Those activities are likely to remain the mainstay of the work
scientific journal editors do, even as new technologies alter the job in significant ways.
Scientific journal editors must be able to read and understand the scientific literature in their fields, so a Ph.D. in the field of interest is required.
I'm really excited about the idea of merging two of my interests, but I can't seem to find a lot of information online regarding the procedure involved in becoming
a scientific journal editor.
I would like to know how to prepare specifically for a career as
a scientific journal editor.
Not exact matches
The impossibility of specifying explicit rules is one of the reasons why
editors of
scientific journals and panels awarding research grants must have considerable discretionary power in evaluating new ideas.
Interview with Jason Fung, chief of the department of medicine at Scarborough General Hospital on the board of directors of Low Carb Diabetes Association and the
scientific editor of the
Journal of Insulin Resistance, chatting about why calorie counting doesn't work, how to lower insulin levels, and intermittent fasting to encourage fat burning.
Third, acknowledging that some of the blame for the biased and one - sided media reporting on head injuries rests with some members of the
scientific community who issue one - sided press releases and feed cherry - picked results about their findings to selected members of the media, the authors look to a day when the «harsh division and polarization» in the research community (an almost inevitable byproduct, unfortunately, of the intense competition for grant money in Concussion, Inc.), gives way to greater collaboration among researchers and a more «cordial discourse» between scientists via letters and responses to
journal editors and back - and - forth debates at large academic conferences.
He is principal investigator of the
Scientific Leadership Team of the 2015 British Election Study and is joint
editor of the
Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties.
This is the Rebuttal Letter that you send to the
editor of the
scientific journal detailing how you addressed the changes suggested by the reviewers.
Soon after she became deputy news
editor (and later, news
editor) for the
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, a scientific journal published by Oxford University
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, a
scientific journal published by Oxford University
journal published by Oxford University Press.
I have advocated before that one way to mitigate problems with null - hypothesis significance testing is for
editors of
scientific journals to employ «results blind» decision making in determining whether to publish and make it be known that they are doing so.
Policies and procedures for handling these cases will continue to evolve, and she offered some solutions that were discussed at a recent
Journals Summit convened by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, but in the end, she emphasized, «the
editor's paramount concern should be for the integrity of the
scientific record.»
► «The involvement of [online communities in discussions about suspect publications and possible research misconduct] has made the standardization of processes to address allegations more complex and has led to less patience from the
scientific community and the public with what are often long timelines in institutional misconduct investigations,» Science
journals Editor - in - Chief Marcia McNutt wrote in an editorial in this week's issue of Science.
I am frequently asked what in my background qualifies me for a job as the managing
editor of a
scientific journal.
Shortly after I reached this new state of self - awareness, I took a position as acting managing
editor with an online, peer - reviewed
scientific journal called Conservation Ecology.
Most people learn «by doing,» says Dario Sambunjak, a senior
editor at the Croatian Medical
Journal (CMJ) and research fellow in education and
scientific method at Zagreb University School of Medicine in Croatia.
The three
editors (Frances Brodsky, University of California, San Francisco), Mark Marsh (University College London), and Sandra Schmid (The Scripps Research Institute)-- who retain responsibility for making the
scientific decisions — realized that the
journal could not be successful without someone with the appropriate
scientific background to handle the
journal's daily operation.
A recent survey by the charity Sense About Science revealed that more than 1 in 3
editors of
scientific or medical
journals have refused material for fear of a libel suit.
Like
journal editors, medical writers need to understand highly technical
scientific material, so they usually have an advanced degree in science, most often a Ph.D..
Dr. Bruce Alberts,
Editor - in - Chief of Science, Dr. Elias Zerhouni, Chief
Scientific Adviser of AAAS's new
journal Science Translational Medicine, and Dr. Ahmed Zewail were named to serve as the country's first science envoys as part of President Obama's U.S. Science Envoy Program.
On 25 February 2002, a group of prominent academic and industrial scientists, funders, and
journal editors gathered at the National Academy of Sciences headquarters in Washington, D.C., to discuss the sharing of
scientific data and materials.
The event initiated a dialogue on the topic in the community of peer - reviewed
journal editors and led to guidelines on dealing with ghostwritten articles that are now embraced by many — though not all —
scientific journals.
An article in The Chronicle of Higher Education points out that the
editors - in - chief of two other prominent
scientific publishers, Nature Publishing Group and Elsevier, declined to sign the letter, although they agreed that
journal impact factors shouldn't be used to evaluate individual scientists.
Here, we describe the challenges and changing roles of science
journal editors as they embrace digital technologies in their efforts to stay abreast of
scientific trends and controversies.
