Where to submit? Journal choice by construction management authors

Publishers of academic journals can be seen as service providers to authors, in addition to the traditional role of providers of research results to readers. The purpose of this study was to analyse how author choices of journal in construction management are affected by quality and service percepti...

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Published in:Construction Management and Economics 2008-07, Vol.26 (7), p.739-749
Main Authors: Brochner, Jan, Bjork, Bo-Christer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Construction industry
Construction management
Perceptions
research policy
Scholarly publishing
scientific journals
Studies
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Summary:Publishers of academic journals can be seen as service providers to authors, in addition to the traditional role of providers of research results to readers. The purpose of this study was to analyse how author choices of journal in construction management are affected by quality and service perceptions. Seven journals were identified and for each 2006 article, one author e-mail address was extracted. A web-based questionnaire was sent to 397 authors and 35% responded. It was found that there were three journals regularly followed by at least half the respondents. Most of the other four journals have scopes broader than construction management and receive lower scores for characteristics such as impact on researchers. No open access journals were included, and authors in the field of construction management rarely post openly accessible copies of their manuscripts or publications on the web. Author ranking of journals for their next submission is found to be related to general criteria such as academic status, circulation figures and ISI indexation.
ISSN:0144-6193
1466-433X
1466-433X
1568-5551
DOI:10.1080/01446190802017698