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The editor conundrum: Using editormetrics to map and measure the networks of brokerage of telecommunications journals
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Journals’ editors play a key role in the development of the “scientific industry”. They are the journal entrepreneurs that filter what is published or not when a researcher submits an article. However, they are very little scrutinized. This paper interrogates and explores the editorial foundations of journals in the field of electronic communication studies and policy. The methodological strategy was to create a database of editorial boards on the homepages of the top five journals in the field and then provide an institutional, geographic, and gender perspective on participation. This empirical design allows the development of a nontraditional approach to assess the importance of journals of the field's gatekeepers. The results show evidence of a group of editors that is mostly North American, male, and affiliated with academic institutions. We also observe that gender diversity has a positive correlation with the impact of the journal as measured by SJR, while the number of editors and institutional reputation have a negative association. Overall, the findings are of general significance as they provide insights into the rules and role of editorial boards in academic governance and the reputation and standards of journals as an important institution in the modern scholarly enterprise.
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Dissertation presented as the partial requirement for obtaining a Master's degree in Statistics and Information Management, specialization in Information Analysis and Management
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journals’ editors communication studies editorial boards gatekeepers correlation