Editorial

Editorial: How to develop a quality research article and avoid a journal desk rejection

Dwivedi, Yogesh K. (Swansea University; Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University)
Hughes, Laurie (Swansea University)
Cheung, Christy M.K. (Hong Kong Baptist University)
Conboy, Kieran (National University of Ireland Galway)
Duan, Yanqing (University of Bedfordshire Business School)
Dubey, Rameshwar (Liverpool Business School)
Janssen, M.F.W.H.A. (TU Delft Information and Communication Technology)
Jones, Paul (Swansea University)
Sigala, Marianna (University of Piraeus)
Viglia, Giampaolo (University of Portsmouth; University of Aosta Valley)

2022

The desk rejection of submitted articles can be a hugely frustrating and demotivating process from the perspective of the researcher, but equally, a time-consuming and vital step in the process for the Editor, tasked with selecting appropriate articles that meet the required criteria for further review and scrutiny. The feedback from journal Editors within this editorial, highlights the significant gaps in understanding from many academics of the journal assessment process and acceptance criteria for progression to the review stage. This editorial offers a valuable “lived-in” perspective on the desk rejection process through the lens of the Editor, via the differing views of nine leading journal Editors. Each Editor articulates their own perspectives on the many reasons for desk rejection, offering key insight to researchers on how to align their submissions to the specific journal requirements and required quality criteria, whilst demonstrating relevance and contribution to theory and practice. This editorial develops a succinct summary of the key findings from the differing Editor perspectives, offering a timely contribution of significant value and benefit to academics and industry researchers alike.

Article submission
Desk rejection
Journal review
Publishing

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a64379f8-148b-4fc7-8ce6-308404c18a10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2021.102426

2022-03-21

0268-4012

International Journal of Information Management, 62

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© 2022 Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Laurie Hughes, Christy M.K. Cheung, Kieran Conboy, Yanqing Duan, Rameshwar Dubey, M.F.W.H.A. Janssen, Paul Jones, Marianna Sigala, Giampaolo Viglia