Ethical Practices in Journal Publishing: A Study of Library and Information Science Periodicals

Serebnick, Judith; Harter, Stephen P.

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“…Another approach to identifying the core journals within a discipline that has enjoyed regular use (e.g., Bobrinkski 20 , Paynter, et al 21 , Peritz 22 , Serebnick and Harter 23 ), though of limited popularity within the field of criminology or criminal justice 24 , has been relying upon the judgment of abstracting & indexing (A&I) services. Some proponents have argued that a journal's inclusion in a popular index underscores the importance of the publication while also increasing the title's visibility and likely use.…”

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Criminal Justice and Criminology at the Core: Using a Sustainable Method for Constructing a Core Journal List

Aubele

Gardner

2021

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The desire to identify which journals are core to a discipline is important to librarians and departmental faculty alike. Whether for purposes of accreditation, decisions related to retention, tenure, and promotion, or the assessment of a library's collection, core lists are highly valued resources. Applying a previously tested, mixed-methods approach, the authors created a five-tiered list of criminal justice and criminology journals from which 151 titles were identified as being core to the discipline. In an effort to assess the reliability of their results, the authors also compared the results of their study to a list created by criminal justice scholars.

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Criminal Justice and Criminology at the Core: Using a Sustainable Method for Constructing a Core Journal List

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Gardner

2021

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JASIS and library and information science journal rankings: A review and analysis of the last half-century

Nisonger

1999

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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The concept of journal ranking is explained along with the theoretical and practical significance of ranking journals. An eight‐variable model for classifying journal‐ranking studies is outlined. A review of LIS journal rankings of the last half‐century identifies 178 published between 1952 and 1997. The majority of these used some type of citation measure, followed by rankings based on production, subjective judgment, and reading, respectively. Analysis of JASIS's, and its immediate predecessor, American Documentation's, position in these rankings, found that they were logically excluded from 18. In the remaining 160, they ranked first in 20 and in the top five in 88. It is noted that JASIS also appears on many lists of “core” LIS journals, and that it has been the object of investigation in numerous studies.

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Impact of prior electronic publication on manuscript consideration policies of scholarly journals

Harter

Park

2000

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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The purpose of this research was to study current policies and practices of scholarly journals on evaluating manuscripts for publication that had been previously published electronically. Various electronic forms were considered: a manuscript having been e‐mailed to members of a listserv, attached to a personal or institutional home page, stored in an electronic preprint collection, or published in an electronic proceedings or electronic journal. Factors that might affect the consideration of such manuscripts were also examined, including characteristics of the journal, the previously published work, and the submitted manuscript. A sample of 202 scholarly journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities was selected for study. A questionnaire and cover letters were sent to the journal editors in the summer and fall of 1997, with an overall return rate of 57.4%. Results are reported for all journals, with comparisons being made between journals edited in the Unites States and outside the Unites States, by journal impact factor, and by discipline. The findings suggest that editorial policies regarding prior electronic publication are in an early stage of development. Most journal editors do not have a formal policy regarding the evaluation of work previously published in electronic form, nor are they currently evaluating such a policy. Editors disagreed widely on the importance of the various factors that might affect their decision to consider a work previously published electronically. The form or type of prior electronic publication was an important variable. Although some editors currently have a fairly rigid and negative posture towards work previously published electronically, most are willing to consider certain forms of such work for publication in their journals. Probably the most significant results of the study were the many differences in practices among scholarly disciplines. The findings of this study reveal how the Internet and the World Wide Web are currently affecting manuscript consideration policies of scholarly journals at this early stage of Web and Internet publishing.

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Ethical Practices in Journal Publishing: A Study of Library and Information Science Periodicals

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Criminal Justice and Criminology at the Core: Using a Sustainable Method for Constructing a Core Journal List

Criminal Justice and Criminology at the Core: Using a Sustainable Method for Constructing a Core Journal List

JASIS and library and information science journal rankings: A review and analysis of the last half-century

Impact of prior electronic publication on manuscript consideration policies of scholarly journals

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