Book Title: Observations of a Journal Editor

Subtitle: An Author’s Backstage Pass to Academic Publishing

by Sara Dolnicar

Book Description: Academic publishing is tough. Early career researchers have little insight into how journals make rejection and publishing decisions. This book aims to offer such insights by compiling the observations of one journal editor over their eight-year tenure, covering issues such as how to interact with journals and how to avoid desk rejections. It also offers an opportunity to actively discuss specific topics. Such discussions, freely accessible to anyone, will help increase the collective understanding of how journals make editorial decisions and how authors can maximise their chances of getting published.

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Creative Commons Attribution

Contents

Book Information

Author

Sara Dolnicar

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Observations of a Journal Editor Copyright © 2026 by The University of Queensland is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Subject

The Arts

Metadata

Title
Observations of a Journal Editor
Author
Sara Dolnicar
Licence

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Observations of a Journal Editor Copyright © 2026 by The University of Queensland is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Primary Subject
The Arts
Publisher
The University of Queensland
Publisher City
Brisbane, Australia
Publication Date
March 9, 2026
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.14264/04e2ef1
Ebook ISBN
978-1-74272-524-6