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Bedeian, Van Fleet, and Hyman's article offers a critical examination of the scholarly achievements of editorial review board members for several scholarly journals in related disciplines, including the Academy of Management's primary scholarly journals, the Academy of Management Review and the Academy of Management Journal (AMJ). The author finds their critique to be interesting and thorough in many ways. However, this commentary examines several issues related to their critique, including the methodology, criteria for and process of selecting editorial review board members, the editor's role in the evaluation of work submitted to journals, and the performance of scholarly journals. Consideration of these issues allows a broader and more complete view of scholarly publishing, leading to some different conclusions.

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editorial judgments editorial review board members journal impact scholarly productivity

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Editorial Judgments,Quality Scholarship,and the Academy of Management's Journals

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