Misconduct, Marginality and Editorial Practices in Management, Business and Economics Journals.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The paper presents data on the two problems of misconduct and marginality in management, business and economics (MBE) journals and their practices to combat these problems.

Design

Data was collected in three phases. First, all publicly retracted papers in MBE journals were identified through keywords searches in 7 major databases (n = 1329 journals). Second, a focused survey was distributed to editors involved in such retractions (n = 64; response rate = 28%). Finally, a survey was administered to all active journals in the seven databases to collect data on editors' perceptions and practices related to the two problems (n = 937, response rate = 31.8%). Frequency analyses, cross tabulations, and qualitative analyses of open answers were used to examine the data.

SUBMITTER: Karabag SF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4959770 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature