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Magazine or journal—what is the difference? The role of the monitoring editor

Scientific communication, career advancement, and funding decisions are all dependent on research publications. The way manuscripts are handled by high-visibility, professionally edited magazines differs from the way academic journals evaluate manuscripts, using active scientists as monitoring edito...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bretscher, Anthony
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society for Cell Biology 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3608498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23533210
http://dx.doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E12-12-0899
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Sumario:Scientific communication, career advancement, and funding decisions are all dependent on research publications. The way manuscripts are handled by high-visibility, professionally edited magazines differs from the way academic journals evaluate manuscripts, using active scientists as monitoring editors. In this essay, I discuss the benefits that come with the involvement of active scientists. I enumerate the decisions a monitoring editor has to make, and how he or she goes about making them. Finally, I indicate ways in which authors can help to make the process a smoother and more positive experience.