Editorial

摘要

The first of this issue's papers has been much trailed by our publisher. Taylor & Francis is very ready to promote papers considered to be of wide public interest. The paper by Sotaro Shibayama and Yasunori Baba, from the University of Tokyo, qualifies in that it adds to understanding of a major problem in academic life. Shibayama and Baba look at how academic authors respond to the comments of journal referees. Their response is very likely to determine whether their papers are published. Publishing in top journals has become a key measure - often the key measure - of academic performance. On this single performance measure the reputation and funding of institutions, and the career prospects of individuals are in large part dependent.