STORRE

1) Background: Consumers’ response to threat is an important topic and needs further exploration, especially in times of Covid-19 pandemic. This paper contributes towards widening its understanding from the perspective of consumers’ purchase behaviour in the context of convenience stores. It adds to the debate on the influence of the Covid-19 threat and all unprecedented pandemic circumstances (exogenous and endogenous impacts) on consumers’ purchase routines and habits. 2) Methods: This st...

First paragraph: In recent years, sustainability has been high on societal, political and policy agendas. It is a topic that is very emotive and which generates impassioned views. The information polity, academia more generally and the publishing business are all embroiled in these futures and have a role to play in ensuring resilient social outcomes, both in relation to environmental sustainability and also organisational and societal sustainability. As Editors-in-Chief, we would like to ind...

First paragraph: The COVID-19 pandemic has confronted society with a range of issues, dilemmas and challenges. One topic that has attracted considerable attention has been trust in science. Whilst a majority of people have shown great faith in scientific work and have applauded the arrival of a vaccine that has been realized through scientific endeavor, a significant minority has also challenged the opinions of scientists and the reliability of their research findings. This minority argues th...

First paragraph: All academics know that discussions about the order of authorship for a published paper can be quite complicated and even fraught. Who is the first author? What is the sequence for the others? Should all members of a research team be included, even if they have contributed little to the drafting of a paper? And, where scholarly careers are shaped by the ability to publish, these decisions become critical. These discussions are sometimes resolved easily, but they may also resu...