On the Social Responsibility of Journal Editors through Gatekeeper Theory

Journal publishing is a kind of selective transmission behavior, which articles can be used is controlled by the journal editor, Journal editor has always played an important role as gatekeepers in the whole process of journal solicitation, preliminary examination,editing and proofreading and publishing.the control process is influenced by the journal positioning, political quality and knowledge level of editor, In a sense, the strength of the gatekeepers consciousness of journal editors directly affected the level of the manuscript, the overall quality of the journal, the performance of social responsibility of the journal as the mass media.