Core competencies for scientific editors of biomedical journals: consensus statement

Scientific editors are responsible for deciding which articles to publish in their journals. However, we have not found documentation of their required knowledge, skills, and characteristics, or the existence of any formal core competencies for this role. We describe the development of a minimum set...

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Published in:BMC medicine 2017-09, Vol.15 (1), p.167-167, Article 167
Main Authors: Moher, David, Galipeau, James, Alam, Sabina, Barbour, Virginia, Bartolomeos, Kidist, Baskin, Patricia, Bell-Syer, Sally, Cobey, Kelly D, Chan, Leighton, Clark, Jocalyn, Deeks, Jonathan, Flanagin, Annette, Garner, Paul, Glenny, Anne-Marie, Groves, Trish, Gurusamy, Kurinchi, Habibzadeh, Farrokh, Jewell-Thomas, Stefanie, Kelsall, Diane, Lapeña, Jr, José Florencio, MacLehose, Harriet, Marusic, Ana, McKenzie, Joanne E, Shah, Jay, Shamseer, Larissa, Straus, Sharon, Tugwell, Peter, Wager, Elizabeth, Winker, Margaret, Zhaori, Getu
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Language:English
Subjects:
Biomedical journal
Biomedical Research - methods
Consensus
Core competencies
Correspondence
Councils
Delphi
Delphi method
Editor role
Editorial Policies
Editorials
Editors
Ethics
Expert consensus
Humans
Knowledge
Officials and employees
Periodical editors
Periodicals as Topic
Practice
Publishing
Science
Science publishing
Scientific editor
Skills
Stakeholders
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Summary:Scientific editors are responsible for deciding which articles to publish in their journals. However, we have not found documentation of their required knowledge, skills, and characteristics, or the existence of any formal core competencies for this role. We describe the development of a minimum set of core competencies for scientific editors of biomedical journals. The 14 key core competencies are divided into three major areas, and each competency has a list of associated elements or descriptions of more specific knowledge, skills, and characteristics that contribute to its fulfillment. We believe that these core competencies are a baseline of the knowledge, skills, and characteristics needed to perform competently the duties of a scientific editor at a biomedical journal.
ISSN:1741-7015
1741-7015
DOI:10.1186/s12916-017-0927-0