Why Edit a Journal? Academic Irony and Paradox. Issue 1 (2nd January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hay, Iain
• Is Part Of: Professional geographer. Volume 68:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 159
• Page End: 165
• Publication Date: 2016-01-02
• Subjects: academic capitalism -- editing -- journal editing -- open access -- scholarly service; 学术资本，编辑，期刊编辑，开放管道，学术服务。; capitalismo académico, edición, corrección de revistas, acceso abierto, servicio académico; Geography -- Periodicals; 910
• DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2015.1062704
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0033-0124

Abstract

Abstract : Although journal editing is central to scholarly enterprise, helping to maintain academic standards and shape disciplines, it is frequently discouraged within the academic assemblages that depend on it. Following recent contributions by geographers to discussions on academic service such as book editing and reviewing, this article explores some ironies and paradoxes of journal editing. It first discusses the challenges of journal editing as well as its problematic place in "academic capitalism." It then examines professional and personal rewards of journal editing. Despite strong disincentives, journal editing offers valuable opportunities for self-development and deepening professional networks, as well as for refining the discipline.