Practices in scholarly publishing: making sense of rejection

Abstract

In South Africa, criticisms of peer review often hinge on allegations of racism, anti-African attitudes, and viewpoint discrimination. This article discusses the issue of peer-review, and examines these allegations in terms of claims of Western conceptual gatekeeping. Cautions are offered on allegations of exceptionalism, as are some strategies on dealing with the process of peer review.

Keywords:

• Africa
• censorship
• peer review
• publication
• racism
• viewpoint discrimination

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Keyan Tomaselli

Keyan Tomaselli is Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg.