tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post3688549017399419634..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Alton from Apollo Beach Updates Us On The World of Journal Publishing.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-89069821851651200532014-09-21T19:00:39.355-04:002014-09-21T19:00:39.355-04:00"And you rant and rave and gripe and lose you..."And you rant and rave and gripe and lose your shit in your office about all of it."<br /><br />Having served as Chair of the Department of Physics, I know exactly what you mean. But, after all, we're the adults now. It's our turn, and many of the things we need to do were done well for me, when I was young. So I do my best when doing them now.<br /><br />If there's anythingFroderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-75040683765261089022014-09-21T18:52:16.148-04:002014-09-21T18:52:16.148-04:00"BUT you get the damn job done, because you k..."BUT you get the damn job done, because you know for a fact that there are people out there who need publications, who have to have pubs so they can keep their jobs, whose livelihoods are dependent on you."<br /><br />This is a much of what keeps me going. My undergraduate education was marred by deadwood professors who abused their tenure by coasting to retirement, inactive in researchFroderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31398036572279675622014-09-21T15:06:16.737-04:002014-09-21T15:06:16.737-04:00I suspect Tuba Playing Prof's post from last w...I suspect <a href="http://collegemisery.blogspot.com/2014/09/our-business-model-from-tuba-playing.html" rel="nofollow">Tuba Playing Prof's post from last week</a> also provides a partial explanation: the few remaining TT proffies are so busy doing All The Things that would normally have been spread among a much larger tenure-line faculty, plus all the new tasks imposed by a growing Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-8983126033410398782014-09-21T09:57:36.532-04:002014-09-21T09:57:36.532-04:00It's not as bad in my field, I guess. Most say...It's not as bad in my field, I guess. Most say authors should hear from them within four months, I'd inquire after five. <br /><br />Alton, your specialties sound really cool!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16403289509523215570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-88458516186661674312014-09-21T08:27:54.700-04:002014-09-21T08:27:54.700-04:00I don't know either. My situation is not as b...I don't know either. My situation is not as bad as what you describe but it still takes six or more months to get something reviewed and published, longer if there's extensive revisions and resubmissions. My colleagues get reviews back in a few weeks and it's published in the online version of the journal in a month or so. Seems to be discipline-specific.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com