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Starting a new Journal – by Ben Booth
Academic publishers are certainly open to proposals for new journals, but are also mindful of the difficulties in establishing a publication which will be successful over the long term. So what are...
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Selecting, Accepting and Rejecting: tips for up and coming scholars on...
If you are at the stage of your career (or research) where publishing a book is on the horizon, there are a number of factors to consider. Matthew Pitman, Senior Commissioning Editor at Edward Elgar...
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Your discipline needs you! The mysterious art of the academic book review –...
Whilst the focus of Peer Review Week is, understandably and inevitably, on journal publishing, peer review also has a fundamental and crucial role in academic book publishing. Our Business and...
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68 Things Academic Publishers Do
By Francine O’Sullivan A few years ago I read a blogpost in The Scholarly Kitchen on on ‘A Proposed List – 60 Things Journal Publishers Do’ and it inspired me to come up with my own list of 60 things...
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Whither Peer Review? A Word of Thanks
Luke Adams celebrates the crucial role of peer review in the academic publishing process. The concept of peer review – that of a person’s scholarship being assessed, commented on, refined, by their...
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Writing your book – a 5 minute guide to copyright
Francine O’Sullivan, Publisher for Business & Management, explains how to avoid some of the common copyright pitfalls when preparing your manuscript. Copyright can be a murky and complicated issue....
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How to be an Academic Superhero
In an excerpt from his new book, Iain Hay explores the process of getting your academic work published. Publishing a book is a tremendous academic and personal achievement. A good book can very clearly...
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Q and A for Law ECRs
Our law editors and all @Elgar_Law want to thank everyone who got involved in our first Twitter chat. We wanted to create an opportunity for early career researchers (ECRs) who may be looking to start...
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Diversity in Publishing
Iram Satti reports from a recent panellist discussion exploring diversity and inclusion in publishing. Mireille Harper, graduate from the University of Birmingham, approached me a few months ago...
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Open Access Publishing
Alex Pettifer, our Editorial Director, discusses Elgar’s approach to assessing and publishing new Open Access titles. In recent years, Open Access (OA) has been a term heard by academics with ever...
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