109 9 M ODELS OF E DITING AND E DITORIAL B OARDS DANIEL E. O’LEARY Contents Introduction 110 Outline of is Chapter 111 Variables for a Model of Size and Structure of Editorial Boards 111 Independent Variables: Size, Association, and Discipline 111 Dependent Variables: Editorial Board Size and Structure 112 Editorial Board Model 113 Effect of Size 113 Effect of Journal Sponsorship 114 Effect of Discipline 114 Power and Editorial Board Size and Structure 114 Relationship between Size and Editorial Board Structure 115 Effect of Sponsorship on Time as Editor 115 Effects of Sponsorship on “Editorial Voice” 116 Editing a Privately Held Journal 116 Editing a Sponsored Journal 116 Role of Editor: Individual or Group? 117 Classical Model of the Editor 117 Editing as “is is Mine” 117 Editing as “Crowdsourcing” 118 Editorial Devices for Crowdsourcing 118 Which Model? 118 Evaluating Referee Reports 119 One Accept and One Reject 119 Contradictory Referee Reports 119 e Hardest ing Is to Say … “Accept” 120 Special (Editorial) Circumstances 120 Editing the “Big Hitter” 120 Editing the Solicited Paper 121 Editing the Special Issue 121 K24053_C009.indd 109 11/17/14 5:32 PM
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Journalsaredistinguishedfromeachotherbyanumberoffactorsthatultimatelycaninfluencethesizeandstructureoftheeditorialboard,the “way” thateditorseditandothereditorially related issues.Thischapterinvestigatessomeoftheseissuesultimatelygeneratingmodelsofeditorialboardsandtheeditorialprocess.
Thischapter isparticularlyconcernedwitheditorialboards inas-muchastheyprovideorganizationandsupporttoeditors.Althougheditorial boards exert influence on their editorial activity, editorsprobably seldom choose the model of their editorial board.* Evenwheneditorsarepartofastart-upjournaltheeditorialboardformatand number of members is likely to be copied from some existingjournalasabenchmark.
Asaresult,thepurposeofthischapteristoprovidesomemodelsofeditingandeditorialboardsinordertobegingenerationofatheoryofeditingandeditorialboards.Inparticular,thischaptercaptureskeyvariablesfromtheeditingandeditorialprocessesandexaminesthepotential impactof those variableson editing and editorial boards.Specifically, this chapter builds a model where three independentvariables(journalsize,whethertheyaresupportedbyanassociation,andthebasediscipline)arerelatedtotwodependentvariables(num-berandorganizationalstructureoftheeditorialboard).Suchamodelwouldallowempiricalanalysisofakeysupportingstructureforedi-tors,theeditorialboard.
Thechapterproceedsasfollows.Thisfirstsectionprovidesmotivationforthechapterandintroducesthechapter.Thenextsectionreviewsamodelofthefactorsthatappeartoleadtotheeditorialboardstruc-tureandsize.Thethirdsectionexaminesanempiricalmodelofedito-rialboardsizeandorganization.Thefollowingtwosectionsdiscusstheimpactofjournalsponsorshiponboththetimethataneditorisaneditorataparticularjournalandtheextenttowhichthesponsorshipprovidesavoicetotheeditor.Next,arangeofdifferentapproachestoediting isexamined,goingfromaclassicalapproachtodifferentextremes,includingcrowdsourcing.Thesectionalsoexaminessomevariablesthatcouldinfluencewhichapproachisused.Thentheissueofrefereereportevaluationisexamined,followedbyasectionexam-ining a number of “special” editorial situations that have occurredover theyears.Thenext sectionexaminesa sequenceof topics thatkeepeditorsawakeatnight.Finally,thelastsectionsummarizesthechapterandexaminesitscontributions.
Variables for a Model of Size and Structure of editorial Boards
Independent Variables: Size, Association, and Discipline
Thissectionlaysoutsomeofthepotentialindependentvariablesthatcouldinfluencetheeditorialvariablesofsizeandeditorialboardstruc-ture.Inparticular,thischaptersuggeststhatthoseindependentvari-ablesincludethesizeofthejournal,whetherthejournalisassociatedwith a society or other sponsoring group, and the “discipline” thatthejournalfunctionsin,forexample,computerscienceorpsychology.First,differentjournalsvarybysize,wheresizecouldbemeasuredbymanyvariables.Forexample,sizecouldbemeasuredbythenumberofpapersorpages submittedeachyearor thenumberofpapersor
Au: Is this outline necessary? There will be a chapter table of contents at top, that basically says the same thing.
