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Journal of Scholarly Publishing 

Volume 44, Number 3 / April 2013 

http://utpjournals.metapress.com/content/x6u603441807/

 

This issue contains: 

 

A Three-Decade History of the Duration of Peer Review

R. Lee Lyman 

 

Review time is the duration between submission of a manuscript for possible
publication and the author's receipt of notification of the editor's
decision. There are two key questions about the peer-review process: (1) Has
average review time changed over the past several decades? and (2) Has the
adoption of online submission reduced average review time? A sample of 170
manuscripts submitted to a variety of journals from 1980 through 2012
indicates (1) no statistically significant difference between average review
time for manuscripts submitted to behavioural science journals (mean=14.8
weeks) and average review time for manuscripts submitted to natural history
journals (mean=15.2 weeks); (2) a statistically significant decrease from
1980 to 2012 in average review time irrespective of form of submission
(i.e., paper or electronic); and (3) manuscripts submitted in paper form
(1980–2009) had an average review time five weeks longer than that of
manuscripts submitted online or electronically (2004–2012).

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Disruptive Technological History: Papermaking to Digital Printing

Jocelyn Hargrave       

 

Disruptive technologies have been crucial to the shaping of publishing
history. Paradoxically, while each of the technologies—specifically, the
evolution of papermaking in Europe starting in the late thirteenth century,
Gutenberg's printing press and type-casting from metal in the fifteenth
century, lithographic offset printing in the twentieth century, and digital
printing in the twenty-first century—has, on its own, been indeed
revolutionary in nature, together they have served their role in the
evolution of the publishing industry. Simply put, the present publishing
industry would not be where it is without them.

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Through Clio's Lens: Exploring Disciplinary, Intellectual, and Historical
Orientations in the History of Photography

Anne L. Buchanan, Jean-Pierre V. M. Hérubel          

 

This conceptually driven exploratory discussion of history of photography
serves to capture and situate the use of photography and photographic
evidence in history journals. Since its invention in 1839 in Europe,
photography has evolved to assume its near hegemonic ubiquity throughout the
world, permeating media in general. Gaining insight into the history of
photography as a disciplinary formation and specialization addresses
disciplinary issues beyond the confines of art history, of which photography
has been identified traditionally as a sub-field. To identify global and
overarching characteristics of the literature, Historical Abstracts was
consulted in order to collect and classify articles in the years 1961–1970,
1971–1980, 1981–1990, 1991–2000, and 2001–2010. Further analysis of the data
revealed major characteristics of history of photography that appeared in a
spectrum of journals beyond the purview of art history journals. Selected
subjects were used to further articulate the complex nature of the history
of photography, bringing into focus general disciplinary and intellectual
currents animating these findings.

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The Barriers to Producing High Quality Library and Information Science
Research in Developing Countries: The Case of Pakistan

Kanwal Ameen           

 

It is generally recognized that in many developing countries, for a variety
of reasons, research output in most disciplines lags behind that in the
developed nations. Among the reasons is a range of factors that may hinder
good-quality research outputs. This paper focuses on the matter of research
quality in library and information science (LIS) in Pakistan as a case
study. To test the types of barriers that the researcher believes hinder the
production of quality research in Pakistan, a web-based survey was conducted
using a questionnaire consisting of structured and open-ended questions. The
questionnaire was based on a set of barriers to quality research production,
which were identified from the literature. The respondents were asked to
indicate their views on the impact of these barriers on the production of
quality research. The data was analysed using SPSS. The findings reveal that
the lack of critical thinking, a poor research culture, lack of
encouragement of research, and inadequate imparting of research skills in
LIS education are the most significant barriers. The study suggests that
determining the order in which to tackle these barriers will facilitate the
production of high-quality research in countries like Pakistan.

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DOI: 10.3138/jsp.44.3.004

 

Source References and the Scientist's Mind-Map: Harvard vs. Vancouver Style

Marcus Clauss, Dennis W. H. Müller, Daryl Codron  

 

As a scientist develops, a referencing system (linking results/hypotheses to
sources) evolves in the mind. This mind-map is an essential working tool
that uses indexing features—such as author names—as reference points. The
Harvard style (HS), in which citations in the text are made of names and
years of publication and the references are listed in alphabetical order,
actively helps to establish this mind-map. In our view, the Vancouver style
(VS), in which citations in the text are numbers and the references are
listed in order of appearance within the text, does not enhance the
formation of a mind-map in a similar way and makes detections of incongruity
between the reader's mind-map and the text more difficult. In an ideal
academic world, HS would be used because of these two effects: constant
education of and easy quality control by the scientific reader. Although VS
reduces printing space and allows easier reading for less academically
trained readers, scientific readers may find this style difficult when
trying to check and verify sources. For reviewers, who cannot opt not to
make such checks, VS is even more tedious. We advocate that journals using
VS in print should use HS for the reviewing process; further, in the final
printed version, the references should be numbered and listed alphabetically
rather than according to the order in which they are cited. Especially for
maturing scientists, reading texts with HS referencing is essential.

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A Short Note on Pointless Reference Formatting

Philippe C. Baveye     

 

In the last few years, several authors have opined that the multitude of
reference styles used in scholarly journals is entirely pointless. In this
brief note, a back-of-the-envelope calculation shows that this profusion of
styles leads to significant waste of researchers' time and financial
resources, all of which could be spent on far more meaningful pursuits. A
simple solution is for all journals to adopt a single reference format. This
could happen relatively easily, it is argued, if major funding agencies
decided to back the idea.

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Death of a Small Journal?

Stephen K. Donovan  

 

What is the little journal to do in this era of impact factors, burgeoning
lists of international publications available in both hard copy and online,
and academic effort being increasingly focused on attaining the highest
profile for an individual's home institution? It seems that viable models
are get big, if you can, or stay small and serve a specialist/regional
audience. The middle ground of a moderate profile journal that does not
appear on the right citation indices appears to be a recipe for extinction.

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Something Wiki This Way Comes

William W. Savage, Jr.           

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Book Reviews

 

Helen Sword, Stylish Academic Writing, reviewed by Stephen K. Donovan

Leo Mallette and Clare Berger, Writing for Conferences: A Handbook for
Graduate Students and Faculty, reviewed by Steven E. Gump

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PDA and the University Press

Joseph J. Esposito, Kizer Walker, Terry Ehling         

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