Journal Rankings,Collaborative Research and Publication Strategies: Evidence from China

Abstract

The primary focus of our paper is on the potential for in-house journal ranking lists to create friction between international collaborating researchers due to differences in how particular journals are rated on different lists. Using a questionnaire distributed to Chinese accounting researchers, we identify a number of potential friction points between Chinese and UK researchers. We find that almost all of our Chinese respondents use their own school's in-house ranking list as the primary or exclusive reference point for assessing journal quality, and 73% of respondents acknowledge that this has caused problems when working with scholars from other universities because of differences in how their institutions rank journals.     

明清英雄传奇小说生成的商业经济基础

明清英雄传奇小说的生成，除了文学、史学的孕育和赖以生成的文化、审美心理基础，以及适宜于其萌芽、生长的社会政治思想文化氛围，还应该有其重要的商业经济基础。如果没有大量的书商和出版商来刊行它们，如果缺少有一定经济实力、能够购买它们的读者大众，那么英雄传奇小说要想风行于世，仍然是不太可能的。本文着重要探讨的是商业经济方面的因素对英雄传奇小说在刊刻出版、购买传播等方面的影响和制约。     

电子书的发展及其对图书馆的影响

电子图书的出现改变了人们阅读传统纸质图书上的习惯,并成为了读者阅读的首选。作为图书馆馆藏资源的重要组成部分．电子图书免费借阅是必然趋势。电子图书对传统意义上的图书馆将产生深远的影响,对图书馆的用户、图书馆的工作方式以及未来出版物带来革命性的冲击。可以预测的是,在未来相当长一段时间,图书馆的发展会是纸质书籍与电子图书相结合的模式,二者相辅相成,有机结合成一个提供公共信息服务的综合体。     

社会生活与社会问题的图书归类辨析

对《中图法》第四版有关社会生活与社会问题的类目设置进行了分析,并对如何正确类分该类图书提出了看法。     

基于信息化条件的图书第三方物流体系构建

随着我国图书出版业的蓬勃发展．高涨的图书物流成本，巨额的物流设施投入越来越成为限制出版业进一步壮大、提高国际竞争力的瓶颈。文章依托现代物流信息技术，构建了图书第三方物流体系，旨在从合理配置资源、降低物流成本、提高物流效率和服务水平的角度解决这一问题。     

小议图书选题的经济预测

图书选题的经济预测是图书选题的重要内容之一.文章从编辑人员的角度,比较详细地介绍了图书选题经济预测的前提、内容和常用方法,阐述了图书选题经济预测的必要性,提出了编辑人员应做到既懂编辑业务又会算经济的观点.     

论市场经济与法制下的出版自由

出版的自由是法律允许下的自由,出版的不自由也是法律所不允许的自由.在市场经济体制下,政府对出版的宏观管理并不是放任自流,而是用法律、法规规范出版市场.要获得社会主义制度下的出版自由,就必须加强民主、法制,就必须完善社会主义市场经济,坚决打击盗版侵权、宣扬色情暴力、泄露机密危害国家安全的违法现象,如此方能保障我国出版事业在公平有序的市场竞争中健康发展.     

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This study investigates publication profiles of 137 accounting and finance faculty promoted to professor at UK universities during 1992–2007. On average, nine papers in established academic journals, with 5 at the highest 3*/4* quality levels in a portfolio of 20 outputs are required for promotion. Based on various theoretical perspectives, multivariate models of key performance benchmarks (quality and quantity measures) are constructed and have good explanatory power (R 2 Tenure was effectively abolished in the UK via the 1988 Education Reform Act on the insistence of the government. The only real protection that academic employees now have is that of employment law relating to open-ended contracts and to fixed-term contracts longer than 2 years duration. Also, many universities recruit lecturers/assistant professors on probationary contracts and the award of a permanent contract is not guaranteed. We are grateful to the editor and a reviewer for these two corrective comments. ?≥?0.7). Publication requirements seem to have increased over time, argued to be mainly attributable to government-initiated Research Assessment Exercises. For internal promotions, there is some evidence of higher hurdles but no evidence that quality requirements differ based on gender; sub-discipline; research intensity of institution peer group; or government-initiated research ranking of unit. Similarly, the quality benchmark is not reduced for those having an increased recent publication history, a high number of non-ABS outputs or sole-authored papers. Comparison with the US suggests underlying geographically-based paradigm differences. UK promotion benchmarks are argued to have evolved through a dynamic and complex interaction between university managers, the government and the accounting and finance academic community.     

Publishing in an Environment of Predation: The Many Things You Really Wanted to Know,but Did Not Know How to Ask

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this research note is to define and review the extent of “predatory¹1. Predatory an adjective of, relating to, or practicing plunder, pillage, or rapine; inclined or intended to injure or exploit others for personal gain or profit as in predatory pricing practices; living by predation, predaceous; adapted to predation. Source: (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/predatory#synonyms) To avoid connotative inaccuracies the authors intend to convey the construct predatory in its broader sense thereby striving toward denotative accuracy.” publishing process practices in academic journals in recent years. In addition, ascertaining what, if any, substantive damage can result from these practices. And to derive “warnings signs” for those embarking on the road to creating/distributing what they have learned. “Predatory publishing” is the charging of a fee or proving value in exchange for the publication of research material without providing the publication services an author would have reasonably expected such as peer review and editing to mention only a few. There is evidence that this “practice” has sadly grown in prevalence in recent years. Following a review of the literature and using case study methodology, it was found that damages in the case of one large publisher were estimated to be over $50 m, as per a court adjudication in the US. With open access publishing becoming more popular as a result of institutional, funder and national mandates, it is likely more authors could be tempted or even baited into making poor decisions and publishing their research articles in illegitimate journals, wasting funding resources and damaging their research reputations. These and other implications are considered, as well as enumeration of such behaviors with an eye toward fostering deterrence. Further research and actions that could mitigate the problems are outlined.