CULTURE AND EDUCATION: SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND MULTICULTURAL COMMUNICATION
Middle-Term Conference RC04 ISA
Moscow, Institute of Foreign Languages
RUDN University, July 24-26th, 2019
(RC04 SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (ISA), FEDERAL STATE AUTONOMOUS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION, PEOPLES’ FRIENDSHIP UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA (RUDN UNIVERSITY), INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES, EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS (CYPRUS), INSTITUTE OF SOCIOLOGY FCTAS RAS (RUSSIA), RUSSIAN SOCIETY OF SOCIOLOGISTS (RSS), FACULTY OF PHILOLOGY OF LOMONOSOV MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY (RUSSIA), MOSCOW STATE LINGUISTIC UNIVERSITY (RUSSIA)
ROUNDTABLE
“Thematic trends in research publications and the ethical policy of scientific journals”
25.07.2019 10:00 – 11:30
Conference Hall of the Faculty of Economics
RUDN University
Moscow, st. Miklukho-Maklaya, 6
The conference will feature a roundtable for members of the editorial boards of Russian scientific journals to share experiences with the chief editors of international scientific journals, indexed in Scopus and Web of Science:
Susan L. Robertson – Prof., Cambridge University, UK, Editor-in-Chief of the journal Globalisation, Societies and Education (Q1)
Miguel Nussbaum – Prof., Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile, Editor-in-Chief of the journal Computers and Education (Q1)
Theme: My experience as editor of Computers & Education
Abstract. After 5 years of being editor of Computers & Education (rank three, out of 243 journals in the education category, with an impact factor of 5.6, for 2018), and being in charge of more than 3000 papers, I have constructed a set of guidelines, that will be shared.
Chiang Tien-Hui ‑ Distinguished Prof., Zhengzhou University, China, International Sociological Association, Constitutional Standing Committee, the World Congress of Comparative Education Societies, Editorial Board of Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education (Q1), International Journal of Educational Research (Q2), Senior Editor, Cogent Education
Theme: The ethical code of reviewers
Abstract. In the context of neoliberal government, public managerialism has been viewed as a panacea for improving the efficiency of the public sector so that the logic of entrepreneurialism becomes the new creed for running the higher education market. This logic comes to legitimize the idea of performativity that ushers researchers to be productive in terms of academic outputs. Accordingly, journal articles are viewed as the yardstick for auditing their contributions to organizational development. However, this phenomenon provokes at least two core problems, namely poor quality and plagiarism, which could be possibly reduced by an excellent review policy that has been implemented by academic journals. As the reviewer functions as the gatekeeper of exercising this policy, the ethical code of reviewers could secure the referees to comply with their professional obligation stipulated by the review policy. While the ethical code covers many aspects, this panel would like to shed some light on three interrelated themes associated with reviewers. More specifically, professional ability allows them to identify the quality of manuscripts. Personal commitment facilitates them to generate constructive comments on manuscripts. Integrity can prevent them from abusing review authority.
Elsa Huertas Barros ‑ Lecturer, University of Westminster, UK, Editorial Board of the journal "Interpreter and Translator Trainer" (Q1)
Web of site of the Conference: http://conference-ifl.rudn.ru
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