To submit an article, please click here to contact the editor.  

 August 2021

The Early-Career Special Issue

by Lindsey Brounstein, American Gastroenterological Association and Colin Trumbull, J&J Editorial

Publication date: August, 2021
Volume 14, Issue 5, page 2
Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.18243/eon/2021.14.5.1

Lindsey Brounstein and Colin Trumbull share a summary of some of their favorite previously published articles which have been updated with added commentary from the original authors, with the hope that while these articles are broadly appealing, that they will be particularly interesting to our early career members at ISMTE.

Author Management: Where and Why It Matters for  Your Journal

Publication date: August, 2021
Volume 14, Issue 5, page 4
Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.18243/eon/2018.11.2.4

This article by Danielle Padula discusses optimizing a critical part of ensuring the health of a journal: the author experience. The article explores areas which journals should pay particular attention to while undertaking this process and provides a great look for those of us working to strengthen our understanding of the role we play and the best practices we ought to be mindful of in this process.

Publication date: August 2021
Volume 14, Issue 5, page 6
Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.18243/eon/2019.12.11.3

This article by Bonnie Ponce provides an in depth, and practical overview of four guidelines to assist in onboarding and transitioning a new Editor onto a project. This article is hugely beneficial to anyone working in an Editorial Office, while also providing incredibly useful information for a new professional who may have never trained or onboarded an Editor before.

Publication date: August 2021
Volume 14, Issue 5, page 11
Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.18243/eon/2019.12.2.4

Although Meghan McDevitt wrote this article more than two years ago, the issue of transparency and reproducibility in scholarly publishing is more important than ever. Editorial office staff, specifically those in medical publishing, will find useful information about implementing policy changes surrounding reporting guidelines.

Publication date: August 2021
Volume 14, Issue 5, page 14
Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.18243/eon/2019.12.2.5

This article by Monica Leigh provides a helpful overview of the basics of working with image files. Whether you’re making sure images are ready for publication or helping an author export high-resolution figures for their submission, this article is a must-read.

Publication date: August 2021
Volume 14, Issue 5, page 16
Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.18243/eon/2018.11.2.5

This article by Jodi Harrell gives us a summary of a panel discussion from the RTP Area Local ISMTE group meeting designed to provide a closer look into the perspective of a researcher for those working within the industry who might not have had much exposure to their world outside of publishing

Publication date: August 2021
Volume 14, Issue 5, page 17
Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.18243/eon/2019.12.6.3

This article by Lindsey Brounstein highlights the useful feature of converting a data set into a table using Microsoft Excel. Why spend several clicks adding filters, formatting, and totaling rows when Excel will do all of that for you with just one click?

Production Services Provided by: