{"id":3892,"date":"2022-12-02T11:48:12","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T10:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.centre-mersenne.org\/the-editorial-team\/"},"modified":"2023-02-09T14:08:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T13:08:15","slug":"the-editorial-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centre-mersenne.org\/en\/the-editorial-team\/","title":{"rendered":"The editorial team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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When creating a scientific journal, it is essential to set up a capable editorial team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Composing your editorial team<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Different committees are involved in the publication of a scientific journal: the scientific committee, the editorial committee and the reading committee. The choice of people is very important because they will conduct the journal. urthermore, credibility is largely based on the names of the researchers who will compose the scientific committee. A good balance between leading figures and operational people within a team is to be preferred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scientific Committee<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Scientific Committee has an advisory role. It is composed of specialists within the journal’s fields and offers guidelines for the journal: themes, scientific choices, etc. The scientific committee thus guarantees the journal’s quality. The Scientific Committee also reviews and evaluates articles submitted to the journal or proposes reviewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scientific committee must be listed in the journal and show the affiliations of each member.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Editorial committee<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Also known as the editorial board, the editorial committee establishes each policy and carries out all the tasks related to the proper functioning of the journal: reception of submitted articles, organisation of peer reviews, page layout, editing, dissemination, etc. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Reading committee<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The reading committee is made up of experts and ensures the assessment of all articles<\/a> submitted to the journal. The reading committee evaluates the scientific quality of each article and decides on their publication.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Allocating tasks<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The different roles<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Scientific Committee:<\/strong> the members of the Scientific Committee review the articles or propose reviewers. It also decides on the journal’s orientations: themes, scientific choices, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Corrector:<\/strong> the corrector checks the spelling, grammar and syntax of articles. It also ensures compliance to spelling and grammar standards. This role is often performed by the editorial secretary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publishing director<\/strong> : in France, the publisher is, in fact, represented by its director of publication who bears civil and criminal liability for the content published, in the event of press offences under the law of 1881 on the subject of press freedom (defamatory, insulting, racist or xenophobic comments, anti-Semitic remarks, etc.). If the journal is published by a state-owned editor, the legal representative of this publishing organisation is the editor’s publishing director.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Editor<\/strong>: An editor is a person or company that prepares and publishes works in print or digital form. By definition the editor is the one who publishes (i.e. the one who chooses and disseminates the content of a publication), so he is de facto legally liable for all the content that he publishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Layout artist<\/strong>: the layout artist is in charge of the page layout of articles, of the cover page, etc. The layout artists for the Centre Mersenne handle all corrections and layouts in LaTeX format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor-in-chief<\/strong>: the editor-in-chief is responsible of the journal’s conception and production. A journal is usually managed by one or more editors who are in charge of the journal’s strategy and organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guest editor<\/strong>: for a special issue, it is possible to invite a third person to manage the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reviewer<\/strong>:<\/strong> the reviewer is often a member of the scientific committee. He assesses the quality of all submitted articles .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editorial secretary<\/strong> : under the authority of the editor-in-chief, the editorial secretary is in charge of the layout of articles, supervises the editorial process from submission to publication, ensures liaisons with authors, manages corrections… The editorial secretary makes sure that all the necessary files are available, requests all publication agreements…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stages of a peer-reviewed journal<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Following is a diagram which summarises the editorial process of an article in a journal hosted by the Centre Mersenne <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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See the accessible PDF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to define an editorial process<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Defining the editorial process is essential for an efficient editorial workflow. Every single role needs to be clearly defined in terms of responsibilities. Without a clear process, the review is likely to encounter delays and errors. Following is a list of (non-exhaustive) questions to serve as guidelines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n