Publishing in Journals

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Publishing in Journals Academic Success and
Professional Development Workshop The George
Washington University Fall 2005 General
publishing tips by James Bailey, Professor of
Management Science and editor of the Academy of
Management Learning and Education.
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Sponsorship and Submissions

• AMLE is sponsored by the Academy of
  Managementthe largest association of business
  professors in the world--complimenting its other
  three journals, Academy of Management Executive,
  Academy of Management Journal and Academy of
  Management Review. AMLE has approximately 16,000
  subscriptions. All submitted papers go through a
  rigorous peer-review process where the editor or
  one of the associate editors serves as decision
  editor, and at least two reviews are solicited,
  one from the Editorial Board (for more detail see
  http//aom.pace.edu/amle/).

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Acceptance Rates

• AMLE processes approximately 170 submissions per
  year. The average acceptance rate is 8 for
  papers submitted to the Research Reviews
  section, and 31 for papers submitted to the
  Essays, Dialogues Interviews section (the
  latter rate is higher because EDI submissions are
  vetted by the editor in advance).

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Journal Ranking

• 2004 Social Science Citation Index Impact Factor
  (calculated by dividing the number of SSCI
  citations in 2004 to articles published in 2002
  and 2003 by the number of articles published in
  2002 and 2003) is 1.232. Ranked 18th among over
  150 journals in the Management category.
• Combining citations from SSCI, Business Source
  Premier and Google Scholar, AMLE has been cited
  122 times in academic journals since inception,
  in such outlets as Academy of Management Review,
  Academy of Management Executive, Decision
  Science, Harvard Business Review, Human
  Relations, IEEE Transactions in Engineering
  Management, Journal of Applied Psychology,
  Journal of Business Ethics, Leadership Quarterly
  and Personnel Psychology. (This is a
  conservative accounting of citations. The
  comprehensive AMLE Citations Report is available
  from the editor upon request.)

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Press Coverage

• Over the last four years, articles published in
  AMLE have been covered in the following sources
  Associated Press, Business 2.0, Business Week,
  Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, Financial
  Times (4 stories), Fortune, Fox New Channels
  Your World with Neil Cavuto, Houston Chronicle,
  Miami Herald, National Post, National Public
  Radio, Newsday, The Boston Globe, The Economist
  (3 stories), The Independent, The Times of India,
  Toronto Star and USA Today (2 stories).

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Publishing Tips

• Do not put Pen to Paper lest you Possess a
  Proclivity to Publish Every paper, including
  for courses, should be intentionally written to
  submit to a conference, journal, or use as a
  chapter of your dissertation.
• Solicit Pre-Submission Reviews Ask colleagues
  and authorities in the topical area to provide
  comments and opinions. This is also a
  networking devise.

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Publishing Tips

• Writing Style Matters Crisply and elegantly
  written papers have a better chance of
  acceptance. As a general rule, reduce your first
  draft by 25. Writing is hard work give it its
  due!
• Assiduously Edit Most papers chances of
  publication are severely compromised by
  unprofessional presentation, poor grammar and
  spelling, and not adhering to style and
  submission guidelines. Dont let this happen to
  you!

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Publishing Tips

• Write for the Journal Study back issues of the
  journal you are submitting to for theoretical and
  methodological commitments. Cite relevant papers
  from that journal.
• Respond to Reviewers With revise resubmits,
  carefully and respectfully respond to reviewer
  comments in a separate letter. Reviewers have
  egos too!
• Editors are your Friend The interests of
  editors and authors are perfectly aligned.