Hello and welcome! This course is designed to help you become a successful editor of a scholarly journal. Whether you are starting your own journal or taking on the responsibility for an existing journal, you’ll find all of the basics covered in this course, as well as pointers toward more advanced topics.
If you work through all of the lessons in this course, you will be able to:
- Perform the major tasks required by an Editor for a scholarly journal
- Analyze and solve common problems that may arise when editing a scholarly journal
- Assist others members of the journal team
- Know where to look for help when you don’t know what to do
Modules
Module 1: An Introduction to the Scholarly Journal
Module 2: Organizing and Setting up the Editorial Office
Module 3: The Editorial Board and Editorial Policies
Module 4: Editorial Role and Responsibilities
Module 5: The Editorial Process
Module 6: The Production Process
Module 7: Managing the Peer Review Process
Module 8: Financial Models for Scholarly Journals
Module 9: Journal Visibility I: Promoting Your Journal
Module 10: Journal Visibility II: Getting Indexed
Module 11: The Journal Editor and the Legal Issues of Publishing
Module 12: Ethical Issues in Editing Scholarly Journals
Module 13: Strategic Planning: A Key to a Successful Journal
Module 14: Facing the Editorial Challenges of New and Small Journals
Let’s get started with Module 1 →