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pagespublished in each year in the journal.*That size variable canaffect a number of operational activities associated with editing ajournal,because,ingeneral,themorepaperstherearetoprocessthemorepeoplearerequiredtoprocessthem.Second,journalsarepub-lishedbydifferentsources,rangingfromsocieties(IEEEorACM)and special interest groups to independent publishing groups (e.g.,Taylor&Francis,Elsevier,etc.).Thosesocietiesandspecialinterestgroupshavememberswhoreceivethejournal,oftenaspartofbeingamemberintheorganization.Accordingly,insomecases,thejournalshavebeenestablished toprovideaparticularperspectiveor topro-videtheirmemberswitha“voice”orrepresentation.Third,journalsareapartofvirtuallyeveryacademicdiscipline.Specificdisciplinesorleadingjournalsinthosedisciplinescouldprovideeditorialmod-elsfromwhichjournalsmodelthemselves.Suchexistingjournalsinthedisciplineare likely toprovidemodelsofbestpracticesorwaysofdoingbusiness thatareat leastpartially relatedto theparticulardiscipline.Thus,thedisciplinecanprovidemodelsofeditorialboardsandediting.
Dependent Variables: Editorial Board Size and Structure
Editorialboardstypicallyprovideaformalstructuretosupporttheeditor.Theorganizationofeditorialboardscanrangefromasingleeditorandhisorhereditorialboardtomultiplelayersofeditors,suchas associate and assistant editors. In addition, editorial boards can
A priorithesizeofthejournalcanbeexpectedtoinfluencethenumberofeditorsrequiredtoprocessthosepapers.Forexample,iftherearea
Size: No. ofSubmissions;Frequency ofPublication
Sponsorship:Independent;
Society; Section
Discipline andSub-Discipline
Editorial BoardStructure:
Editor; AssociateEditors; etc.
Size of EditorialBoard: Number
of Editors
Figure 9.1 Model of editorial boards.
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largernumberofpapersratherthanasmallernumberofpapersthereis likely to be a need for more editorial capabilities (more editors).Furthermore,asthenumberofpapersincreases,ratherthanhavingtheeditormakeeverydecision,associateeditorscouldbegiventheauthoritytomakedecisionsaboutpapers.Accordingly,asthedemandtoprocesspapersincreases,ahierarchicalstructurecouldbeneededtoaccommodatethelargernumberofeditors.
Effect of Journal Sponsorship
Journalsponsorshipcaninfluencethenumberofeditors.Forexample,ifajournalisoneofaportfolioofjournalsownedbysomeorganiza-tion,thenthenumberofeditorsintheotherjournalscouldprovideareferencemodeltobefollowed.Inaddition,journalsassociatedwithsponsorshipsettingsultimatelycouldhavepromulgatedaneditorialboardstructure,eitherbecauseoftheexistenceofsuccessfulmodelsfromrelatedjournalsorbecausethegroupeffectivelyrecommendsaparticularmodel.As a result,wewould expect that journals spon-soredbythesamegroupmayhavesimilarorganizationalmodels.
Effect of Discipline
Similarly,thedisciplineinwhichthejournalisbasedcanaffectthenumberofeditorsandtheorganizationalmodeloftheeditorialboard.Thedisciplineprovidesanumberofrelatedjournalsthatcanbeusedtoprovide referencemodelsofboth thenumberof editors and theeditorialmodel.
Power and Editorial Board Size and Structure
“Power” may be a critical issue at some point in the evaluation ofboardsizeandstructure.Ifaneditorialboardissmallerratherthanlarger,thatwouldsuggestthateachmemberoftheboardhasmore“power”regardingthepossibilityofgettingpublishedinthejournal.Furthermore, different editorial board structures appear to put theeditorialpowerindifferentgroupsofeditors.Forexample,iftheedi-torialboardusesassociateeditorswhomakeeditorialdecisionsthenthepoweroftheeditorisdiffusedtothoseassociateeditorswhohave
Concernswitheditorpowerprobablyaremost likelytomanifestthemselves in sponsored journals. However, a priori, it is unclearif journal sponsorships result in diffusing publication power of theeditortoassociateeditorswhomakepublicationdecisionsoriftheycentralizethepowerineditorialmodelswhereasingleeditormakeseditorialdecisionsonpapers.
