towards the Future: Popular Music Studies and Music Scholarship

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
BRIAN F. WRIGHT ◽  
AMY CODDINGTON ◽  
ANDREW MALL
Keyword(s):  
Popular Music ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Academic Journals ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
Book Series ◽  
Area Of Interest ◽  
Popular Songs ◽  
Popular Music Studies ◽  
The Future

In the foreword to the first issue of Popular Music and Society, published in 1971, Ray B. Browne wrote that, ‘until very recently … academics, with a few notable exceptions, were by and large indifferent to the role of popular music in their world’; he then recounted a rejection he had received from an academic journal, whose editor had written that, ‘although this might be interesting, we both had to admit that popular songs really had no academic significance’. Today, exactly fifty years later, the position of popular music studies within the academy is far removed from Browne's experience: there are multiple academic journals and scholarly press book series devoted solely to popular music, scholars regularly present papers on popular music topics at academic conferences, and departments across colleges and universities offer an increasingly wide variety of popular music courses. Popular music has even become a viable area of interest within music scholarship.

scholarly journals Diversity Management and the Role of Leader

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-39
Author(s):  
Ummeh Habiba Faria Benteh Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Corporate Culture ◽  
Diversity Management ◽  
Previous Literature ◽  
Global Trade ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
The Future ◽  
Diversity In The Workplace ◽  
Trade Market

AbstractThe paper’s intention is to provide the correspondence of the globalization and the diversity in the management in this current trade era. The aim of the article is to understand the leader’s role in diversity management which is rapidly changing the global trade market more clearly. Globalization has a very big influence on the diversity management these days, both directly and indirectly. This study is based on a systematic review of 14 journal articles presented on the concerned topic. It is divided into three main parts: the paper describes benefits of diversity management, leader’s role and the challenges which leaders face while playing the role in the diverse management. In the review, it was found that “diversity” in the workplace is one of the most important factors to run the business or corporation smoothly and workplaces are truly benefitted by the management of the diversity. It works as an “aid to trade” in the performance of the workforce in the corporate culture. Next, we explained the challenges which leaders face and how to avoid those by taking initial steps. The paper ends up by providing discussions, limitations of the previous literature and some suggestions to the future researchers.

Publish AND Perish: On Publishing, Precarity and Poverty in Academia

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-135
Author(s):  
Emma Vossen
Keyword(s):  
Financial Risk ◽  
Game Studies ◽  
Academic Publishing ◽  
First Person ◽  
Tenure Track ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
Publish Or Perish ◽  
Opting Out ◽  
Contract Workers

We have all heard the phrase ‘publish or perish’ but what does perishing actually look like? Are you publishing and still perishing? In this article, Vossen probes into the complexity of academic publishing from her perspective as both a poor PhD student and the editor-in-chief of Game Studies publication First Person Scholar. Vossen argues that academic publishing (examining both journal articles and academic manuscripts) exploits the labour of grad students and contract workers by encouraging them to publish their work without compensation in the hopes of attaining tenure-track employment in the future. This ‘work for exposure’ method is dependent on the optimism of young scholars, the majority of whom will not attain tenure-track positions. Vossen focuses specifically on how academic journal articles function as both currency and commodity, devaluing alternative forms of research sharing (such as the work published in First Person Scholar) which is seen as ‘academic waste’ that doesn't ‘count’. Academic journal articles are intrinsically linked to an academics ‘worth’ both culturally and financially and therefore, many untenured academics feel they can't take the financial risk of publishing outside of traditional venues for fear of furthering their descent into debt and poverty. Vossen and the staff of First Person Scholar have attempted to remedy the system in their field of Game Studies by both paying academics for their writing and firmly rejecting opportunities to become an academic journal to instead be considered a ‘middle state publication’. Lastly, Vossen discusses opting out of the publish or perish game as a grad student and what you lose when you decide not to play.

The pragmatic importance of theory for marketing practice

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 322-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert Jack Rotfeld
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Theory Development ◽  
Consumer Decision Making ◽  
Marketing Theory ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
Marketing Practice ◽  
Content Type

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain that theories provide an important tool for practitioners in guiding decisions by explaining and predicting consumer decision making when new specific research data might be unavailable. This is true despite the problems caused by some academic journal articles’ use and abuse of theory development. The argument for this crucial role of theory in marketing practice explains reasons why many practitioners dislike academic research and related theory development, as well as points out where practitioners’ criticisms are valid. Design/methodology/approach – Delineation of problems in journal articles and some research notes the overall value of work for marketing practice and (indirectly) points out the important value of practitioner-focused research publications. Findings – While marketing practitioners are wrong to condemn all theory development as useless, too often in too many ways, researchers and journals deserve it. Yet, despite the problems, marketing practice needs marketing theory. Originality/value – This paper points out an ongoing common myopia of marketing practice, whereby practitioners miss out on the value of theory development.

