Readers may be interested by this statement by Amy Ferrer (APA Executive Director) and John Heil (Editor in Chief of the Journal of the APA) on the editorial aims and official editorial statement for the new Journal of the Americal Philosophical Association. The following are a few choice excerpts from the journal's official editorial statement:
The impending launch of the Journal of the American Philosophical Association affords a unique opportunity for philosophers around the world to participate in the birth of, not simply another philosophy journal, but a preeminent journal. Achieving preeminence will require:
- Publishing papers that go out on a limb, papers that start trends rather than merely adding epicycles to going trends.
- Publishing papers from earlyâcareer philosophers as well as established philosophers already recognized for their work.
- Publishing papers on topics that draw from and appeal to diverse philosophical constituencies and traditions.
- Publishing readable papers that can be appreciated by philosophers not already steeped in the subject matter.
- Providing a quick turnaround for submissions and the timely publication of accepted papers: no backlogs, no embargos.
- Providing comments to authors aimed at improving papers and not merely singling out reasons for rejection.
Sound familiar? From my perspective, a very welcome development indeed. I hope they consider using something like the method(s) I tentatively proposed in my previous post. It will be interesting to see how the new journal goes!
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