Gatekeepers of Knowledge: Journal Editors in the Sciences and the Social Sciences

Gatekeepers of Knowledge: Journal Editors in the Sciences and the Social Sciences
ISBN-10
0897896645
ISBN-13
9780897896641
Category
Education
Pages
143
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
Greenwood Publishing Group
Author
Stephen McGinty

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What are journal editors looking for in a manuscript? This fascinating book is built around interviews with thirty-five scholarly journal editors, revealing the crucial issues that inform the work of these important players in the realm of scholarly communication.

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