INVITATIONAL JOURNALS BASED UPON EDITORIAL CONSENSUS: A NEW
EDITORIAL ROLE IN ELECTRONIC JOURNAL PUBLICATION
Target article on Consensus-Journals

Abstract

Objectivity has long been both an ideal in scientific communication and the basis for accreditation claims by authors of journal articles, yet the evaluation of articles for publication proceeds on a mostly subjective basis. This has been particularly true in the case of "invitational journals," where an unassisted editorial judgement may determine whether or not something is published. A "consensus journal" has been proposed, that uses a rigorous measurement model based on multidimensional peer judgements to generate invitations, but this model assumes an infrastructure that is not currently available. An invitational system based on similarity judgements could also yield objective performance measurements. Such a system could be a transitional one between currently existing editorial mechanisms and those of a consensus journal.

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