@article{bibcite_7736, keywords = {Biomedical Journal, Core competencies, Delphi, Editor role, Expert consensus, Scientific editor}, author = {David Moher and James Galipeau and Sabina Alam and Virginia Barbour and Kidist Bartolomeos and Patricia Baskin and Sally Bell-Syer and Kelly D. Cobey and Leighton Chan and Jocalyn Clark and Jonathan Deeks and Annette Flanagin and Paul Garner and Anne-Marie Glenny and Trish Groves and Kurinchi Gurusamy and Farrokh Habibzadeh and Stefanie Jewell-Thomas and Diane Kelsall and Jos{\'e} Florencio Lape{\~n}a and Harriet MacLehose and Ana Maru{\v s}i{\'c} and Joanne E. McKenzie and Jay Shah and Larissa Shamseer and Sharon Straus and Peter Tugwell and Elizabeth Wager and Margaret Winker and Getu Zhaori}, title = {Core competencies for scientific editors of biomedical journals: consensus statement}, abstract = {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.}, year = {2017}, journal = {BMC Medicine}, volume = {15}, pages = {167}, month = {2017-09-11}, issn = {1741-7015}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0927-0}, doi = {10.1186/s12916-017-0927-0}, language = {en}, }