GKMC: CALL FOR REVIEWERS

This is a call for reviewers to nominate themselves to participate in the peer review process for a well established international journal Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication (GKMC). The journal is concerned with innovation and developments in digital information, as they relate to global knowledge, communication and world memory.  It covers the creation, management, dissemination and use of the full range of information objects.

GKMC welcomes the following major themes:

Global Knowledge and Communication:

• Social interaction, networking, social media and space
• Free/open access to information: legal, technical,  social and managerial issues
• Information and knowledge as agents of and for social, political, cultural and organisational change
• Connecting the individual: personalised and meta-services
• Sociological and philosophical aspects of information and knowledge, including service provision

World Memory: Text, Sound, Vision and Artefacts:

• Information creation, ‘collection’ and curation
• Information seeking, discovery and use
• Sustainable preservation, including environmental, social, technical and legal issues
• Sharing and facilitating individual engagement with archival, cultural and literary heritage: objects and services
• Memory institutions and organisations: role and purpose, design, delivery, evaluation and cultural issues
• Professional collaboration – consortia, exchange and sharing.

GKMC is firmly committed to ensuring it provides high-quality and timely reviews to authors. Review reports include relevant, critical, and constructive feedback and are always intended to facilitate authors in advancing the quality of their research. GKMC adheres to COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) core practices, ensuring integrity in research and publication. It adopts a double-anonymous peer review process, meaning that submitted articles are reviewed and evaluated at least by two expert reviewers. The journal is committed to keeping authors and reviewers informed of decisions taken within the review process, clarifying the criteria used to make final recommendations on submitted papers.

Why become a Reviewer? 

• Reviewing establishes you as an expert in your field of research – it’s a great way to enhance your academic or professional reputation.
• You get the opportunity to read cutting-edge research before it has even been published.
• Reviewing offers an ideal opportunity to exercise your critical thinking skills in a private arena.
• You can return the favour – you are very likely a published author which means others have found the time to review your papers, now you can repay the courtesy.
• Building a relationship with a journal editorial team increases your chances of being invited to join an Editorial Advisory or Review Board.
• Reviewing for an Emerald journal entitles you to free personal access to up 40 Emerald journal articles (excluding backfiles). This access is valid for a 90 day period from when you receive your access notification.
• You could be recognised for your efforts; each year editors are asked to nominate outstanding reviewers for our Literati Awards.

You can read more about the Reviewer role here

Please address your application to Charlotte Eagles (Commissioning Editor) [email protected]. Any concerns or queries which you might have can be discussed and clarified.