Journal editors are the main gatekeepers in scientific publishing. Yet there is a concern that
they may receive preferential treatment when submitting manuscripts to their own journals …

Purpose–Although the sabbatical leave is an integral part of academic life, there has been
relatively little empirical, theory-driven research of the process. The purpose of this paper is …

In this article, we use a meta‐analysis to examine the performance of socially responsible
investing (SRI). We find that, on average, SRI neither outperforms nor underperforms the …

It seems have become a common practice for the editorial board members to publish the
publications in their “own” journals. In view of the important position of the board members …

We examine the patterns of editorial collaboration in 20 leading finance journals, from 1994
to 2013. We investigate the social structure of editorship across journals, editorial positions …

We conduct rankings on finance journals based on a rich database of citations for all articles
from a set of 23 finance journals during 1990–2010. Our study is a major improvement in the …

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 …

This article investigates whether the board members of thirty well-known library and
information science journals are especially likely to publish in the journals for which they …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to review studies on ranking in finance journals, which
have grown substantially in recent decades. Design/methodology/approach–This paper …

This article investigates whether editorial board members of selected economic journals
publish their research papers in their 'own'journal. Journals were selected from the Journal …