jobs-hiring- suggestions

John O'Brien (JOBRIEN@UCS.INDIANA.EDU)
Thu, 9 Jun 1994 18:51:45 EST

POST SCRIPT . . . since academic work is oft predicated on publication
record . . . why not work to get the review time for submitted articles
down from 3 to six month to a matter of weeks (since six months to review
an article means that in order to get publications when a graduate student
that an individual might have to avoid dual submissions and thus work for
years to find just the journal that would take the work . . . before even
having been awarded a doctorate. What about permitting multiple submissions
. . . it would be inconvenient for the journal editors . . . but beneficial
to the professions as a whole.

John O'Brien