Becoming an Editor

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 will 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:

  1. Perform the major tasks required of an editor for a scholarly journal
  2. Analyze and solve common problems that may arise when editing a scholarly journal
  3. Assist other members of the journal team
  4. Know where to look for help when you do not know what to do

Course Content

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Module 1: An Introduction to the Scholarly Journal

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Module 2: Organizing and Setting up the Editorial Office

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Module 3: The Editorial Board and Editorial Policies

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Module 4: The Editorial Role and Responsibilities

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Module 5: The Editorial Process

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Module 6: The Production Processes

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Module 7: Managing the Peer Review Process

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Module 8: Financial Models for Scholarly Journals

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Module 9: Journal Visibility I: Promoting Your Journal

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Module 10: Journal Visibility II: Getting Indexed

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Module 11: The Journal Editor and the Legal Issues of Publishing

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Module 12: Ethical Issues in Editing Scholarly Journals

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Module 13: Strategic Planning: A Key to a Successful Journal

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Module 14: Facing the Editorial Challenges of New and Small Journals

One Comment on "Becoming an Editor"

  1. Mazyanga Lucy Mazaba says:
    November 3, 2017 at 2:15 am

    Let me start with the basics. I think this is a good start

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