Re: Load balancing

["Sally Morris \(ALPSP\)" <chief-exec@alpsp.org>]

When I was an active publisher, we didn't do this for 'load balancing' but
occasionally a paper which was not really suitable for one journal might
be redirected (with the author's agreement) for consideration by another

Sally Morris, Chief Executive
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
E-mail:  chief-exec@alpsp.org

> Chuck Hamaker wrote (in part):
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> Do some publishers practice load balancing--where content submitted to one
> journal is passed to editors of a different journal who are running short
> on submissions? The incentive to keep publishing schedules especially
> since we all prepay subscriptions could be very strong. I don't know that
> this happens, but then how would we know unless publisher's state their
> policies clearly and provide auditable tracks?
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