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Journal of Critical Care Nursing- Role of Editor
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Role of Editor
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Role of Editor
Role of Journal's Editors
The main role of an editor is to promote scholarship in the specialist field associated with the journal, whilst also promoting the journal as the best journal to publish in. For any journal, the editor will need to encourage new and established authors to submit articles and set up a reliable panel of expert reviewers. Editors are also responsible for offering feedback to reviewers when required and ensure that any feedback to authors is constructive.
Responsibilities of Editor of JCCN
The editor of JCCN will try to be a leader in the specific field of practice underpinning the journal's content as it helps the development of the journal, presence and standing within the international community.
The editor of JCCN is familiar with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) ‘Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors’ that they are large resource on the topic of ethical conduct of journal editors, authors and reviewers. Also, the JCCN encourages its editors to attend in the conferences, seminars and webinars held by COPE, Crossref, DOAJ etc.
In addition, the editors of JCCN make all the decisions regarding accepting or rejecting articles for publication. The JCCN also has some associate editors in order to help the editor in chief with making important decisions. For example, any decision involving unethical practice, will often involve the publisher or their representative alongside the editor and a section editor who has discovered the issue.
To manage the publication side of the journal, the editor of the JCCN have contact with below people on a regular basis:
A) The publisher, B) the authors, C) the reviewers and D) the production team. This latter group will work with the editor to agree which articles to place in each edition, manage proof reading, peer review, online publication and printing process. The production team member dedicated to that editor may also be responsible for communicating with authors and reviewers directly. |
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