Relationship between Size and Editorial Board Structure
Finally,itmaybethateditorialboardsizeandstructurearerelated.If there are a large number of editors it can prove to be necessaryto generate organizational structure devices to help manage them.Forexample,iftherearealargenumberofeditors,itcouldfacilitateorganizationandprocessingofpaperstohavesomeeditors(associateeditors)chargedwithdifferentdecisions,suchasdeterminingwhetherapapershouldbepublished.Alternatively,certainstructuresarelikelytobeable toaccommodatea largereditorialboard.Forexample, ifthereareassociateeditorschargedwithmakingeditorialdecisionsonpapers,thentheyarelikelytoneed(oraccommodate)additionaledi-torstohelprefereethepapers.Accordingly,researchoftheseissuesmightalsodrawfromtheclassicspanofcontrolliterature.
effect of Sponsorship on Time as editor
What are the primary variables that seem to influence the editor’stenureat aparticular journal?Perhaps themost importantvariableis likely to be whether the editorial position is for an independentjournalorasociety/sectionjournal.Editorialactivitiesforsocietyandsectionjournalsaretypicallylimitedto“terms,”forexample,threeorfouryears.Editorsmaygetmultipleterms,however,frommyexpe-rience,editorsrarelygetmorethanoneortwoterms.Ontheotherhand,editorialtenureforindependentjournalscanbearbitrarilylong:there are rarely specific terms of service. Although the other twoindependentvariables(sizeanddiscipline)fromFigure 9.1alsomayaffecteditorialtenure,theiroveralleffectsarenotlikelyasinfluential.
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effects of Sponsorship on “editorial Voice”
There probably are a number of different variables that appear toinfluencethemodelofeditingusedbyaneditor.Basedonmyexpe-rience,oneparticularly importantvariable iswhether the journal isindependentsponsored.
In some cases the journal is part of some group such as a sectionfromasociety,andtheeditorrepresentsthemembersofthatsociety.Editorsofsectionjournalscanfacepoliticalbattlesoverthecontent:“Thereshouldbemorex research;youarebiasedtoomuchtowardyresearch.”Editoriallythiscanmeantryingtogivethesponsoringmembera“voice”intheeditorialprocess.Inthatsituation,theper-spectiveofthemembersofthesectionbecomescritical.
Formebeingtheeditorofasectionjournalmeantensuringthatthevoiceofthesectionwasheardandfindingawaytoembedthatintotheeditorialprocess.Foreachpaper, thismeant relyingheavilyonrefereereportsthatweregatheredspecificallyfromsectionmembers.Accordingly,astheeditorofasectionjournal,IreliedveryheavilyonthejudgmentoftherefereeswhoImadesurewereallgatheredfromthesponsoringsection. Au: this sentence
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role of editor: individual or Group?
Editinggenerally isseenasaroleinagroupactivity,withtheedi-tor functioningwithin the context of an editorial board.Althoughitappearsthatmosteditorsemploya“classical”approachtoediting,thereareatleasttwootherextremes.Atoneextreme,theeditorplayssuchastrongrolethattheentireeditorialprocesscanbereducedtoasinglerole,theeditor.Attheotherextreme,theeditorissimplyonememberof thecrowdandtheoverallapproachtoediting isoneofcrowdsourcingediting.
Incontrasttotheclassicmodel,the“thisismine”editoroftentakesaheavyhandonmostpapers.Forexample,theeditormaycompletelyreviewthepaperbeforehedecideswhethertosendthepapertothereferees.Inthissetting,theeditormaycompletelyrewritesentencesand even entire sections.Usually the author is not in aposition toobject,somostauthorssimplyimplementtheeditor’schanges.
Atanotherextreme,writingandeditingcantaketheformofcrowd-sourcing.Aresearchpaper is sent toa senioreditorand then to therefereesandinputisgathered.Ingeneral,themorerefereesthereare,themoreadditionalinformationthatcanbegathered.Theeditormayreviewthepaperandprovideanadditionalsetofcomments.Insodoingtheauthorscangetmanynewideasrelatedtothepaper.OvertheyearsIhavehadanumberofauthorsthanktherefereesandeditorsfornewideasforresearchpapersderivingfromthecrowdsourcingmodel.
