Of the joys and sorrows of an editor. For Richard S. on a given occasion”, Von den Freuden und Leiden eines Herausgebers Für Richard S. aus gegebenem Anlass

Muriel Dal-Pont Legrand () and Hans-Michael Trautwein
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Muriel Dal-Pont Legrand: CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur, UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur
Hans-Michael Trautwein: OFFIS - Carl Von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg = Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
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Abstract: This paper presents a semi-documentary account of the joys and sufferings of the editor of a scientific journal. We provide a mental cost-benefit analysis of editorship, the laborious production of a common good that is euphemistically defined as ‘organizing peer-reviews of research papers' (of strongly varying quality). The representative editor – for the sake of simplicity referred to as R – is portrayed in typical interaction with authors, reviewers, publishers, co-editors, the editorial self and other potentially malfunctioning agents in the system. Our study is herewith published even though it does not arrive at any results that would justify claims to originality.

Keywords: editorship; common good/s; supply-chain management; agency vs. principality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-10-01
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Published in metropolis. Markt, Staat, Gesellschaft. Eine Festschrift für Richard Sturn, 2022

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