Short Abstract

The objective of this workshop is to allow 'young researchers' to question journal editors about the process of submitting articles, responding to referees' reports, and refereeing other authors' papers.

Long Abstract

This panel is aimed at those who are just starting to submit articles or to receive requests to referee papers. The editors of leading journals in Latin American studies will explain briefly what sort of papers they are looking for, how they evaluate articles, how they would advise authors to respond to referees' reports, and how to report on an article by another author, if invited to do so by an editor. After brief introductions from each of the journals present on the panel, the format will be a Question-and-Answer one,