Scientific vigilantes and
editors of prestigious
journals may exhibit too much crucifying zeal.
The book also urges researchers not to publish the same work in more than one
journal or to slice it into several papers to increase their publication count, because doing so is an improper use of reviewers and
editors» time and dilutes the value of the
scientific literature.
Andrea Korte / AAAS Jeremy Berg, the new
editor - in - chief of the Science family of
journals, brings to his role what he calls an «eclectic
scientific background...
Weil also serves as
editor in chief of a two - year - old
scientific journal, Integrative Medicine, which examines research on acupuncture, homeopathy, chiropractic therapies, and herbal remedies.
In Tips for Publishing in
Scientific Journals, Science Deputy
Editor Katrina Kelner takes a peek into the publishing process and offers nuts - and - bolts advice on how to get your research into print.
«Without publishing, [it is as if] you haven't done anything, because
scientific articles are the most important measure of
scientific achievement,» says Ana Marušić,
editor - in - chief of the Croatian Medical
Journal and president - elect of the Council of Science
Editors.
Council of Science
Editors, White Paper on Promoting Integrity in
Scientific Journal Publications.
He is an
editor for Tissue Engineering
Journal Parts A, B, C and BioMed Research International Orthopedics as well as a
scientific editor for eCM
Journal and an organizer for their yearly conference.
The committee acknowledged that policing publications for research integrity was not the job of peer reviewers but noted that reviewers do sometimes bring possible instances of
scientific misconduct to the attention of
journal editors.
Last January a group of 32
editors and publishing officials, most from prominent life - science
journals, met in Washington, D.C., to consider whether some
scientific papers might be too dangerous to publish.
He has been involved with many
journals in his field, serving as a founding
editor and associate
editor of Immunity, associate
editor of Cell, and co-chief
scientific advisor for Science Immunology.
«Progress in genomic research has already begun to transform modern medicine,» said Tracey DePellegrin, executive
editor of G3, which, like its sister
journal GENETICS also published by Genetics Society of America, promotes full data sharing and dissemination for
scientific reseachers, «and this progress is contingent on scientists being able to access the genomic sequences, now available through dbGaP.
The paper was chosen by the American Chemical Society
journal as an ACS
Editor's Choice for its potential
scientific and broad public interest when it initially published online.
In an earlier report on 10 December, the The Times noted how Britain's libel laws were also influencing the decisions of
scientific journals, quoting British Medical
Journal Editor Fiona Godlee:
Prepared by the International Committee of Medical
Journal Editors, it lays out the ethical standards that should govern
scientific publication.
She is the guest
editor of a new themed issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, the oldest
scientific journal in the world, that focuses on an interdisciplinary approach to human evolution.
After all, it is typically an anonymous, volunteer effort for which scientists receive nothing more than thanks from
journal editors and the good feeling of contributing to the
scientific community.
With a tweet yesterday, an
editor of
Scientific Reports, one of Nature Publishing Group's (NPG's) open - access
journals, has resigned in a very public protest of NPG's recent decision to allow authors to pay money to expedite peer review of their submitted papers.
Most
scientific journals rely on volunteer
editors and peer reviewers to operate.
Blessed be the
editors of
scientific journals who knew that no article is comprehensible, so they asked their writers to provide, à la Spaceballs, «the short, short version.»
But according to Michaels, most of these federal agencies lack even the most rudimentary tools that a medical
journal editor would use to assess the quality and
scientific integrity of industry - funded research.
May it serve as a warning not only to policymakers, but also to researchers, clinicians, peer reviewers,
journal editors, and journalists of the need to consider the harm to
scientific credibility and public health when dealing with studies funded by food companies with vested interests in the results — and to find better ways to fund such studies and to prevent, disclose and manage potentially conflicted interests,» writes Marion Nestle, Ph.D., M.P.H., of New York University, in a related commentary.
Bill is
editor - in - chief of the
journal Neuropsychopharmacology and a member of the
Scientific Advisory Board for Autism Speaks.
In addition to serving on many editorial boards of
scientific journals, he is currently the senior
editor for Neuropsychiatric Genetics, a section of the American
Journal of Medical Genetics and President of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics.
Editor in Chief of the
journal Small GTPases, and on the editorial boards of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Journal of Molecular Medicine, PLoS One, Scientific R
journal Small GTPases, and on the editorial boards of Molecular and Cellular Biology,
Journal of Molecular Medicine, PLoS One, Scientific R
Journal of Molecular Medicine, PLoS One,
Scientific Reports.
He is also a
scientific editor for The Astrophysical
Journal and is actively involved in public outreach and education.