Hello dear RG members. I think, many journal administrations evaluate the articles sent to them according to the popularity of the authors. If the popularity of the author or authors is high, peer-review processes are initiated regardless of the quality of the study. And I'm pretty sure that most of these "popular authors" added to the articles don't have the slightest idea about the article content. However, when a new or unknown author submits a study, no matter how high-quality the article is, the answers are mostly "out of the scope", "there is not enough innovation", "the article does not match the journal". What do you think about the fairness of journal management?
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I agree that an "old boy club" is evident in some journals, but at the same time many journals can afford to be selective, since they receive thousands of submissions a year.
Please refer to a paper that I have written viz. “Writing for Publication for Students and University Staff”, which extensively describes the peer-review process and other elements that could lead to the rejection of a paper. The paper is freely available on ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342549330_Writing_for_Publication_for_Students_and_University_Staff
Thank you for your answer dear Rodney Duffett .
Of course, there is nothing more natural than the selective behavior of journals. But what I mean is whether the selectivity criterion is fair or not. For example, you sent an article on the subject "XXX" and the answer is "out of scope". But there are a few articles on this subject in the next issue.
Also, thank you for your article suggestion.
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I agree with this submission having experienced it in times past. However, I also believe that some journals give time and attention to articles and many times, even if they articles are not accepted for publication, the reviews made, if implemented by the author, make the articles better for future publication.
Thank you for your answer Kasarachi Hayford Innocent .
Of course, this is not the case for all journals. I was just generalizing. Otherwise, as you stated, not every article has to be accepted. However, I think that works of the same subject and quality should be treated equally and fairly, regardless of who the author is.
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I agree this system stifle originality and I agree with the comment that a lot of Journals seem to value an author’s name more than their work. Unfortunately there seems to be no better system at the moment for manuscript acceptances. It helps, as @Rodney pointed out, that some journals get a lot of submissions every year so are less dependent on “bad” articles.
Selektivitas artikel penelitian memang diperlukan sesuai dengan disiplin keilmuan dan direview oleh orang yg memiliki kepakaran ilmu dibidangnya, dalam rangka menjaga kualitas hasil penelitian ya dipublish, akan tetapi proses yang demikian akan menjadi lebih strategis dgn kolaborasi dalam melihat aspek lainnya
No. Some journals do not use professional referees to judge a paper. I myself had been suggested by some journals to review a paper that was out of my research background, and I refused to review it. But I could accept the suggestion and unfairly reject or accept the paper.
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