by MJ

It’s a good day when you get the email that your article has been published in a journal you have used for years in your research.

 

The publishing industry doesn’t have the largest array of journals for related research, but it does have some good ones.

I’d love to know if there are more, so drop me a line and let me know what I’ve missed.

 

Back to the article that’s just gone out into the world. The details are below. The world is changing, gatekeepers are moving and their power is shifting.

 

Johnson, M. (2020). The Power of the Gatekeeper. Logos 31, 1, 27-34, Available From: Brill https://doi.org/10.1163/18784712-03101003 [Accessed 29 July 2020]

Abstract

The publishing industry has a variety of gatekeepers that play a role in deciding which works become books. This article acknowledges the main gatekeepers as the agent and publishers, but also draws attention to the author, who is the first gatekeeper, and the reader, who is the last. The connections between gatekeepers highlight the role of power in these positions. Using Foucault’s theories of archaeology and genealogy, this article argues that positions within the industry provide space for the gatekeepers to say what works deserve to be published. In doing so it highlights the dynamic flow of power, which rises from the bottom and provides a hierarchical structure within the industry.

 

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