Peer review is definitely a healthy practice; but who will decide who will peer review the research paper? There has to be
some minimum qualification or eligibility for someone to be a peer reviewer. Often I find that green horns in management education who barely have 2 years experience are assigned the job for peer review. Shockingly in many cases the criteria for peer review is also not known. Just because the job of a peer review is assigned, people are compelled to write an overly critical review of the paper.
First of all, do all institutions have a framework for peer review? Do they have clear cut time lines? I am not so sure. Please let us not even discuss about these paid journals as they have already done enough disservice to the academic community and according to me are a disgrace. I fail to understand why libraries should even subscribe to such journals.
I have said this before and will say now too. Many educational institutions in Bangalore (I am talking of local business schools) invite research papers but once you send them the paper, the matter rests there. You will never hear from them again. You won't even know whether your paper has been accepted or rejected.
I have realised that sending your research to such journals is an exercise in futility. Also in some institutions, the rejection is done not on basis of merit but based on the page limit - can you believe this? But it is true!
I had taken part in a conference in early 2016 in one of the so called reputed business schools in Bangalore. After a dozen reviews, the paper was accepted and then I even presented the paper in the conference. From February 2016 till December 2016, the editors of the research journal changed hands, the paper that I sent them was not traceable by the new editor and I had to send the paper multiple times to different people at different points of time. Finally, out of the blue I get a mail from one more editor saying that the paper has been peer reviewed and know what - the entire context of the research was pruned to such an extent that what they sent me as the final version was a pale shadow of what I sent them the first time. The recommendations and conclusions were rewritten and were in no way related to the research question. If this is what is called as a peer review, then I don't know what to say. But thanks to this institution, I have refrained from writing any more research papers.
Way back in 1980, Porter talked about the 5 forces model and the possible growth of supplier dominance in the times to come. Today we are witnessing this. Gary Hamel talked about a social networking platform that would connect people through a hand held device. This was way back in 2003. Today Whatsapp has revolutionised the way we communicate. This is what is called as research and not what we see getting published regularly in journals with a standard format and no novelty. Research has to offer something new, something exciting and something that may be a reality in the future. Research must be far ahead of what is actually happening in business. We don't need research papers talking about customer satisfaction in retail and how big data is changing the industry.
As far as payment is concerned, why are we (in academia) always short selling ourselves? Will doctors, lawyers, food service providers, telecom companies give you free service? Why should a faculty who is qualified and competent and is spending time on peer review not be compensated?
Regards
G Venkatesh
On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 8:49 AM, Surender Reddy Geedipalli <gsr123@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear MTCians,The concept of peer review is not confined to journal articles and other publications. Peer review of lecture notes, PPTs, etc. is an academic necessity and an institutional obligation. It certainly helps every participant and all the stakeholders, the principal beneficiaries in this case being students. It's an important input for achieving academic excellence.Further, peer review activity promotes fraternity and mutual respect. It should, therefore, be accepted as a collective responsibility and a moral obligation.Regards,Prof. G. Surender ReddyDean, SNIST, Hyderabad--On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 7:36 AM, Moid Uddin Ahmad Jaipuria Noida <moiduddin.ahmad@jaipuria.ac.in > wrote:Useless , opaque and unwanted practice.
Can you please name any good journal doing this?
Regards,
MoidOn 30-Jun-2017 7:59 pm, "Prof. Bholanath Dutta" <bnath.dutta@gmail.com> wrote:----As the number of papers needing review increases, journals are thinking a voluntary system wish cash rewards across the globe.Request views on this emerging trend?--EDUCATE, EMPOWER, ELEVATEProf. Bholanath DuttaFounder & PresidentMTC Global: A Global Think Tank inHigher Education, ISO 9001: 2008Partner: UN Global Compact I UN Academic Impact
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