Doing a Good Deed or Confounding the Problem? Peer Review and Sociology Textbooks
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11623756 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Diana Kendall (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 17-17 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Teaching Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-055X • E-ISSN: 1939-862X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1319242 |
| OpenAlex | W2013932597 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 3 |
This study examines how the peer review process influences the writing and publication of sociology textbooks and the teaching of sociology. The research analyzes reviewers' comments regarding a recently published text and compares them with peer review patterns observed by other authors and editors over the past decade. The results show that peer review affects sociology texts in at least five ways: (1) degree of innovation, including the book's focus, organization, and content, (2) length, (3) reading level, (4) ancillaries and accessories, and (5) the marketing strategies that will be used by publishers to sell the book. The findings suggest that, although the peer review process generally provides authors and editors with beneficial ideas for the resulting book, it compounds other problems
Deed · Focus (optics · Peer review · Political science · Reading (process · Social science · Sociology · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Innovations in Educational Methods · Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences · Law
First words
Nurturing Graduate Students
The Inclusion of Disability in Introductory Sociology Textbooks
A Sociology of Race/Ethnicity Textbooks
Coverage and Representations of Sexuality in Introductory Sociology Textbooks
The Madding Crowd Goes to School
Just-In-Time Teaching in Sociology Or How I Convinced My Students to Actually Read the Assignment
Burying the Lead
An Examination of Student Learning in Introductory Sociology at a Commuter Campus
Looking for the Core in the Wrong Place
Producing Textbook Sociology
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,42 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2022 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |