SLGR Podcasts
The
first podcast for 2015 has been completed and is already accessible. The focus of the podcast is Bruce J. Perlman
(Governance Matters Editor and University of New Mexico) and J. Edwin Benton’s
(Managing Editor and University of South Florida) Governance Matters article
(“Devolutionary Realignment: Shedding
Services, Ad Hoc Collaboration, and Political Reconfiguration: Expert Panel Comments on Michael Abels’
Article, “Strategic Alignment for the New Normal: Collaboration, Sustainability, and
Deliberation in Local Government Across Boundaries’”) that appeared in the
September 2014 (Vol. 46, No. 3) issue of SLGR. Panelists— Ms. Michele Baker (County
Administrator, Pasco County Florida), Mr. Rod Gould (City Manager, Santa
Monica, California), Mr. Mike Wilkes (City Manager, Olathae, Kansas), Mr. David
Krings (Administrator, Village of Lockland, Ohio), and Mr. Peter Crichton
(County Manager, Cumberland County, Maine)—were interviewed by J. Edwin Benton
and asked to provide an assessment of the utility of Dr. Abels’ (University of
Central Florida) article, as well as identify and discuss the current
challenges faced by their respective local governments.
Podcast
Editor, Anne Williamson (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa), is proposing at
least two or more additional podcasts in 2015 from among the following
articles:
·
2014 Special Issue on
“Emerging from the Great Recession” (quite possibly two here)
·
“Research Partnerships:
Bridging the Academic-Practitioner Divide” by Opp et al.
·
“Underfunding
Annual Pension Contributions: Examining the Drivers of an Ongoing Fiscal Phenomenon” by Thom and Randazzo
All eight SLGR Podcasts can be accessed from the State and Local Government Review
website at: http://slg.sagepub.com.
(See attached list)
Young Scholar Outreach
Program
To date, the Young Scholar Outreach Program,
that is designed to assist doctoral students seeking job placements and new
faculty with a position at the instructor, assistant professor, or beginning
associate professor level to get published in academia, is off to an excellent
start. Around twenty people have already
contacted Dr. Scicchitano seeking guidance since the Program was launched in
the Spring of 2014, and three manuscripts originating from the Program have
either been published or awaiting publication in SLGR. They are as follows:
·
“Political Trust in the
American States” by Aaron C.
Weinschenk and David J. Helpap (March 2015, Vol. 47, No. 1 Issue)
·
“Morality Politics and Municipal
LGBT Policy Adoption: A Rare Event Analysis” (March 2015, Vol. 47, No. 1 Issue)
·
“Government by Advice:
Public Participation and Policymaking through Advisory Ballot Measures” by Todd
Ely (June 2015, Vol.47, No. 2 Issue)
Persons having questions or wanting to
participate in the program are encouraged to send an email to SLGR Editor Michael Scicchitano at mscicc@ufl.edu
or call him at (352) 846-2874.
SLGR
Articles: Visibility and Impact
As
evidenced by information and data regularly collected and analyzed by SLGR’s publisher (Sage Publications),
there is growing recognition of the journal as a respected outlet for scholarly
research. Three indicators are most
important in gauging a journal’s success—online usage, article citations in
other journals, acceptance rate of manuscripts.
