Webcast Lecture Series
Publishing High-Impact Meta-Analyses:
An Editor’s Perspective
Dr. Rong Su
April 25th, Noon EDT
Lecture Abstract
Meta-analysis is a useful method to summarize and critically assess the state of knowledge on a research topic. It can also help researchers investigate boundary conditions of theoretical relationships and further test, refine, and build theories. This webinar focuses on the publication process for meta-analyses from an editor’s perspective and ways to maximize the contributions a meta-analysis makes to the field. Dr. Su will discuss characteristics of high-impact meta-analyses that have been published in top-tier journals, share common pitfalls in meta-analysis submissions and reasons for rejection, and highlight recent trends in published meta-analyses.
Meet the Presenter
Dr. Rong Su is an Associate Professor of Management & Entrepreneurship and the Mahoney Fellow at the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business. Her research focuses on individual differences, person-environment fit, career success and career gaps, and quantitative research methods (in particular, meta-analysis, psychometric measurement, and structural equation modeling). Her publications have appeared in top-tier journals including the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management, Psychological Bulletin, and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. They have been cited over 7,000 times, placing her within top 2% most impactful scientists within her subfield every year since 2021. Her work has garnered over $1.9 million in grants to date from funding organizations such as the National Science Foundation (NSF) and has been featured by outlets such as Time and The New York Times. Beyond her own research, Dr. Su currently serves the field as an Associate Editor for Psychological Bulletin, a high-impact journal in the field of psychology for publishing systematic research syntheses and reviews (impact factor = 17.3), and an editorial board member for Journal of Applied Psychology and Psychological Science. She has served as a research consultant for a number of organizations, including the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Army, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). She was recognized as a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) in 2024.
