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Learning to develop and grow a journal at the Australian Scholarly Summit
Dr. Maureen Perkins, Co-Founder and Editor of Life Writing, was at our recent Australian Scholarly Summit and found many of the sessions inspiring. Life Writing is a leading journal in autobiography and biography studies, published by Routledge. Dr. Perkins’ research covers interdisciplinary life writing, family narratives, memoir, and race. Furthermore, the research has an emphasis on whiteness […]
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How to edit and develop a multidisciplinary journal
David Canter, Editor of Contemporary Social Science, explains his approach and experience on how to edit and develop a multidisciplinary journal based around themed issues. Where do you begin with a multidisciplinary journal? How do you bring a multidisciplinary social science journal to life if it has no central topic? It’s a challenge as authors tend to […]
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How to create a Special Issue for your journal
A Special Issue is an issue of your journal dedicated to one chosen topic. It should contain the latest work on that subject. And if you create a Special Issue well, it can be a unique and valuable reference source for every researcher interested in that area. To help you create a Special Issue and get […]
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What does the social media editor of a journal do?
Graham Walton, Editor of New Review of Academic Librarianship, chose Claire Sewell as social media editor for his journal. We caught up with Claire to find out more about the role. How did she become a social media editor of an academic journal? Why did the journal decide to launch social media pages? And what does […]
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