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What Editors Look For: Publishing, Reviewing, and Getting It Right
In this episode, Dr. Adam B. Evans (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) and PhD candidate Emma Wulff Ginnerup take us behind the scenes of academic publishing and reflect on what it really means to edit an international scholarly journal.
This is the first episode in our three-part EJSS special series, recorded in conjunction with the editorial takeover of the European Journal for Sport and Society by the RESPONSE research group at Nord University.
They discuss the role of the Editor-in-Chief and editorial team, including the responsibilities, decision-making processes, and the often invisible labour involved in shaping academic knowledge. The conversation also explores some of the key challenges in editorial work, from managing peer review processes to maintaining quality, fairness, and academic integrity across diverse submissions.
What makes a strong research paper in the sociology of sport? Adam shares his perspectives on clarity, contribution, and theoretical and methodological rigour, while also highlighting what commonly leads to rejection.
The episode offers practical and candid advice for early career scholars navigating the publishing process in international journals: how to approach submissions, how to respond to reviewer feedback, and what editors are really looking for.
They also reflect on the peer review process itself—what makes a high-quality review, common pitfalls reviewers fall into, and why constructive reviewing is essential to the health of academic publishing.
A valuable conversation for anyone interested in the inner workings of academic journals, scholarly publishing, and the making of knowledge in sport sociology.
About the contributors: Adam B. Evans is an Associate Professor in Sociology of Sport and Sport Development at the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sport (NEXS), the University of Copenhagen, and current Director Studies for the Masters degree in Sport Studies at the same institution. He is the former Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal for Sport and Society.Do you want to know more about RESPONSE?
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By Anne TjønndalIn this episode, Dr. Adam B. Evans (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) and PhD candidate Emma Wulff Ginnerup take us behind the scenes of academic publishing and reflect on what it really means to edit an international scholarly journal.
This is the first episode in our three-part EJSS special series, recorded in conjunction with the editorial takeover of the European Journal for Sport and Society by the RESPONSE research group at Nord University.
They discuss the role of the Editor-in-Chief and editorial team, including the responsibilities, decision-making processes, and the often invisible labour involved in shaping academic knowledge. The conversation also explores some of the key challenges in editorial work, from managing peer review processes to maintaining quality, fairness, and academic integrity across diverse submissions.
What makes a strong research paper in the sociology of sport? Adam shares his perspectives on clarity, contribution, and theoretical and methodological rigour, while also highlighting what commonly leads to rejection.
The episode offers practical and candid advice for early career scholars navigating the publishing process in international journals: how to approach submissions, how to respond to reviewer feedback, and what editors are really looking for.
They also reflect on the peer review process itself—what makes a high-quality review, common pitfalls reviewers fall into, and why constructive reviewing is essential to the health of academic publishing.
A valuable conversation for anyone interested in the inner workings of academic journals, scholarly publishing, and the making of knowledge in sport sociology.
About the contributors: Adam B. Evans is an Associate Professor in Sociology of Sport and Sport Development at the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sport (NEXS), the University of Copenhagen, and current Director Studies for the Masters degree in Sport Studies at the same institution. He is the former Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal for Sport and Society.Do you want to know more about RESPONSE?
- Website