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tral system has been designed with this in mind and will be
able to accommodate the change readily.
Each manuscript is different. Depending on the manuscript, I will assign it to two to four reviewers. For the most
part, I plan to make a positive or negative decision after the
second round of reviews. I believe that it is not fair to
authors or reviewers if a manuscript is dragged out any
longer than this. This means that it is critical for an author
invited to revise and resubmit a manuscript to do an
extremely conscientious and thorough job of the revision.
The current editorial review board (ERB) members
were invited on the basis of multiple criteriatheir particular expertise, past service to the journal, research activity,
and distribution across schools and geographies, among
other criteria. I will add new members to the ERB depending on the needs of the journal. An important consideration
in such appointments will be how well someone has served
and continues to serve JM. On the flip side, if an ERB
member is unable to fulfill his or her reviewing obligations,
it would be entirely appropriate for him or her to step aside
and make room for others.
If you are interested in serving as an ad hoc reviewer for
JM but have not been invited to do so, please let me know. I
will do my best to accommodate your interest. You may
need to fill out a brief profile. (Please contact Chris Bartone
at jom@ama.org for any assistance in this regard. He is a
great resource, and the journal is indebted to him for all he
does.)
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MacInnis, Debbie (2004), Where Have All the Papers Gone?
Reflections on the Decline of Conceptual Articles, ACR News,
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