Peer Review Week 2020

This week is Peer Review Week. This year's theme is "Trust in peer review." As I've been thinking about "trust" in relation to peer review this week, I've been reminded that those involved in the work of peer review (journal editors, authors, and reviewers) are deeply bound by trust. By this I mean, all place … Continue reading Peer Review Week 2020

ICQI 2020 Book awards

Sadly, the annual meeting of the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry was canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. If not for COVID-19, many of us would be meeting this week at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to share our work in qualitative research. In this absence, please join me in congratulating recipients … Continue reading ICQI 2020 Book awards

Danger! Danger! Publishing perils!

Most readers will be familiar with predatory journals and avoid publishing in these. Recently I learned about “hijacked journals” – another peril facing those who hope to publish. Here, a fake website emulates a legitimate journal, taking on the same or similar to the legitimate journals in order to take in manuscripts to be published … Continue reading Danger! Danger! Publishing perils!

Opportunities for arts-based researchers

It takes a lot of work to keep a journal running. The journal Art/Research International: A Transdisciplinary is taking a break from accepting submissions, and has called for volunteers to support the journal with a variety of activities. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn, grow and support arts-based research. For more details, see the … Continue reading Opportunities for arts-based researchers

Journal of Autoethnography

The Journal of Autoethnography (JoAE) will launch in 2020 with the University of California Press. JoAE will be a refereed, international, and interdisciplinary journal devoted to the purposes, practices, and principles of autoethnography. JoAE publishes scholarship that foregrounds autoethnography as a method of inquiry; highlights themes and issues of past and contemporary autoethnographic research; discusses … Continue reading Journal of Autoethnography