# \[LSE Impact blog\] Clique or journal community – Where does accountability lie in editorial decision making?

**URL:** <https://forum.edch.eu/t/lse-impact-blog-clique-or-journal-community-where-does-accountability-lie-in-editorial-decision-making/1208>\
**Category:** Reading Corner\
**Created:** [26 October 2026 12:42 UTC](https://forum.edch.eu/t/lse-impact-blog-clique-or-journal-community-where-does-accountability-lie-in-editorial-decision-making/1208 "2026-10-26T12:42:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [26 October 2026 12:42 UTC](https://forum.edch.eu/t/lse-impact-blog-clique-or-journal-community-where-does-accountability-lie-in-editorial-decision-making/1208/1 "2026-10-26T12:42:01Z")

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Overview of blog (taken from blog introduction):

_Academic journals comprise communities of scholars working on related subjects. This presents a range of potential conflicts of interest. Commenting on two recent studies on editorial impartiality and citation concentrations, **Adam Arian** and **John Sands** consider the downstream effects of conflicts of interest and make the case for greater editorial accountability._

Read the post in full on the LSE Impact blog: [Clique or journal community – Where does accountability lie in editorial decision making?](https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2026/10/26/clique-or-journal-community-where-does-accountability-lie-in-editorial-decision-making/)