Aspects of Authorship in Journal Special Issues: An Experience from DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology

Das, Prabir Kumar

doi:10.5530/jscires.6.3.23

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“…Indeed, special issues attract broader readership, what is reflected in their higher citation rates, both in the short and long term (Smith, 2012 ). However, selecting authors for special issues and the dominance of single authorship can lead to a smaller diversity among authors (Das, 2017 ). This can work to the disadvantage of scientific excellence because diverse teams tend to produce better outcomes (Skilton, 2008 ).…”

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Gender bias in special issues: evidence from a bibliometric analysis

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Even though the majority of psychologists are women, they are outnumbered by men in senior academic ranks. One reason for this representation bias in academia is that men favor other men in decision-making, especially when the stakes are high. We tested the possibility of such bias in a bibliometric analysis, in which we coded editors' and authors' gender in regular and special issues, the latter considered of higher scientific prominence. We examined all special issues from five prominent scientific outlets in the fields of personality and social psychology published in the twenty-first century. Altogether, we analyzed 1911 articles nested in 93 sets comprising a special issue and a neighboring regular issue treated as a control condition. For articles published in special (but not regular) issues, when there were more men editors, more men first-authored and co-authored the work. This pattern suggests how gender bias can be perpetuated within academia and calls for revising the editorial policies of leading psychology journals.

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Gender bias in special issues: evidence from a bibliometric analysis

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“…Furthermore, there are empirical questions about who gets published. In some fields there is a worrying finding that more experienced and veteran scholars from national research institutions dominate accepted submissions (Das, 2017). Again, we are not familiar with recent studies in management education that investigate such trends and certainly encourage such studies within our field for us to understand if this is happening in our domain.…”

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What’s So Special About Special Issues? A Discussion of Their Benefits and Challenges

Leigh

Edwards

2022

Journal of Management Education

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Exploring the characteristics of special issues: distribution, topicality, and citation impact

Huang

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Aspects of Authorship in Journal Special Issues: An Experience from DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology

Cited by 3 publications

References 19 publications

Gender bias in special issues: evidence from a bibliometric analysis

Gender bias in special issues: evidence from a bibliometric analysis

What’s So Special About Special Issues? A Discussion of Their Benefits and Challenges

Exploring the characteristics of special issues: distribution, topicality, and citation impact

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