Core competencies for scientific editors of biomedical journals: consensus statement

David Moher, James Galipeau, Sabina Alam, Virginia Barbour, Kidist Bartolomeos, Patricia Baskin, Sally Bell-Syer, Kelly D. Cobey, Leighton Chan, Jocalyn Clark, Jonathan Deeks, Annette Flanagin, Paul Garner, Anne-Marie Glenny, Trish Groves, Kurinchi Gurusamy, Farrokh Habibzadeh, Stefanie Jewell-Thomas, Diane Kelsall, José Florencio Lapeña, Harriet MacLehose, Ana Marušić, Joanne E. McKenzie, Jay Shah, Larissa Shamseer, Sharon Straus, Peter Tugwell, Elizabeth Wager, Margaret Winker, Getu Zhaori
BMC Medicine. 2017;15(1):167. doi: 10.1186/s12916-017-0927-0

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.

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0927-0
Keywords
Biomedical Journal
Core competencies
Delphi
Editor role
Expert consensus
Scientific editor
Library Collection(s)
Bias, peer review, and publishing
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