Journal Editors' Views on the Criteria a Paper Must Meet to Be Publishable

Editors of archival psychological and educational journals were asked to rate the importance of 38 potential standards that can be used to judge publishability of a paper. The standards included classic internal and external validity standards as well as writing standards and criteria pertaining to...

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Published in:Contemporary educational psychology 2002-04, Vol.27 (2), p.338-347
Main Authors: Lounds, Julie, Oakar, Margaret, Knecht, Katryn, Moran, Michael, Gibney, Martha, Pressley, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
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Summary:Editors of archival psychological and educational journals were asked to rate the importance of 38 potential standards that can be used to judge publishability of a paper. The standards included classic internal and external validity standards as well as writing standards and criteria pertaining to the visibility of issues in the paper and the author of the paper. The editors rated most of the standards as at least somewhat important, although some were rated as very important to absolutely essential. There was a significant correlation between editor's ratings of criterial importance and the likelihood of standards being met in published studies. Some potential publication standards are more critical than others in determining publishability, with the ratings generated here providing some guidance about which standards are especially important to meet in preparing a paper for publication consideration.
ISSN:0361-476X
1090-2384
DOI:10.1006/ceps.2001.1092