The Characteristics of Journal Editorial Boards in Library and Information Science

Authors

  • Peter Willett Professor, Department of Information Science, The University of Sheffield

Keywords:

Academic Journal, Editorial Boards, Journal, Library and Information Science, Professional Journal

Abstract

A study of the members of the editorial boards of 16 leading LIS journals shows that the boards vary markedly in size, in diversity (in terms of both gender and nationality) and in the experience and publication/citation profiles (based on Web of Science data) of their board-members. A typical editorial board member will be male, work in the USA, have published their first LIS article in 1995, and have 9.5 publications and 39 non-self citations to those publications, with the publication/citation profiles differing significantly from those of non-board-member contributors to the 16 journals.

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Published

2015-11-06

How to Cite

Willett, P. (2015). The Characteristics of Journal Editorial Boards in Library and Information Science. International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology, 3(1). Retrieved from https://ijkcdt.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/ijkcdt/article/view/28

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2013)

Section

Articles

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