TY - JOUR
T1 - Roles and responsibilities of a senior editor
AU - Sarker, Suprateek
AU - Agarwal, Ritu
AU - Goes, Paulo
AU - Gregor, Shirley
AU - Henfridsson, Ola
AU - Saunders, Carol
AU - Tan, Bernard
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Association for Information Systems. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - In this editorial forum, we individually discuss (I) the roles and responsibilities of a senior editor (SE) as informed by our experiences, (2) key challenges to fulfilling the role of senior editor, and (3) philosophies/characteristics/ values/practices that are associated with the most effective SEs. A consensus emerges that it is the responsibility of SEs to determine the final disposition of papers submitted to their journal in light of various tradeoffs. In making these decisions, the SE must be cognizant of authors’ careers and the field’s intellectual development. We recognize the constructive element of the SE role and the importance of their offering guidance to the authors. While there was disagreement as to whether the “invisible college” or formal policies should be enacted to limit undesirable practices, suggestions emerged about how SEs could be better recognized for their contributions and SE-related policies could be enacted to improve the review process.
AB - In this editorial forum, we individually discuss (I) the roles and responsibilities of a senior editor (SE) as informed by our experiences, (2) key challenges to fulfilling the role of senior editor, and (3) philosophies/characteristics/ values/practices that are associated with the most effective SEs. A consensus emerges that it is the responsibility of SEs to determine the final disposition of papers submitted to their journal in light of various tradeoffs. In making these decisions, the SE must be cognizant of authors’ careers and the field’s intellectual development. We recognize the constructive element of the SE role and the importance of their offering guidance to the authors. While there was disagreement as to whether the “invisible college” or formal policies should be enacted to limit undesirable practices, suggestions emerged about how SEs could be better recognized for their contributions and SE-related policies could be enacted to improve the review process.
KW - Editorial perspectives
KW - Information systems discipline
KW - Review process
KW - Senior editor roles and responsibilities
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84942885878&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.17705/1jais.00407
DO - 10.17705/1jais.00407
M3 - Editorial
AN - SCOPUS:84942885878
SN - 1558-3457
VL - 16
SP - i-XX
JO - Journal of the Association for Information Systems
JF - Journal of the Association for Information Systems
IS - 9
ER -