Secrets of Economics Editors

Editors of academic journals are often the top scholars in their fields.

They are charged with managing the flow of hundreds of manuscripts each year - from submission to review to rejection or acceptance - all while continuing their own scholarly pursuits.

Tenure decisions often turn on who has published what in which journals, but editors can accept only a fraction of the papers submitted.

In this book, past and present editors of economics journals discuss navigating the world of academic journals.