In my experience: quality control of symposia and their published proceedings

Abstract

The lack of quality in symposia proceedings has recently been criticized by Bart and Anderson (1981). Their criticisms elicited 2 defenses of publishing symposia proceedings (Ca- pen 1982, Finch et al. 1982). These authors offered excellent suggestions for improving the quality of published proceedings: review papers before acceptance; use outside reviewers; request revisions; reject low quality papers; establish a strong organizing committee; and recognize proceedings as citable works. In this paper we build on these suggestions and offer additional guidelines for improving the quality of symposia and their published proceedings.

Citation

Scott, J. Michael; Ralph, C. John. 1988. In my experience: quality control of symposia and their published proceedings. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 16(1):68-74