Editorial Policy for Preventing and Handling Allegations of Duplicate Publication
Annette Flanagin
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Covert duplicate publication violates the ethics of scientific publishing and may constitute a violation of copyright law. Editors have a duty to inform prospective authors of their policies on ...
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Editorial Quality Review
Annette Flanagin
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
A final editorial procedure that should be a part of every journal’s operation is quality review. After publication, editorial and production staff and advisers should review each issue for content ...
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Editorial Responsibilities, Roles, Procedures, and Policies
Annette Flanagin
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
I believe the editor is the primary source for ethical responsibility among professional publications. George D. Lundberg, MD Coupled with the autonomy and authority that come with editorial ...
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Editorial Responsibility for Acceptance
Annette Flanagin
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Editors should follow consistent procedures to evaluate papers and make decisions regarding acceptance (see , Editorial Responsibility for Manuscript Assessment). Editors should inform authors of ...
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Editorial Responsibility for Manuscript Assessment
Annette Flanagin
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
The editor should establish and maintain procedures and policies for appropriate editorial assessment and decisions to accept, request revision of, and reject mansucripts (see also , Editorial ...
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Editorial Responsibility for Peer Review
Annette Flanagin
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Decisions about manuscripts are made by editors, not peer reviewers. Reviewers offer valuable advice, serve as consultants to the editor, and may make recommendations about a paper’s suitability for ...
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Editorial Responsibility for Rejection
Annette Flanagin
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Rejecting manuscripts may be one of the most important responsibilities of an editor. By rejecting papers appropriately, an editor sets standards and defines the editorial content for the journal. ...
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Editorial Responsibility for Revision
Annette Flanagin
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
The editor’s impartial focus on improving a manuscript faciliates the process of revision. According to Morgan, “in letters requesting revision the editor should use an impersonal tone in ...
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Embargo
Annette Flanagin
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
A news embargo is an agreement between journals and news reporters and their organizations not to report information contained in a manuscript that has been accepted but not yet published until a ...
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Ensuring a Trust Relationship Between Journal Editors, Publishers, and Owners
Annette Flanagin
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
As described by Davies and Rennie, the relationship between editors and publishers/owners is interdependent and must be based on mutual trust. However, there are bound to be uncertainties, concerns, ...
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