Core competencies for scientific editors of biomedical journals: Consensus statement

BMC Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Moher, David ^a,b   Galipeau, James ^a   Alam, Sabina ^c   Barbour, Virginia ^d   Bartolomeos, Kidist ^e   Baskin, Patricia ^f,g   Bell Syer, Sally ^h,i   Cobey, Kelly D ^a,b,j   Chan, Leighton ^k   Clark, Jocalyn ^l   Deeks, Jonathan ^m   Flanagin, Annette ⁿ   Garner, Paul ^o   Glenny, Anne Marie ^p   Groves, Trish ^q   Gurusamy, Kurinchi ^r   Habibzadeh, Farrokh ^s,t,u   Jewell Thomas, Stefanie ^v   Kelsall, Diane ^w   Lapeña, José Florencio ^u,x,y,z   MacLehose, Harriet ^aa   Marusic, Ana ^ab,ac   McKenzie, Joanne E ^ad   Shah, Jay ^ae,af,ag   Shamseer, Larissa ^a,b   Straus, Sharon ^ah   Tugwell, Peter ^a,b   Wager, Elizabeth ^ab,ai   Winker, Margaret ^u   Zhaori, Getu ^c   more..

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Ottawa Hospital General Campus ^*  (China)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f American Academy of Neurology   (United States)

^g American Academy of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Editorial Methods Department   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^k American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine   (United States)

^l THE LANCET   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ JAMA   (United States)

^o LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^q School of Medical Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^s SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^t Fars Petroleum Industry Health Organization   (Iran)

^u World Association of Medical Editors   (United States)

^v ELSEVIER MASSON   (France)

^w CMAJ   (Canada)

^x UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^y Philippine Association of Medical Journal Editors (PAMJE)   (Philippines)

^z Asia Pacific Association of Medical Journal Editors (APAME)   (Philippines)

^aa Asia Pacific Association of Medical Journal Editors ^*  (United Kingdom)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^ac European Association of Science Editors   (Croatia)

^ad MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^ae PATAN HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

^af Patan Academy of Health Science   (Nepal)

^ag Nepal Medical Association   (Nepal)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^ai Sideview   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Biomedical journal; Core competencies; Delphi; Editor role; Expert consensus; Scientific editor

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; DOCUMENTATION; EDITOR; HUMAN; SKILL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONSENSUS; EDITORIAL POLICIES; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING;

EID: 85029226721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-017-0927-0     Document Type: Letter

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