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A Guide to
Publishing for
Academics
Inside the Publish or
Perish Phenomenon
A Guide to
Publishing for
Academics
Inside the Publish or
Perish Phenomenon
Edited by Jay Liebowitz
DiSanto Visiting Chair in Applied Business and Finance,
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology,
Pennsylvania, USA
CRC Press
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Contents
Preface ix
List of contributors xi
chaPter 1 Don’t Do as i Do; Do as i say 1
JOHN S. EDWARDS
chaPter 2 GrabbinG reaDers: how to focus your
PaPer’s titLe anD contents on its Major
theoreticaL contribution rather than
the LocaL context of the stuDy 15
ARCH G. WOODSIDE
chaPter 3 weLL-Done Literature reviews: a
journaL’s eDitor-i n- chief PersPective 25
MURRAY E. JENNEX
chaPter 4 PositioninG your PaPer for PubLication in
a journaL: where Do authors Go wronG? 41
ALEX KOOHANG
chaPter 5 PubLishinG in technoLoGy anD innovation
ManaGeMent journaLs: PersPectives froM
both siDes of the fence 53
JEREMY HALL
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chaPter 6 how couLD My PaPer have Gotten
rejecteD? 67
JAMES R. MARSDEN
chaPter 7 aDvice on PreParinG anD revisinG
journaL ManuscriPts in business
anD society toPics 79
DUANE WINDSOR
chaPter 8 interDisciPLinary research: Pathway
to MeaninGfuL PubLications 93
DONALD E. BROWN
chaPter 9 MoDeLs of eDitinG anD eDitoriaL boarDs 109
DANIEL E. O’LEARY
chaPter 10 the eDitor is often a coach 127
STEVEN R. GORDON
chaPter 11 haPPy MarriaGe or oDD couPLe:
refLections on eDitinG the Journal of
Homeland Security and emergency management 141
IRMAK RENDA- TANALI AND SIBEL MCGEE
chaPter 12 ruLes for referees 157
DENNIS E. LOGUE
chaPter 13 writinG scientific journaL articLes:
Motivation, barriers, anD suPPort 169
JOANNA O. PALISZKIEWICZ
chaPter 14 Lost in transLation anD other
chaLLenGes of new anD internationaL
researchers seekinG PubLication 179
ANTHONY K.P. WENSLEY
chaPter 15 PubLishinG in LeaDinG journaLs: an
overview for asPirant authors earLy
in their careers 191
SUPRATEEK SARKER
