Lean Construction Journal Editors’ Note: 2022 Issue
2022
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Authors: Tariq Sami Abdelhamid, Katherine Copeland
Citation:
Abdelhamid, T., & Copeland, K. (2022). Lean Construction Journal Editors’ Note: 2022 Issue. In Lean Construction Journal pp. i-iv.
Abstract:
The published papers in the 2022 LCJ issue, similar to those in previous issues, are the ones that underwent and successfully completed an iterative double-blind peer review process resulting in a wonderful and enriching exchange between author(s), reviewers and editors. The review process is intended to make sure that a manuscript outlines a convincing argument for how the work leads to a contribution to knowledge. To get a sense of what each paper has to offer, we encourage starting with the structured abstract section. A synopsis, or the cliff notes, of each paper is provided in this section. For some, the insights provided will suffice. For academic and practitioner scholars, the abstract section will be an invite to get into more details for their own research.
Since the inaugural issue of LCJ, we have decided against providing the typical paper-by-paper editorial summary. This is because our authors have spent the time and effort to summarize their work in the structured abstracts as well as detail it in the manuscripts. We would like the LCJ readership to make their own conclusions. Any summary we write will reflect our experience of each manuscript going from initial submission to final publication. We don’t believe our role as editors is to write such intermediated narratives.