An Assessment of Marketisation of ‘Review’ Through Literature

Chandu Lal Chandakar,Aiping Chen

doi:10.24297/jssr.v15i.8269

Chandu Lal Chandakar, Aiping Chen

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https://doi.org/10.24297/jssr.v15i.8269

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Abstract

This exploratory qualitative study based on multiple-case studies collects reviewers’ comments using a ‘vector manuscript’ that carries 5 obvious mistakes for assessment. On the basis of the synthesized guidelines prescribed for the reviewers, these comments are measured and assessed. The assessment of the collected review comments of conferences, international journals, and that of the institutional level (N=126), suggests that the elements of negligence and marketisation have already infused in the academics of review. Those who were more oriented towards money were found to be 6.9 times more threatening in comparison to those who were not money-oriented. In this study, at the institutional level, those accepting gifts from the student before reviewing the paper are coded as asking for money.

Highlights

Apart from writing dissertations, the post graduate students of the Institute of Education of a ‘Midtown1’ University are required to publish academic papers in peer-reviewed international journals that are listed in the Social Science Citation Index, and to participate in an international conference before being conferred upon an academic degree
In spite of the fact that the results of this study could not be generalised the statistical analysis of this study shows very typical trend among the reviewers of the academic market
This qualitative study in this context of marketisation of review could be debriefed under the following recommendations

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Introduction

Apart from writing dissertations, the post graduate students of the Institute of Education of a ‘Midtown1’ University are required to publish academic papers in peer-reviewed international journals that are listed in the Social Science Citation Index, and to participate in an international conference before being conferred upon an academic degree. The brokers encourage cults in the academics (Clark, 1983), and their clans misuse the rules which might bring local, institutional, and universal consequences for the customers of the higher education (Jongbloed, 2003) This small-scale qualitative covert study is an attempt to assess the drive of the marketization of review apparently prevalent in the academic market from the perspectives of international students (Bendixen & Jacobson, 2017).

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