Oughts v. ends: Seeking an ethical normative standard for journal acceptance rate calculation methods

Journal of Academic Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-121

  Moore, Maria A ^a   Perry, Stephen D ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic promotion; Academic tenure; Editor ethics; Journal acceptance rates; Journal quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860697136     PISSN: 15701727     EISSN: 15728544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10805-012-9158-3     Document Type: Article

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