[AISWorld] Sound conference desk rejection policy

[Jerry Flatto]

As I read the comments on this topic, let me add a few comments.

First, as noted, reviewing articles is not beneficial from the university perspective.  By this, I mean what gets a faculty member "promoted and tenured" in most locations.  Thus, there is a disincentive to spend too much time reviewing articles.  

At the same time, there is a great need for reviewers.  Let's ignore any journals for a moment.  I invite you to count the number of conferences and calls for papers that is distributed on the AISWorld list over the course of a week (or even day) and the corresponding number of reviewers needed to support all these papers submitted for conferences.   Do we have too many conferences that just makes the situation worse?  I realize that I may have opened a "tempest" but something else to look at.

Jerry 



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