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Editing a Scholarly Journal: Getting Started

This guide serves as a resource for editors of scholarly journals.

What It Means to Edit a Journal

What is the role of a journal editor?

Council of Scientific Editors

Editors of scientific journals have responsibilities toward the authors who provide the content of the journals, the peer reviewers who comment on the suitability of manuscripts for publication, the journal’s readers and the scientific community, the owners/publishers of the journals, and the public as a whole.

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Library Services and Resources for UNLV Editors

Scholarly Communication & Data Services offers several services relevant to editors. Check out our other guides designed to support researchers at various points of the research and publishing.

Scholarly Communication Guides

Credit and Resources Used to Create this Guide

Portions of this guide were based on other library's guides supporting journal editing and related topics. In particular, we acknowledge the following guides:

Resources for Editors of Scholarly Journals, Marianne Reed, University of Kansas Libraries

Open Access at UT Austin, Colleen Lyon, University of Texas Libraries

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