An international survey and modified Delphi process revealed editors' perceptions, training needs, and ratings of competency-related statements for the development of core competencies for scientific editors of biomedical journals

F1000Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2017, Pages

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

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e Council of Science Editors ^*  (United States)

^f AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY   (United States)

^g Editorial Methods Department   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^j LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^l World Association of Medical Editors   (United States)

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Author keywords

Biomedical; Core competencies; Delphi; Journal; Scientific editor; Training needs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CURRICULUM; DELPHI STUDY; EDITOR; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; PUBLICATION; SKILL; STATISTICS;

EID: 85029226944     PISSN: 20461402     EISSN: 1759796X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.12400.1     Document Type: Article

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