International Journal of Wine Business Research: Background and How to Get Published. Professor Johan Bruwer. (Editor-in-Chief)

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1 International Journal of Wine Business Research: Background and How to Get Published Professor Johan Bruwer (Editor-in-Chief) CAUTHE SIG Research Symposium, 21 April 2017 Outline IJWBR 29 years old and going strong! Wine, beer and spirits IJWBR s product context Using any business discipline angle is fine IJWBR has strong focus on wine tourism (and culinary) IJWBR s positioning in the journal space IJWBR s research metrics How to get published in it! 1

2 Journal Quality Ranking System - ABDC (Australian Business Deans Council) (of 2,767 business journals worldwide) A* A B C (6.9%) (20.8%) (28.4%) (43.9%) IJWBR s Quality and Impact Metrics.. ESCI of Thomson Reuters (ISI) categorised - impact factor in 2017!!! Scopus recognised - since 2014 ABDC (Australian Business Deans Council) ranked B (which means in the top 50% of business journals worldwide) - since 2013 Acceptance rate of articles in 2016 = 55% (25% of all articles are desk rejected) Triple-blind peer review process used Avg. days from 1 st submission to final accept decision 145 days Avg. time to assign a reviewer to a new paper submission 2.8 days Avg. days for reviewer turnaround 29 days Avg. days from submission to first decision 68 days (most papers undergo 2 revisions) 2

3 Competing in roughly the same space (5 groups) International Journal of Wine Business Research (IJWBR) Journal of Wine Research (JWR) Wine Economics and Policy (WEP) Wine Business Case Research Journal Journal of Wine Economics (of AAWE) International Journal of Wine Research (open access) Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research American Journal of Enology and Viticulture Food Quality and Preference British Food Journal Journal of Food Products Marketing Tourism journals for (wine tourism) papers Marketing, Consumer Behaviour and Business Management journals (many of!) IJWBR s Usage (Readership) Continues to Grow. (Emerald Publishing, 2017) 3

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5 What makes for a good paper? Selecting the right journal for your paper..is a matching process and vitally important! 5

6 How to avoid..desk rejection.. When you receive back the peer reviews.. don t be discouraged! 6

7 The Pointers to Publication Failure or Success Common Problems: - Not following the journal s article submission instructions - Poor structure of paper (sub-sections, word length, etc.) - Contribution unclear, especially theoretical aspect(s) - Literature review weak, incomplete, lacks articulation with results - Methodology weak, unclear, lacks rigour - Results poorly exposited, not connected with theory (literature) etc. - Conclusions, practical implications superficial, etc. - Etc., etc. Increasing your chances of getting published: - Have a good research idea - READ the relevant literature and understand your contribution - If not building theory, then apply it very well - Argue your case (with facts) that you have a contribution to make - Follow the journal s instructions for submission of articles - LISTEN to the reviewers and editor s feedback when revising - Have FAITH in the process! The Present and the Future.. Recent and ongoing changes: Triple blind peer review process introduced New EAB structure (and members) actively involved New special issue policy and proposal process Future changes: Broadening the scope (wine ++) More papers per issue published from 2017 (you can be in print sooner!) More issues p.a. thus more papers published (and sooner too)! DOI (EarlyCite) process improvement ESCI of Thomson Reuters ISI inclusion = Impact Factor in 2017! 7

8 THANK YOU! QUESTIONS? 8

9 History and Background Since thanks to likeminded academics (visionaries?) 28 years and going strong = ±120 issues! Started as International Journal of Wine Marketing Changed its name to IJWBR in 2007 Now based here at the University of South Australia The publication process 9

10 Positioning of IJWBR Emerged from the International Journal of Wine Marketing, the purpose of IJWBR is to provide a forum for publication of timely, rigorous, technically sound, and scientific research manuscripts that focus on all business aspects of the wine industry. The International Journal of Wine Business Research (IJWBR) is the only journal that provides complete and full coverage across business disciplines, continents and countries, on all issues related to managing wine-related businesses. It provides a mechanism for the exchange of information within the broadly defined fields of wine business, management, marketing, consumer behaviour, and wine tourism. It is inclusive rather than exclusive but aims to maintain content in the wine business fields with a focus on marketing and management. Creating IJWBR s Impact: i.e. The Top 5 Articles Since Volume 1 (1989) (Emerald Publishing, 2014) 10