Some thoughts on the actuary of the future

1992 ◽  
Vol 119 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. B. Akhurst
Keyword(s):  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Discussion Paper ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The Future ◽  
Key Issues

AbstractActuarial practice has been changing rapidly over recent decades, and this speed of change is likely to continue. The actuary of the future will face challenges from many quarters, including the need to communicate with multi-disciplinary teams of competing professionals, and to live in an increasingly multi-national and cross-border environment. The discussion paper reviews such trends and challenges, both national and international, and seeks to stimulate a discussion of key issues, including supply and demand, expanding the scope of actuarial work, the role of the consultant, training implications and the development of a more international profession.

scholarly journals Staying Vital to the Virtual Learner – What Role for Future University Law Librarians?

2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-23 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Study Habits ◽  
Future Role ◽  
The Future ◽  
Key Issues

AbstractNicola Wakefield and Emily Allbon are academic law librarians. They offer their thoughts on the future that all academic law librarians may face as we move further into the 21st Century. They look at the key issues and examine possibilities for the future role of law librarians, considering how changes in technology, library spaces, study habits and the pressures of time and funding could affect us as a profession.

scholarly journals Where in the World? A Geographic Analysis of a Decade of Research in Tourism, Hospitality, and Leisure Journals

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ye Shen ◽  
Alastair M. Morrison ◽  
Bihu Wu ◽  
Jinah Park ◽  
Cong Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Central America ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Academic Journals ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future

This study examined research focus countries and regions in 4,654 articles published in 32 tourism, hospitality, and leisure academic journals from 2002 to 2011 inclusive. Applying a variety of analysis methods, the research showed the spatial distribution, co-occurrence relationships among countries, and the most popular topics of research focus and types of tourism by countries. There was a broad geographic focus of the research in tourism, hospitality, and leisure journals in the decade from 2002 to 2011 spanning 126 countries. It was found that a significant number (70) of countries were not covered in this 10-year snapshot of the academic journal research and require more attention from scholars in the future. Some major countries were underrepresented including France, Germany, and Russia. However, the predominance of the research focus on the Asia-Pacific region and particularly on China was a major finding in this analysis, as was the sparse coverage of South and Central America.

Logical Connectors in the Discussion Sections of Research Journal Articles

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
_ DJUWARI
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Research Writing ◽  
Academic Journals ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
Discussion Section ◽  
Research Journal ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Logical Connectors

In research articles (RAs), the writers always express their arguments especially in discussion section. In this case, most of the writers tend to relate one idea to another to make their ideas coherent. This research article is done to investigate the logical connectors used by the writers of research articles, especially the logical connectors of three categories: logical connectors, frame markers, and Code Glosses. These linguistic devices are commonly used by the writers in academic or research articles (RAs). This is a qualitative research using the documents for analysis. These documents are taken from the research articles published in the academic journals which are collected by means of purposive sampling from the discussion sections of the RAs. The instrument used is called Taxonomy of Textual Meta-discourse. The results show that the writers have different strategies in using the logical connectors depending on which point they relate the ideas in the discussion sections. The results are expected to provide the readers with some logical connectors and some perspectives of the strategies of using logical connectors in research writing especially in the discussion sections. It is recommended that the research writers use logical connectors for making the ideas coherent.Keywords: Linguistics, logical connectors, frame markers, code glosses, Textual Metadiscourseanalysis, academic journal articles, research articles (RAs), Indonesia

scholarly journals The Academic Journal: Has it a Future?

2001 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaby Weiner
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Publishing ◽  
Research Quality ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Equity And Access ◽  
Current State ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Future

This article examines the current state of the academic journal. It does so for a number of reasons: the increasing expense of paper journals; the advent of electronic publishing; the use of publication in journals as an indicator of research quality (in addition to disseminating knowledge within a discipline) and consequent criticisms of systems of peer review and evaluation of scholarship; emergent issues of equity and access; and evidence of malpractice. These issues taken together constitute a critique of, and challenge to, the process whereby research papers become journal articles, which has in the past been viewed as unproblematic and straightforward. This paper brings together a wide range of literature in order to inform discussion about the future of the academic journal. It briefly examines the origins of the academic journal and then provides a comprehensive overview of current debates concerning how academic journals work today. In so doing, it raises questions about decisions that will need to be taken regarding the continuity or otherwise of the conventional academic journal, and how publishing practices may change in the future.

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