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- Edited collections are widely supposed to contain lesser work than scholarly journals; to be incoherent as volumes, no more than the sum of their parts; and to be less visible to potential readers once published. It is also often taken as axiomatic that those who make decisions in relation to hiring, promotion, tenure, and funding do so agree.
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If an edited collection of research essays or creative works is more than the sum of its individual parts, as any well-edited collection should be, and it contributes to a field of knowledge, then there is a convincing argument that it should be acknowledged as an integral part of an academic’s research output.
- Sue Joseph
Jul 9, 2020 · To publish in or edit an essay collection is thought to risk being penalised for the format before even a word is read. Despite the lack of evidence to support these intuitions, suspicion of the format remains strong.
Oct 31, 2018 · Louise Edwards claims there are many good reasons why academics persist in editing (and reading) this type of academic output, her prime one being that they ‘meet a series of distinct...
Apr 15, 2020 · Edited collections are widely supposed to contain lesser work than scholarly journals; to be incoherent as volumes, no more than the sum of their parts; and to be less visible to potential...
To publish in or edit an essay collection is thought to risk being penalised for the format before even a word is read. After examining the origins of this critique, this Element explores the modern history of the edited collection and the particular roles it has played.
- Peter Webster
- 2021
Feb 11, 2021 · We would argue that there is a need to retheorize the form of the edited collection, as a scholarly format of academic publishing in the age of peer production, where collegiality, collaboration, and collective intelligence take on new value (Peters et al. 2020a, b, c).
There are reasons to think carefully before deciding to co-ordinate an edited volume. In most disciplines – when it comes to tenure and promotion – editing a collection of essays for a university press “counts” significantly less than a single, peer-reviewed article in a well-regarded journal.
