CISS to Hold Workshop “Editor’s Confidential: Journal Editors Demystify the Peer-Review Process”(October 18)
Publishing research in peer-reviewed journals is an essential component of a successful academic career. On Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 from 3:30-5 pm, a panel of editors of prominent social sciences journals will share insights and advice for how to successfully navigate the peer-review process. The editors will discuss topics including: selecting a target journal, writing a successful manuscript, doing an effective revision, how reviewers are chosen, and the reasons why papers are rejected. The presentation will be followed by audience Q&A.
The event will be held on Zoom, please register here.
Panelists are:
Elizabeth F. Cohen is Political Theory editor of the American Journal of Political Science. AJPS is the flagship journal of the Midwest Political Science Association, and focuses on citizenship, governance, and politics, and the public value of political science research. Dr. Cohen is the Maxwell Professor of United States Citizenship in the Department of Political Science at Boston University. She is the author of four books, and her scholarly articles and reviews have appeared in venues such as Ethics in International Affairs, Citizenship Studies, Perspectives on Politics, Polity, Ethics, and the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy.
Austin Frakt is editor-in-chief of Health Services Research and serves on the editorial board of the American Journal of Managed Care. HSR is an official journal of AcademyHealth, and publishes original investigations that expand understanding of the wide-ranging field of health care and help improve the health of individuals and communities. Dr. Frakt is also an Editor-in-Chief and a primary author of the evidence-based health policy blog The Incidental Economist. He is a Health Economist and Director of the Partnered Evidence-based Policy Resource Center at the Boston VA Healthcare System. He is also a Professor of Health Law, Policy & Management with the Boston University School of Public Health.
Alya Guseva is co-Chief Editor of Socio-Economic-Review (SER). She is an associate professor and director of graduate studies in the Sociology department, and author of Into the Red: The Birth of the Credit Card Market in Postcommunist Russia (2008). SER is the flagship journal of Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE). The journal promotes interdisciplinary dialogue between sociology, economics, political science and moral philosophy, through both empirical and theoretical work.
Kevin Lang is editor-in-chief of Journal of Labor Economics (JOLE). He is the Laurence A. Bloom Professor of Economics. JOLE is the flagship journal of the Society of Labor Economists. The journal publishes international research on issues affecting social and private behavior, and the economy including supply and demand of labor services, personnel economics, distribution of income, unions and collective bargaining, applied and policy issues, and labor markets and demographics.
The session will be moderated by Deborah Carr, editor-in-chief of Journal of Health and Social Behavior,the medical sociology journal of the American Sociological Association. She previously served as editor-in-chief of Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences (2015-20), deputy editor of Journal of Marriage & Family (2005-08; 2011-14), and Social Psychology Quarterly (2011-13). She is professor of sociology and director of the Center for Innovation in Social Science.