Some journals push this crowdsourcing model even before thepaper is submitted, encouraging the author to submit the paper tomajorconferencesbeforesubmittingthepapertothe journal.Insodoingthepapergathersincreasingamountsofinputfromthecrowd.In addition, the paper gets additional credibility stamps of havingbeenacceptedandpresentedatthesetofparticularconferences.
Although the comments may not necessarily be helpful, theauthors are not in a position to not accept the crowd’s suggestionsbecause the editor and referees typically will have at least anotheropportunitytoevaluatethepaper.Althoughsomepapersareheav-ilycrowdsourced,thereaderwillnotknowotherthanbyreviewingtheacknowledgments.
Editorial Devices for Crowdsourcing
Thereareanumberofdevicesthatcanfacilitateeditorialcrowdsourc-ing. For example, papers can be posted and referees can choose torefereeapaperorapartofapaper.Similarly,associateeditorscouldchoosetotakecontrolofeditingapaperratherthanbeingassignedapaper.Potentially,refereesandeditorscouldvoteonwhethertoacceptapaper.However,suchapproachescouldarguablygenerateinappro-priateorbiasedreviewsfromparticipantswhoarenot“arms-length.”Finally,therecouldbeaconcernthattheeditorialworkmightnotgetdone:“Whowilltakethepaperthatnoonewantstoreview?”
Which Model?
Based on my experience the classic model and its crowdsourcingnaturearethemostfrequentlyused.ThemodelinFigure 9.1provides
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atleasttwosetsofvariablesastowhy.Theuseofthe“thisismine”approach likely has mostly been outside sponsored society settingswheretheeditorisbasedinanindependentjournalandtherearenoreal“member”concerns.Inaddition,thenumberofpaperssubmittedandprocessedcanalsoinfluencetheeditorialapproach.Forexample,ifthereareasubstantialnumberofpaperssubmitted,thentheeditorisnotlikelytohavesufficienttimetoplayamajorroleinevaluatingeachpaper.Finally,thedisciplinealsoislikelytohaveaneffectwitheditorsinsimilardisciplinespotentiallyfollowingsimilararchetypes.
evaluating referee reports
On the surface, being a journal editor means sending a paper toreferees,waiting for their reports,andthenreporting theresults tothe author. The ideal situation is where two or more referees eachsubmittheirrefereereportsinatimelymanner,substantiatingtheirevaluationwithwell-reasonedcommentsinsufficientdetailsoastobeabletofollowthereasoningbehindtheirrecommendation,whilesimultaneouslyprovidingsufficientguidancetotheauthorforrevisingthepaper.Inaddition,inthisidealsituation,therefereeshavesimilarjudgments, of which the editor can confirm and generate a timelyresponsetotheauthors.Unfortunately,theidealsituationisrelativelyrare.Refereesoftentimesdisagreewitheachotherandthequalityoftheirdiscussionsofthepapermaybeverylimited.
One Accept and One Reject
A difficult situation for editors arises when there are two refereereports,one“accept”andone“reject.” Inaddition, toconfoundthesituationfurther,inthissetting,inevitably,oneoftherefereereportsdoesnotprovidemuchinsightintowhytherefereemadetheevalua-tionthathedid.Asaresult,thissettingoftenrequiresthattheeditorbe the “tie breaker” or that additional referees be sought. In eithercase,thiscansubstantiallyextendthereviewtimeforthepaper.
thatthescopeofthepapershouldbecutdownbecausethepaperwastoo broad. That referee also indicated that the paper was too long.However, theotherrefereereportsuggestedthatthepaperwastoonarrowandreallyneededtoconsiderotherissues.Thesecondrefereesuggested that thepaperwas too short.The reviewswent as far asliterallytosuggestexcluding/includingthesameissues.
Althoughtheauthorcantrytoaccommodateboth, it isunlikelythathewillbesuccessfulinsuchasituation.Suchdivergentreportseffectivelyrequiretheeditortomakeadecisiononewayortheother.
The Hardest Thing Is to Say … “Accept”
Inacademia,PhDstudentsaretaughttofindlimitationsinresearchbyanalyzingabroadrangeofpapers.Evenpapersthatarepublishedin well-respected journals, generating large numbers of citations,sometimesarecriticizedas“mistakes.”
