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2: Authors… how to capture and keep them
Editors short course2012
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© 2012 Pippa Smart
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EDITOREDITOR
ReadersOwners
AuthorsAuthors
Copyflow
Keep good
authors
Attract good
authorsPeer
review
Editors and publishers
Role of editors
Medical publishing?
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2.1 Copyflow2.1 CopyflowGetting papers Getting papers through the through the systemsystem
??
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Copyflow: it’s a balancing act
Speed Quality Priorities Time Accuracy Checking People … and?
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Problems with copyflow
Too much or too little Deadlines and delays
Inefficient systems / processes
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Technology helps …
Online submission Online tracking and reporting
Make sure it works for you• Capturing the right information• Saving you time• Providing the information you need
… and good practice
Set deadlines• Set schedules• Send reminders!
Keep to deadlines Audit performance
• Monitor your systems
Have fallback plans
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‘peer review is slow, expensive, largely a
lottery, poor at detecting errors and fraud, anti-innovatory, biased, and
prone to abuse.’Richard Smith, BMJ Blogs, 2010
Good practice
Clear guidance Clarity of decision
• Informing them of final decision, sending copies of other reviewer reports?
Thanks (acknowledgement?)
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Who reviews?
How many? Editorial office pre-review? (triage)
• Accusations of bias?
Editorial board?• Accusations of nepotism?
Strangers?• Accusations of unsuitability?
Recommendations from the authors?• (or not the recommendations from authors!)
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… and what do they look for?
“Fit” with the journal mission “Interesting” “novel” And … ?
Alternatively …lightweight review: • “PLoS ONE will … publish all papers that are
judged to be technically sound”
• “Publication [in BMC Research Notes] is dependent primarily on the [article’s] validity and coherence and whether the writing is comprehensible”
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What we know about authors …
What do authors want …
Stamp of authority Journal pecking
order Perceived quality Visibility and
readership Peer recognition
Citation Speed Access Archive Positive publishing
experience
Want to publish more
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Real authors (honest)
ICMJE definition • “An “author” is generally considered to be
someone who has made substantive intellectual contributions to a published study”
• “All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an acknowledgments section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, writing assistance, or a department chair who provided only general support.”
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What I would pay good money for …
Service Quality Communication and information Reliability
To get what I am promised !
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Do you deliver …
How quickly can I get my
article published?
Will publishing here give me
sufficient credit?
Will my peers
read this?
