hi Aaron, I think that the rejection-rate principle does not apply to the "highly rated" criterion for journals, when JCR/ISI (the only ranking that matters at present) criteria are considered. The key and predominant criterion is the number of citations in the journals, which are already in the ranking.
Keep in mind that in some disciplines conference paper do not matter AT ALL (they are not counted as anything in career advancement). One source of competitive advantage of a wiki-centered journal is its specialized focus. Both writers and readers on wiki-phenomena are likely to consider a wiki-specialized journal as a good venue of publishing/reading. Also, with our community as a driving force, it is conceivable that the journal would have a relatively high readership (and consequently, citation numbers). best, dj On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Aaron Halfaker <aaron.halfa...@gmail.com>wrote: > "Highly rated" is an interesting property. One of the ways that a > publication venue becomes highly rated is by being highly restrictive. In > fact, the primary measurement of the quality of a publication venue is the > acceptance rate of that conference. > > WikiSym is not considered highly rated because a high proportion of the > submitted papers are accepted. Would a wiki journal be more restrictive in > order to gain a "highly rated" status? > > I think it's interesting to ask why WikiSym needs improvement and why > attendance has been falling. If a WikiSym is a wiki conference that is > struggling to maintain participation, how might a wiki journal surmount > such trouble? Assuming that the answer to my question above is "yes, the > wiki-journal would be more restrictive", how would such a journal gather > more submissions than an established conference like WikiSym -- enough to > both produce regular issues and maintain a high rejection rate? > > -Aaron > > > On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Joe Corneli <holtzerman...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Aaron Halfaker <aaron.halfa...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > To state it plainly, why do we need yet another publication venue >> specific to wiki software? >> >> I think people want a "highly rated" publication venue. Also, >> >> <<The reason why WikiSym is changing is for the same reason. People are >> not going to the conference! I think the attendance has been below >> 100 for some time now. That's not a sustainable number for the amount >> of work that goes into organizing a conference.>> >> >> But what you're saying suggests that maybe work should be done to >> improve existing venues rather than creating a new one. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki-research-l mailing list >> Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > > -- __________________________ dr hab. Dariusz Jemielniak profesor zarządzania kierownik katedry Zarządzania Międzynarodowego i centrum badawczego CROW Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego http://www.crow.alk.edu.pl
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