Asaresult,inmanycasesthehardestthingforareferee(oreditor)istosayyestoapaper.Instead,asarefereeortheeditor,the“safest”strategyisjustsayno.Afterall,everypapercanbeimproved,atleastfrom someperspective.Accordingly, it is easy to sayno to apaperbecause thedata couldbebetter,or theprevious research isnot ascompleteasitcouldbe,oritcouldbebetterwritten,orthereismoreanalysisthatcouldbedone.Unfortunately,wearenotoftentaughttofindthebeautyinapaper.
Special (editorial) Circumstances
Asaneditortherecanbesome“difficult”specialcircumstances.Forexample, editors may note that some contributors are particularlyinfluentialandwellknown(e.g.,the“BigHitter”).Asanotherexam-ple,editorsmaysolicitapaperfromaspecificuserorgroupofusersresultinginitsownconcerns.
Mosteditorsemployadouble-blindreviewprocess.Accordingly,theappearanceoftheBigHitterasanauthorshouldbeeliminatedby theprocess.However, in some cases referees try to identify theauthors. In other settings the process is not double-blind so thatthe reviewer knows who the authors are. As a result, there can beinformation corrupting the editorial process so that reviewers candeterminetheauthors.
In some settings the editorwill seekout apaper fromaparticularauthororgroupofauthors,effectivelypromisingtopublishthatpaper.Editingthispapercanbeproblematic,becausetheeditorwantsthepapercontributedbutontheotherhandheorshewantstomakesureitisdonewellandmeetstheneedsofthejournal.Ifthepaperisnotinitiallywelldoneitcanbedifficultgettingtheappropriatechanges.Inanycase,solicitingpapersismucheasierindependentofanyspon-soring organizations inasmuch as there is no concern for equity ofmembersorbiasingtheeditorialprocessforanonmember.
Editing the Special Issue
In some settings special issues of a journal are delegated to a spe-cialissueeditorialteam.Inthiscasethejournaleditorhastodecideifhe trusts thateditorial team“enough”or ifheshouldprovidean
Perhapsthemostimportantissuefacingeacheditorrelatestotheinfor-mation intheresearchpapers thatheultimatelypublishes:Aretheresults real? In some cases there have been research papers wheretheresearchershavebeenaccusedofliterallymakingupthedata.
One of the most recent cases focuses on a well-known account-ingprofessor fromBentleyUniversity inBoston.ThecaseofJamesHunton has been documented in a sequence of newspaper articlesfromThe Boston Globe(Healy,2012,2014)andareportfromBentleyUniversity’sethicsofficer(Malone,2014,“BentleyReport”).
Aftertheretractionofaresearchpaperbecauseofconcernsaboutdata in the original paper (Hunton and Gold, 2013) and after thereportfromBentleyUniversity’sethicsofficer(Malone,2014),therewas substantial concern by the sponsoring organization (AmericanAccounting Association—AAA) that owned the journal that pub-lished the retracted paper about what the findings meant to bothother authors and other research papers. For example, as noted inMalone (2014) the confidential incident reporter raised concernsabout10otherpapers.Furthermore,asnotedbytheexecutivedirec-toroftheAAA,Sutherland(2014,p.2)“…asmallteamhasbeentasked with developing and implementing the steps necessary toaddresstheimplicationsoftheBentleyreportacrossalljournalspub-lishedbytheAAA.”Notjusttheauthorsoftheoriginalpaperwouldbeaffected,butadditionalauthorsandadditionaljournalspotentially
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wouldbeaffected.AsnotedbySutherland(2014,p.2)“…ournextstepswillinvolvereachingouttoallcoauthorsofthe30relatedarti-cles published across eight of our journals, asking them to provideindependentevidenceofthevalidityofthedataonwhichtheirarti-clesarebased.”Accordingly,therewasconcernaboutwhethersomeof Hunton’s other previous research papers published by the AAAwerebasedonvalidor invaliddata.Finally,Sutherland(2014)alsonotedthattheAAA“…willtakeactionaswarrantedbyoutcomesofourprocess.”Asaresult,additionalpapersmayalsobeaffectedbytheseinvestigations.
Have the Results Been Published Before?
Anothercriticalconcernis,“Hasthepaperbeenpublishedbefore?”Thereareatleastthreewaysthatleadtodeterminingifthepaperhasbeenpreviouslypublished.First,Ihavehadrefereesindicateontheirreportsthatthepaper(oronethatlooksalotlikethepapersentthemtoreview)hasbeenpublishedbeforeeitherbecausetheyknewaboutthe previous version or ran across it as part of the referee process.Second,Ihavefoundthepaperaspartofaninformalsearchtodeter-mineifthepaperhadbeenpreviouslypublished.Third,therearenowtools(analogousto“Blackboard”)availabletosearchtheInternettodetermine if thepaperhas beenpreviously published or the extenttowhichthepaperhasappearedinotherformsorsettings.
