Progressive Moves of the Journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (M&SOM)
Christopher Tang
Vice President, Board Member, Editor, Plenary Speaker, Center Director, Columnist, Op-Ed journalist, Professor
M&SOM is making progressive moves with one goal: To make our OM research community grow stronger, bigger, and faster!
1. M&SOM 20th anniversary special issue is available for free with Open Access. This special issue contains many gems about the future of OM research in many areas (data analytics, healthcare, sustainability, innovation, Industry 4.0, global trades, sharing economy, online platforms, innovations, etc.) that I treasure. You can download all papers for free, see: https://www.informs.org/Blogs/M-SOM-Blogs/From-M-SOM-Journal-Editor/Announcing-the-M-SOM-20th-Anniversary-Special-Issue
2. M&SOM has Increased the number of issues per year by 50%. With the support of our community and the blessing of the INFORMS board, M&SOM has increased the number of issues from 4 per year to 6 per year. With extra 50% space, we can publish more top quality papers without a long wait! See: https://www.informs.org/Blogs/M-SOM-Blogs/From-M-SOM-Journal-Editor/Making-Impossible-Possible-Together
3. M&SOM is committed to provide precise and concise review comments. Beginning Jan 15, 2020, M&SOM is implementing a new general policy in addition to our 2-round-2-reviewer policy. In principle, each reviewer offers 3 major suggestions, and the AE synthesizes all suggestions and provides 4 major comments for the authors to address (when a submission is invited for revision). This way, the final decision can be reached faster. See: https://www.informs.org/Blogs/M-SOM-Blogs/From-M-SOM-Journal-Editor/Review-Less-Progress-More-Revisited-2-2-2-3-3-4
Now, M&SOM is stronger than ever, but we need your support by submitting your papers to M&SOM and by supporting our 1-page review form! By progressing more, our OM community can thrive even faster!
AI Product & Strategy | Author (E-Waste Sustainability & Policy)
5 年Chris, good move! Better late than never. A suggestion: you may think of new issues/sections on the lines of Econ Journal Watch. Or, what if the entire review process is available to all readers, as done by Economics E-Journal? These may be too hard to digest for the OM folks!?
Prof. and Head of Chair of Production and Operations Management at ETH Zurich & Co-founder EthonAI. Member of WEF Future Council and the Shingo Executive Advisory Board. Co-author of "Introduction to Manufacturing."
5 年Chris, thanks for innovating the review process in one of the top OM journals.