Core competencies for scientific editors of biomedical journals: consensus statement

• DOI: 10.1186/s12916-017-0927-0
• Publication Date: 2017-09-11T06:14:35Z
• Authors: David Moher; James Galipeau; Sabina Alam; Virginia Barbour; Kidist Bartolomeos; Patricia Baskin; Sally Bell-Syer; Kelly D. Cobey; Leighton Chan; Jocalyn Clark; Jonathan Deeks; Annette Flanagin; Paul Garner; Anne-Marie Glenny; Trish Groves; Kurinchi Gurusamy; Farrokh Habibzadeh; Stefanie Jewell-T...; Diane Kelsall; José Florencio La...; Harriet MacLehose; Ana Marusic; Joanne E. McKenzie; Jay Shah; Larissa Shamseer; Sharon Straus; Peter Tugwell; Elizabeth Wager; Margaret Winker; Getu Zhaori
• Keywords: Core competency; Publication; Statement (logic)

Scientific editors are responsible for deciding which articles to publish in their journals. However, we have not found documentation of required knowledge, skills, and characteristics, or the existence any formal core competencies this role. We describe development a minimum set scientific biomedical The 14 key divided into three major areas, each competency has list associated elements descriptions more specific characteristics that contribute its fulfillment. believe these baseline needed perform competently duties editor at journal.