Core Competencies for Scientific Editors of Biomedical Journals: Consensus Statement

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-Thomas; Diane Kelsall; José Florencio Lapeña; Harriet MacLehose; Ana Marusic; Joanne E. McKenzie; Jay Shah; Larissa Shamseer; Sharon Straus; Peter Tugwell; Elizabeth Wager; Margaret Winker; Getu Zhaori

doi:10.1186/s12916-017-0927-0

Core Competencies for Scientific Editors of Biomedical Journals: Consensus Statement

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-Thomas
, Diane Kelsall
, José Florencio Lapeña

Harriet MacLehose, Ana Marusic, Joanne E. McKenzie, Jay Shah, Larissa Shamseer, Sharon Straus, Peter Tugwell, Elizabeth Wager, Margaret Winker, Getu Zhaori

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University of Ottawa
Queensland University of Technology
World Health Organization
American Academy of Neurology
Council of Science Editors
University of York
Cochrane Central Executive Team
University of Stirling
American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
The Lancet
University of Birmingham
American Medical Association
University of Manchester
BMJ
University College London
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Petroleum Industry Health Organization
World Association of Medical Editors
Elsevier
Canadian Medical Association
University of the Philippines
Philippine Association of Medical Journal Editors (PAMJE)
Asia Pacific Association of Medical Journal Editors (APAME)
Cochrane Editorial Unit
University of Split
European Association of Science Editors
Monash University
Patan Hospital
Patan Academy of Health Sciences
Nepal Association of Medical Editors
University of Toronto
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Abstract

Background: Scientific editors are responsible for deciding which articles to publish in their journals. However, we have not found documentation of their required knowledge, skills, and characteristics, nor the existence of any formal core competencies for this role.

Methods: We describe the development of a minimum set of core competencies for scientific editors of biomedical journals.

Results: The 14 key core competencies are divided into three major areas and each competency has a list of associated elements or descriptions of more specific knowledge, skills, and characteristics that contribute to its fulfilment.

Conclusion: We believe that these core competencies are a baseline of the knowledge, skills, and characteristics needed to perform competently the duties of a scientific editor at a biomedical journal.

Original language	English
Article number	167
Pages (from-to)	e167
Journal	BMC Medicine
Volume	15
Issue number	1
Early online date	11 Sept 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0927-0
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 11 Sept 2017

Keywords

Biomedical journal
Core competencies
Delphi
Editor role
Expert consensus
Scientific editor

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Moher, D., Galipeau, J., Alam, S., Barbour, V., Bartolomeos, K., Baskin, P., Bell-Syer, S., Cobey, K. D., Chan, L., Clark, J., Deeks, J., Flanagin, A., Garner, P., Glenny, A. M., Groves, T., Gurusamy, K., Habibzadeh, F., Jewell-Thomas, S., Kelsall, D., ... Zhaori, G. (2017). Core Competencies for Scientific Editors of Biomedical Journals: Consensus Statement. BMC Medicine, 15(1), e167. Article 167. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0927-0

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