Outputs (4)

Gatekeepers of knowledge production on higher education: journal editorial board networks and working practices (2025)
Report
Hordosy, R., Vega Castillo, M. A., Brown, E., & Myers, M. (2025). Gatekeepers of knowledge production on higher education: journal editorial board networks and working practices. Society for Research into Higher Education

Executive summary

This research project explored scholarly production and gatekeeping in the field of higher education, building on our earlier work exploring sociology journals (Brown et al., 2025). Throughout the report we present our methodolog... Read More about Gatekeepers of knowledge production on higher education: journal editorial board networks and working practices.

How 'international' are sociology journals? Analysis of stated aims and editorial board networks (2025)
Journal Article
Brown, E., Vega Castillo, M. A., & Hordósy, R. (2025). How 'international' are sociology journals? Analysis of stated aims and editorial board networks. Sociological Research Online, https://doi.org/10.1177/13607804241281455

This article analyses leading international sociology journals regarding the global relations as observed within their aims and editorial boards. As such, it explores the geographies and power relations of knowledge production in the context of socio... Read More about How 'international' are sociology journals? Analysis of stated aims and editorial board networks.

How ‘global’ are sociology journals in the Web of Science database? Exploring journal aims, editorial board networks and authorship (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brown, E., Vega Castillo, M. A., Lee, G., & Hordosy, R. (2023, June). How ‘global’ are sociology journals in the Web of Science database? Exploring journal aims, editorial board networks and authorship. Presented at Department of Sociology Seminar, Durham, UK

A knowledge hierarchy has long been present within the academic community dominated by producers, publishers and journals from western countries (Heilbron, 2014), whilst inequalities in who gets to edit and author have prompted calls for more inclusi... Read More about How ‘global’ are sociology journals in the Web of Science database? Exploring journal aims, editorial board networks and authorship.

How international are sociology journals? – Analysis of aims, editorial boards and gatekeeper networks (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HORDOSY, R., Brown, E., & Vega Castillo, M. A. (2023, April). How international are sociology journals? – Analysis of aims, editorial boards and gatekeeper networks. Presented at British Sociological Association Annual Conference, Manchester

Academic prestige is conceptualised differently based on national context; yet internationally, the notion of "excellence" permeates the global discourse on knowledge production. A knowledge hierarchy has long been present within the academic communi... Read More about How international are sociology journals? – Analysis of aims, editorial boards and gatekeeper networks.