Revising Manuscripts for Premier Entrepreneurship Journals

Abstract

Article manuscripts are rarely accepted before being improved by their authors in response to editor recommendations. Therefore, authors who succeed in publishing their research in prestigious entrepreneurship journals must master the art of responding to critiques and critics while maintaining the integrity of their submissions. This article presents the results of a survey of editors to give authors authoritative guidelines for revising the presentation of their research so that their findings are more fully developed, accurately conveyed, and ultimately publishable. In a survey of 18 editors and associate editors of six top academic journals with missions to advance entrepreneurship, the editors identify major problems that authors face and proffer possible solutions.

A Bourdieuan Analysis of Qualitative Authorship in Entrepreneurship Scholarship

“…Reviewers and editors felt the work was not scientific enough, or should be more deductive, have hypotheses, or should have a survey added. These findings resonate with a recently article published in Entrepreneurship, Theory & Practice that argues “authors who succeed in publishing their work in prestigious entrepreneurship journals must master the art of responding to critiques and critics while maintaining the integrity of their submissions” (Pearce , p. 193).…”

“…As we have suggested, there is a healthy dialogue between entrepreneurship scholars. Equally, “authors and editors are in a mutually dependent, symbiotic relationship, in which each depends on the successful work of the other to advance entrepreneurship” (Pearce , p. 203). Of course there are may be biases against qualitative work, just as there may be for quantitative work.…”

Survey Response Rates in Family Business Research

“…Nevertheless, to control for potential differences in response rates depending on the outlet where family business survey studies are published, we include this factor in our analysis. Two out of the seven journals on which we rely in this paper – Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (ETP) and the Journal of Business Venturing (JBV) – are consistently considered to be among the very top journals in entrepreneurship (e.g., Pearce, ) and family business research (Chrisman et al ., ). For instance, different from the other journals analyzed in our study, ETP and JBV are included in the Financial Times Top 50 Journals list, and they carry a grade 4 ranking in the latest edition of the Academic Journal Guide published by the Chartered Association of Business Schools in 2018.…”

“…For instance, different from the other journals analyzed in our study, ETP and JBV are included in the Financial Times Top 50 Journals list, and they carry a grade 4 ranking in the latest edition of the Academic Journal Guide published by the Chartered Association of Business Schools in 2018. ETP and JBV receive a high number of submissions and feature a review process that results in comparatively low acceptance rates (Pearce, ). The rigorous review process of ETP and JBV may also be reflected in the response rates of the survey studies published in these two journals.…”