Referees
Asaneditorakeyactivityischoosingrefereesforapaper.Occasionally,Ihavefoundthatpotentialrefereesaccepttheassignment,butthendonotprovidearevieworprovideauselessreviewwithnorealsubstan-tivecomments.Unfortunately,bythetimethattheeditorfindsouteithersituation,thepapertypicallyhasbeeninprocessforarelativelylongperiodoftime.Furthermore,typically,anotherrefereemustbefoundandgiven sufficient time to review thepaper.Accordingly, Ihavefoundthatthelackofappropriaterefereeresponseistheprimaryfactorslowingtheeditorialprocess.
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Summary, Contributions, and extensions
Thischapterhaspresentedsomemodelsofeditorialboardsandedit-ingandexaminedsomeoftheissuesthateditorsface.Thisdiscussionsuggests that issues suchas journal size (input,output,or the rela-tionshipbetweenthem),sponsorship,anddisciplinecanhaveamajorimpactoneditingandeditorialboards.
Contributions
Thischaptergeneratedmodelsofeditingandtheeditorialboard.Insodoing,thischapterhasgeneratedanumberofassertionsaboutedi-torialboardsandtheeditorialprocessthatultimatelycouldbegintogeneratea“theoryoftheeditorialprocess.”Inaddition,manyofthoseassertions and models could be analyzed empirically. For example,thechapternotedthatitappearsthatlargerjournals(e.g.,withmorepapersubmissions)aremorelikelytoemployaneditorialmodelwithassociateeditorswhoareresponsibleforensuringthatpapersgetref-ereed and ultimately making decisions regarding paper acceptance.Asanotherexample,thechapteranalyzedtheimpactofjournalspon-sorshipsonarangeofdifferentvariables, includingeditorialboardsandediting.
Extensions
Thereare anumberof extensions to thediscussion in this chapter.First, themodelsgenerated inthischapterare largelybasedonmyexperienceasaneditor,referee,andauthor.However,itwouldseemthat someexisting theorycouldbeapplied to someof these issues.Forexample,inthemodelsdevelopedinthischapterthesizeoftheorganization(e.g.,numberofsubmissions,numberofpagesprinted,etc.)seemstoaffecteditorialboardsandediting.Similarly,organiza-tionsizehasplayedanimportantpartineconomic-basedmodelsoforganizations.Asaresult,additionaltheoriescouldbegeneratedandembeddedinthesemodelsofeditingandeditorialboards.Second,inthischapter,editorialboardsizeandstructurewereeachtreatedasdependentvariables.However,itislikelythatthereissomeinterac-tionbetweenthosetwovariables.Forexample,alargeeditorialboard
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likelyrequiresmorehierarchicalstructurethanasmalleditorialboard.Third, it canbe argued that editorial boardsprovide a signal as tothe nature and quality of the journal, a governance model of howpaperswillberefereed,aready-to-usesourceofeditingandrefereeingcapabilities,andasignalastobywhomandhoweachpaperwillberefereed.Furtherresearchcouldinvestigatetheextenttowhichthosesignals could be captured by empirical models of editorial boards.Fourth,anumberofjournalsemployspecialissuesgeneratedbyeitherexistingeditorialboardmembersorthosefromoutsidetheeditorialboard.Typically,thosespecialissuesarebasedonpapersfromawork-shoporsymposiumorthepapersarechosenaroundaspecialtopicoralimitedscope.Asaresult,oftentimesthosespecialissuesrequiretheabilitytodependontheeditorstoensurethatthecontentisrefereedappropriately. As a result, this can require an organization schemewhichcaptures that independence.Fifth,perhaps timealsoplaysasignificantroleinjournaleditorialboards.Forexample,asajournalevolvesovertimethestructuresusedtogovernitcanevolvetoincludeincreasinglevelsofcomplexity,suchashavingmultipletypesofedito-rialboardmembers.
Malone, J. (2014). “Report of Judith A. Malone, Bentley University EthicsOfficer, Concerning Dr. James E. Hunton,” https://www.bentley.edu/files/Hunton%20report%20July21.pdf,July 21,2014.