Catie Phares

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 nearly 16 years:...

How 13 Years of Strategic Editing Turned Complex Research Into Leadership and Impact Customer Starting Point Benjamin and I first met in 2011, when his program coordinator referred him to me for dissertation edits.  Unlike the vast majority of the documents I edit, dissertations present serious restrictions for editing: because the writing itself constitutes a key part of earning a degree, it can’t be altered in any significant way. So at first, my job was limited to catching outright errors...

When reviewers say ‘unclear contribution,’ they often mean your paper lacks direction.