Editing Academic journal (section)

==Reviewing==
===Review articles===
{{main|Review article}}

Review articles, also called "reviews of progress", are checks on the research published in journals. Some journals are devoted entirely to review articles, some contain a few in each issue, and others do not publish review articles. Such reviews often cover the research from the preceding year, some for longer or shorter terms; some are devoted to specific topics, some to general surveys. Some reviews are [[enumeration|enumerative]], listing all significant articles in a given subject; others are selective, including only what they think worthwhile. Yet others are evaluative, judging the state of progress in the subject field. Some journals are published in series, each covering a complete subject field year, or covering specific fields through several years.

Unlike original research articles, review articles tend to be solicited or "peer-invited" submissions, often planned years in advance, which may themselves go through a peer-review process once received.<ref name="De Lange"/><ref name="Durham">{{cite journal |last1=Durham |first1=William H. |title=Preface: A "Peer-Invited" Publication |journal=Annual Review of Anthropology |date=October 2004 |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=annurev.an.33.090204.100001 |doi=10.1146/annurev.an.33.090204.100001 |url=https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.an.33.090204.100001 |access-date=21 September 2021 |archive-date=21 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921194122/https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.an.33.090204.100001 |url-status=dead }}</ref> They are typically relied upon by students beginning a study in a given field, or for current awareness of those already in the field.<ref name="De Lange">
{{cite book
 |author=Deborah E. De Lange
 |year=2011
 |title=Research Companion to Green International Management Studies: A Guide for Future Research, Collaboration and Review Writing
 |pages=1–5
 |publisher=[[Edward Elgar Publishing]]
 |isbn=978-1-84980-727-2
}}</ref>

===Book reviews===
{{distinguish|Literary book review}}

Reviews of scholarly books are checks upon the research books published by scholars; unlike articles, book reviews tend to be solicited. Journals typically have a separate book review editor determining which new books to review and by whom. If an outside scholar accepts the book review editor's request for a book review, he or she generally receives a free copy of the book from the journal in exchange for a timely review. Publishers send books to book review editors in the hope that their books will be reviewed. The length and depth of research book reviews varies much from journal to journal, as does the extent of textbook and trade book review.<ref>
{{cite journal |author1=Rita James Simon |author2=Linda Mahan |year=1969 |title=A Note on the Role of Book Review Editor as Decision Maker |journal=[[The Library Quarterly]] |volume=39 |issue=4 |pages=353–356 |doi=10.1086/619794 |jstor=4306026 |s2cid=144242155}}</ref>