How to Edit a Journal by E-mail

Report ID: TR-494-95
Author: Appel, Andrew W.
Date: 1995-07-00
Pages: 12
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Abstract:

The editor of a refereed scientific journal must somehow get unpaid referees and unpaid associate editors to provide prompt evaluations of technical papers. The use of electronic mail, with a well organized management system---and the software and staff to support it---make this possible, without unduly burdening either the editor, associate editors, or referees.

This technical report has been published as
How to Edit a Journal by E-mail. Andrew W. Appel, Journal of Scholarly Publishing 27(2) 82-99, January 1996.