New journal launch proposal

EMERALD

NEW JOURNAL LAUNCH PROPOSAL

Proposed Title (must be unique, please provide two alternatives):

Proposed Editor(s) (title, name, institution and country):


Journal Specification:

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  Proposed launch date: 2013
  

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  No. of issues per year:
  
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  No. of papers per year:
  
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  Non-article content if applicable (e.g. practitioner section, conference diary, news section, book review, interviews):
  
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  Review process: Double Blind
  

EDITORIAL TEAM

Editor(s) short C.V. (resumé) and publications (please attach full CVs as an appendix; please give details on your editorial experience, expertise and active involvement within the relevant field of research at a national or international level):


Has the editor published with Emerald before or been involved with an Emerald book or journal? (If so, please give details):


Proposed Editorial Team, Editorial Advisory Board membership and their affiliations and countries (Indicate Associate Editors, Regional Editors, etc if required; please asterisk members of the editorial team of repute/from leading institutions): EAB members do not need to have been contacted at this stage):


What activities are you planning to do to engage the Editorial Advisory Board and encourage the members to promote the journal?

Editorial operations (The proposed journal would adopt the ScholarOne online submission and review system. Who would oversee the online submission & review process? How will share the editorial responsibilities with Co-editors or Associate Editors?)
EDITORIAL INFORMATION

Rationale for launching the proposed journal (Please explain how the proposed journal enhances provision for the relevant scholarly and practitioner communities and addresses a gap in the market? How do you see the subject field evolving over the next 5-10 years? Will the journal have international applicability and reach?):


Editorial objectives and coverage ((What are the aims of the proposed journal and the key topics that the journal will cover? This should provide a guide to authors as to the types of papers that will be considered):


Key research areas covered in the journal (please provide at least seven keywords):


Target market (for both authors and readers):


Indicative papers and authors (List 10 previously published papers, with bibliographic information, and 10 topics or “dream” papers that would be appropriate to the new journal.):


How do you plan to commission high quality content?


Do you have any copy in hand that can be used for the first issue? If so, please provide article title, authors names and locations:

An estimated size of the research community working in the field of this title (Please provide evidence of the number of researchers currently producing work suitable for the journal and evidence of the long term sustainability of this paper supply):
Are there any geographical clusters of researchers/authors working in this subject area? (Please be country specific)
Which are the leading institutions and centres of excellence in the field worldwide? (Use this section to demonstrate the global spread of interest (or specifically regional if applicable) in this subject area):


Please indicate a key list of specific UG/PG courses the content of the proposed title could be relevant for?

Expected contributors by percentage:

Academics %

Practitioners %

Consultants %
If you expect a high contribution from practitioners and consultants, please clarify where you will source papers from.

How important is Thomson Reuters SCI/SSCI (ISI) to authors writing in this subject area?
How important is Scopus to authors writing in this subject area?
What other citation indices, rankings, quality indicators or abstracting and indexing services are important to authors writing in this field
How do you plan to encourage citations to the published articles? Identify if or where the Publisher could support you in this initiative?


Competition analysis (Please list any outlets for the dissemination of research in the area even if the areas of coverage does not overlap completely. For each publication, please give the following information:
Title:

Publisher:

Editor:

Strengths:

Weaknesses:

What differentiates the proposed title?
Identify up to five ISI ranked journals that you would expect to share authors/citations with the journal
Identify up to five non-ISI ranked journals that you would expect to share authors/citations with the journal
Portfolio fit:

Please consider how the proposed title relates to other titles in the relevant Emerald portfolio.

- Which Emerald subject portfolio do you see the proposed journal fitting in?

- How does the proposed title enhance the subject listing and which existing publications will offer the best opportunity for cross-promotion?
MARKETING INFORMATION

Unique Selling Points (USPs):

(At least 2 USPs please. These might be phrased as 'this will be the only journal to do x' or 'this journal will be the best for x'. How is the journal different from other journals in the same field? Alternatively (or as well as), include great reasons to write for the journal.)


Professions and industries that this title would appeal to in the private and/or public sectors (if applicable):


Pre-launch promotional plan:

(How do you envisage establishing the journal’s visibility at key events and attracting papers from a wide-range of respected authors during the year before the journal is launched and thereafter? List conferences where the proposed title could be promoted, organisations, scholarly and professional societies which could be approached with calls for papers and listservs where journal news could be posted.)
Conferences (please highlight relevant conferences and conference tracks):

Associations and Societies (please give an idea of membership size):

Listservs and Mailing Lists (how many members do subscribe?):

Partnership opportunities:

(With reference to the plan above, which organisations/societies do you and other members of the editorial team already have links with, e.g. as members, regular attendees, keynote speakers? How do you plan to use these links for the benefit of the proposed journal? )
Is this proposal under consideration with any other Publisher?

Has Emerald considered this proposal (or an earlier version of it) before?

REFEREES

Please provide the names (with job titles and affiliations) and email addresses of five researchers/practitioners in this field who can be contacted to evaluate this proposal.


RETURNING THIS FORM

After completing this form, please return it to the New Launch Team.
Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Howard House

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Bingley

BD16 1WA

United Kingdom

Email: [e-mail]
If you would like to discuss any aspect of the new journal launch process, please contact us via the email address above or telephone [phone]).

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