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 Volume 10, Issue 7— August 2017  

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2017 Award Winners
by Phaedra Cress, Thomas E. Gaston, Jan Higgins, and Jennifer Mahar

Article title: "2017 Award Winners"
Authors: Phaedra Cress, Thomas E. Gaston, Jan Higgins, and Jennifer Mahar
Publication date: August 1, 2017
Volume 10, Issue 7, page 2
Article DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18243/eon/2017.10.7.1

Meet the 2017 Award Winners.

Council of Asian Science Editors’ Role in Helping Asian Editors Promote
Their Journals to International Standards
by Sun Huh

Article title: "Council of Asian Science Editors’ Role in Helping Asian Editors Promote Their Journals to International Standards"
Author: Sun Huh
Publication date:  August 1, 2017
Volume 10, Issue 7, page 5
Article DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18243/eon/2017.10.7.2

Article production in Asian countries has paralleled the rapid Asian economic development. However, many journals from Asian countries find it challenging to maintain international publishing standards. Sun Huh describes how the Council of Asian Science Editors is helping.

When Should Reviewers Receive Reminders?
by Noel McGlinchey     

Article title: "When Should Reviewers Receive Reminders?"
Author: Noel McGlinchey
Publication date: August 1, 2017
Volume 10, Issue 7, page 7
Article DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18243/eon/2017.10.7.3

Summary: Peer reviewed journals can’t exist without reviewers, but late reviews are a problem for every editorial office. Noel McGlinchey discusses best practices for communicating with reviewers.

Taming the Feedback Beast: Five Strategies for Freelance
and Technical Editors
by Tracy Majka

Article title: "Taming the Feedback Beast: Five Strategies for Freelance and Technical Editors"
Author: Tracy Majka
Publication date: August 1, 2017
Volume 10, Issue 7, page 10
Article DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18243/eon/2017.10.7.4

Tracy Majka details strategies for dealing with the subjective critiques often received by freelancers.

ISMTE Member Profile: Jennifer Mahar
by Jennifer Mahar

Article title: "ISMTE Member Profile: Jennifer Mahar"
Author: Jennifer Mahar
Publication date: August 1, 2017
Volume 10, Issue 7, page 11
Article DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18243/eon/2017.10.7.5

Meet Jennifer Mahar, winner of the 2017 Ira Salkin Scholarship.

Processes for Inviting Commentaries
by Carolyn Sperry

Article title: "Processes for Inviting Commentaries"
Author: Carolyn Sperry
Publication date: August 1, 2017
Volume 10, Issue 7, page 13
Article DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18243/eon/2017.10.7.6

What’s the best way to invite a commentary on a research article? Managing editors describe their processes.

Project to Poster to PLOS
by Franca Bianchini and Sherryl Sundell

Article title: "Project to Poster to PLOS"
Authors: Franca Bianchini and Sherryl Sundell
Publication date: August 1, 2017
Volume 10, Issue 7, page 15
Article DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18243/eon/2017.10.7.7

The authors describe the procedure implemented to confront the problem of contaminated cell lines at the International Journal of Cancer, as well as the follow up article they published in PLOS Biology.