Editorial boards in journals – what can we learn about them in editorial commentaries?
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editorial board
scientific journal
editorial

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Drabek, A., & Bemke-Świtilnik, M. (2021). Editorial boards in journals – what can we learn about them in editorial commentaries?. Biblioteka, (25 (34), 247–261. https://doi.org/10.14746/b.2021.25.13

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Abstract

The journal’s editorial board membership is valued in the research community, even if the actual role of such boards is not transparent. Information about the editorial board is important to potential authors, database creators, and funding agencies. It was assumed that an editorial (apart from the website) could be a tool for communicating information about the journal’s editorial board. To verify this assumption, the method of the narrative literature review was used, with elements of a systematic review. A discussion about editorials is presented, namely the definition, role, and authorship of such texts. Information about editorials concerning editorial boards was extracted from the Scopus and Web of Science Core Collection databases; and then thematically analyzed. A great potential of editorials to promote editorial boards was found; editorials are used by editors to inform about the editorial boards of journals. The subject of the editorials is described on the example of the life cycle of the journal’s editorial board. A catalog of several dozen topics in the studied area is presented. This catalog adds value to this work and could be of editors and publishers interest.

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