{"id":1957,"date":"2013-05-13T16:26:23","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T21:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/?p=1957"},"modified":"2013-05-13T16:31:46","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T21:31:46","slug":"sociological-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/2013\/05\/13\/sociological-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Sociological Science"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Well, our TSP offices are buzzing about the announcement of Sociological Science<\/a>, an exciting new open-access research publication. There’s a very accomplished editorial team in place, with a clear commitment\u00a0to “speed, access, debate – and a light touch” — fine attributes for journal editors, as well as guitar players. To keep everything free and open-access, the project will be supported by submission and publication fees charged to authors, rather than subscription fees or association dues.<\/p>\n

Sociological Science is distinctive in positioning itself as a rigorous peer-reviewed outlet for primary research. Our friends Jenn Lena<\/a>, Brayden King<\/a>, Mike3550<\/a>, and many others have already offered thoughtful posts and comments.\u00a0I too have loads of advice for the editors, but I suspect they’re getting enough advice already (and the really useful\u00a0<\/em>stuff is best conveyed off-line). Instead, I’ll just offer a few words for the new journal’s prospective authors and readers.<\/p>\n

Try to remember that editing any sort of publication is a labor of love, since the ratio of effort to reward (however defined) is usually pretty high. I can see that the team has already invested a lot of thought and hard work \u00a0in the venture already. This is especially the case with a DIY effort, so let’s cut the new editors a little slack as they get off the ground. It is always easy to find fault with something <\/em>in a publication (you call that kerning? how could the first issue completely *ignore* the Freedonian situation?<\/em>), but initiatives like this are almost always undertaken with a civic-minded\/public-goods orientation. I guess I do have one<\/em>\u00a0suggestion to pass along to the editors: celebrate each milestone, well and often!<\/p>\n

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