As
to online usage of SLGR, there are
positive and encouraging signs that scholars (as well as practitioners) are
checking out the journal for useful articles that are relevant for one’s
research. More specifically, information
on downloads of SLGR articles indicates
that full-text downloads of increased from 17,881 in 2012 to 18,921 (a 5.8%
increase) and from 18,921 in 2013 to 19,780 in 2014 (a 4.5 % increase). This importance of these information takes on
added significance since, according to Sage Publications, university librarians
continually monitor statistics on how often a journal is being accessed and use
this information when they make their renewal and cancellation decisions
Detailed Summary of Online Usage Activity
for 2012 – 2014
Online usage statistics
|
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2012
|
Full-text
downloads*
|
2013
|
Full-text
downloads*
|
2014
|
Full-text
downloads*
|
Jan
|
1,100
|
Jan
|
2,082
|
Jan
|
1,246
|
Feb
|
1,325
|
Feb
|
1,568
|
Feb
|
1,713
|
Mar
|
1,394
|
Mar
|
1,471
|
Mar
|
2,249
|
Apr
|
2,190
|
Apr
|
1,906
|
Apr
|
1,956
|
May
|
1,697
|
May
|
1,185
|
May
|
1,363
|
Jun
|
981
|
Jun
|
1,105
|
Jun
|
1,230
|
Jul
|
907
|
Jul
|
1,061
|
Jul
|
1,058
|
Aug
|
1,019
|
Aug
|
1,370
|
Aug
|
954
|
Sep
|
1,547
|
Sep
|
1,883
|
Sep
|
2,284
|
Oct
|
2,862
|
Oct
|
2,386
|
Oct
|
2,405
|
Nov
|
1,773
|
Nov
|
1,723
|
Nov
|
2,072
|
Dec
|
1,086
|
Dec
|
1,181
|
Dec
|
1,250
|
Total
|
17,881
|
Total
|
18,921
|
Total
|
19,780
|
* Full-text downloads include both HTML and PDF
article usage
** Total accesses include: abstract, home page,
and TOC views; searches; and, article downloads
|
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The following chart shows the total number of accesses
to SLGR per month since 2012.
SLGR
is also making noteworthy progress in having the journal’s articles cited by
scholars who publish in other journals.
In the last few years, SLGR articles being cited in Public
Administration Review, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Administration
& Society, American Review of
Public Administration, Canadian
Public Administration, Urban Affairs
Review, Journal of Urban Affairs,
International Journal of Public
Administration, State Politics &
Policy Quarterly, Publius:
The Journal of Federalism, Public
Performance & Management, Urban
Studies, Urban Geography, Policy Studies Journal, and International Journal of Communication
(note the diversity of journals that suggests the multi-disciplinary appeal of
SLGR). This is important because an
increase in citations of SLGR
articles in other journals (but especially, more prestigious ones) can result
in great visibility for and more credence placed in the stature of the journal;
this phenomenon is measured by a statistic referred to as “impact factor.” The estimated impact factor (IF) is
calculated by taking the total number of citations in a given year to journal
articles published in the previous two years, and dividing it by the total
number of articles published in the journal in those same two years. SLGR’s 2013 estimated impact factor was 0.098. In 2014 the journal’s estimated impact factor was
0.192. Therefore, the 2014 IF for SLGR represents a 96% increase from 2013.
The
final important factor in determining a journal’s success and academic
respectability is the acceptance of manuscripts. Here too, SLGR continues to make great
strides. The SLGR acceptance rate is measured by the number of manuscript of
general interest accepted in a given year by the number of those articles
submitted for consideration during the same year. In 2014, SLGR
received 80 manuscripts of general interest, with 8 of those being accepted for
publication.
This results in an acceptance rate of 10%. Over the last decade, the
acceptance rate for SLGR averaged
around 16%. It is worth noting that the
acceptance ratio of SLGR compares
favorably with other journals in the field:
Public Administration Review
(15%), Administrative Science Quarterly
(11%), American Review of Public
Administration (17%), Administration
and Society (20%), and International
Journal of Public Administration (30%).
As
you complete your research projects, please remember that the SLGR website has a very effective search
engine. You can insert key words related
to your research and quickly find relevant articles. This will strengthen
you research as well as increase the visibility of State and Local.
SLGR
Social Media
Our reach, engagement, and mentions
on social media continue to grow each month on Facebook
(facebook.com/SLGReview) and twitter (@SLGReview). To better integrate content
across social media platforms, we launched our blog (slgrjournal.wordpress.com)
with a formal
announcement of the SLGR 2015 Special Issue. We hope this new blog will provide an online venue for more in-depth discussions of SLGR articles and podcasts, including Question & Answer sessions with authors and further interaction between authors, editors, and readers. Please join the SLGR discussion online!
announcement of the SLGR 2015 Special Issue. We hope this new blog will provide an online venue for more in-depth discussions of SLGR articles and podcasts, including Question & Answer sessions with authors and further interaction between authors, editors, and readers. Please join the SLGR discussion online!
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