Editorial Board Meeting April 22, 2017 Chicago, IL Editorial Board - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Editorial Board Meeting April 22, 2017 Chicago, IL

Editorial Board Meeting April 22, 2017 Chicago, IL

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Welcome to the Team!!

• You are joining a longstanding publication: JBC was

founded 110 years ago!!!!

• JBC’s scientific coverage is a broad umbrella, but

defined by its focus on the mechanistic underpinnings of biological phenomena... molecular, cellular, tissue... all ok! biochemical, genetic, structural, computational... all ok! genomic, proteomic, biophysical, ... all ok!

• So long as the studies we publish address

significant, mechanistic questions!!!!

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Welcome to the Team!!!!

Lila Gierasch, Editor-in-Chief Fred Guengerich, Deputy Editor Herb Tabor, Co-Editor Nancy Rodnan, Senior Director of Publications Catherine Goodman, Scientific Editor

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Who are your fellow EBMs?

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Who are your fellow EBMs?

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ORIENTATION FOR NEW MEMBERS OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD Welcome and Introductions – Lila Gierasch Who are your fellow EBMs? – Lila Gierasch Introduction to eJournal Press review platform – Fred Guengerich Evaluating manuscripts for JBC – Ruma Banerjee Why publish in JBC – Lila Gierasch Q&A

What’s up today?

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JBC EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS LUNCHEON

[12 – 1:30 Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, Regency Ballroom C]

EBMs have a chance to mingle with Associate Editors and JBC leadership, as well as meeting the fellow new EBMs.

What’s up today?

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What’s up today?

JBC EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS MEETING (new and returning) Welcome and Introductions – Lila Gierasch What’s new at JBC – Catherine Goodman Efforts to improve transparency at JBC – Roger Colbran Editors’ Picks and Highlights – Chuck Samuel Open discussion - Working together for a strong JBC

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JBC publishes the whole story

• JBC prides itself on providing all the experimental details,

all the key protocol descriptions, and all the data... so that a submitted manuscript can be critically reviewed and the resulting paper can be reproduced

• JBC also holds published work to a high standard of data

presentation, in particular images, whether gels or micrographs.

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JBC acts rapidly on manuscripts

• The turn-around time from submission to first decision
• n JBC manuscripts averages 21 days for regular papers,

and 13 for accelerated communications. This is one of the best in class...

• JBC receives between 10 and 20 manuscripts per day...

which then get assigned to an Associate Editor, who then selects reviewers. Typically, these are chosen from your ranks.

• We want you to help us maintain our reputation for

thorough, rigorous, and timely review of manuscripts.

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JBC is on a mission...

JBC is on a mission to enhance its impact and its

• effectiveness. We are describing this mission as having a

goal of facilitating scientific discovery. How?

• Better communication of science: easier submission,

more facile reading

• Enabling readers to more easily discover findings
• Helping scientists share and manipulate data
• Increasing reproducibility

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EBMs carry out the critical review of manuscripts assigned to them; on average a given EBM is assigned 1 to 2 manuscript per month.

• EBMs must act with stringency, fairness,

consistency, author-friendliness, and efficient turnover.

• EBMs must be open to changes and enhancements

to our review process and stay informed about instructions to authors.

What is the role of an EBM?

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• Flag papers that would be of interest to the broader

community (public interest): these may be included in bi-weekly emails, tweets, and other communications.

• Communicate to the assigning AE any issues of concern

with a paper that should be examined by the Manager

• f Data Policy.
• Flag papers that would benefit from editing suggestions

to improve titles and abstracts (in house) or that need editing assistance from an outside service prior to review.

Additional roles of EBMs

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EBMs must nominate top papers to be Editors’ Picks and will occasionally be invited to write EP Highlights.

• EPs provide highly visible publicity for the journal.

EPs promote the journal and showcase its content.

Additional roles of EBMs

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Additional roles of EBMs

• Submit your own best work to JBC!!!!!
• Be ambassadors for JBC at all meetings you attend.
• Make suggestions to improve JBC. Starting today!