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By the end of page 1 we’ve passed two of them. Don’t leave these critical junctions to chance! Across top business journals, reviewers and editors will say they evaluate the whole submission—and most do. But that evaluation may be only a minor aspect of their decision to reject or accept a paper. In fact, research suggests over 90% of our decision-making is subconscious (not that this is always a bad thing). Here’s what I’ve noticed as an editor to business school faculty for

The methods section seems to be many academics’ favorite (and first) section to write, because it’s primarily info they’ve had to write up already in order to conduct the research. It’s also many editors’ least favorite section to edit, because its data-dense nature means there’s not always much for us to do in terms of high-impact changes. But after 15 years of editing hundreds of business research manuscripts, I've gotten more comfortable with methods—at least, comfortable

Turning your conference paper into a journal submission isn’t just about fleshing it out and reformatting—it’s a full reimagining of your research for a broader, more rigorous audience.

You already know that great writing is critical to your own success as an academic. What you might not realize is just how much influence you have over your students’ career success, based on what you teach (or don’t teach) them about writing. When it comes to the vast majority of academic writing, it’s a classic case of the lost leading the lost. Very few business PhDs include effective training on writing, so the skill (or lack thereof) essentially follows an apprenticeship