Academic Publishing: A Faustian Bargain?

Abstract

This paper documents and shares our experience of navigating the journal-review process. By providing apersonal account we aim to provide a piece that will resonate with those who have had similar experiences.We adopted a case-study approach using the reviews of the manuscript by two anonymous reviewers and theauthors' responses. The paper confirms the emotive nature of the manuscript-review process and details someof the vagaries associated with the review process, highlighting our frustrations with it. An extensive literaturecritiquing the manuscript peer-review process exists. This is understandable given the requirement foracademics to publish their research findings in peer-reviewed journals. In view of this extensive literature,what is surprising is the dearth of studies detailing how authors have managed to navigate their way throughthe process.

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