A scoping review of competencies for scientific editors of biomedical journals

BMC Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Galipeau, James ^a   Barbour, Virginia ^b   Baskin, Patricia ^c   Bell Syer, Sally ^d   Cobey, Kelly ^a   Cumpston, Miranda ^e   Deeks, Jon ^f   Garner, Paul ^g   MacLehose, Harriet ^h   Shamseer, Larissa ^a   Straus, Sharon ⁱ   Tugwell, Peter ^a,j   Wager, Elizabeth ^k   Winker, Margaret ^l   Moher, David ^a,k  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^h Cochrane Editorial Unit ^*  (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^k Sideview   (United Kingdom)

^l World Association of Medical Editors   (United States)

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Author keywords

Biomedical; Competencies; Journal; Scientific editor; Scoping review

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSENSUS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EDITOR; ETHICS; EXERCISE; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION; PSYCINFO; PUBLISHING; SKILL; FACTUAL DATABASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PEER REVIEW; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANS; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84956759974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-016-0561-2     Document Type: Article

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