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Journal Editor Webcast Library

Below you will find the first webcasts in our new series for editors, covering a range of valuable topics useful in your work. If there is a subject you would like to see covered, please contact us.

Ethics and Plagiarism in Publishing – What Editors Should Know

Presenter:
Laura Schmidt, Managing Editor, Physica B

A discussion of the challenges journal editors face with regards to ethical issues and plagiarism. Discover the role we play in solving them using tools and resources made available to you by Elsevier.

137 unique views to date.

COPE also has an e-learning course on ethics available, aimed specifically at new editors. Learn more

Finding and Retaining Reviewers

Presenter:
Graham Brumfield, Manager Publishing Services, Health Sciences

Discover new ways to identify and retain the best reviewers in your field; how to motivate them to do a good job and encourage them to repeat review for you.

91 unique views to date.

Your Role as an Editor

Presenter:
Anthony Newman, Publisher, Life Sciences

An introduction to your support teams within Elsevier. Meet the editorial and publishing staff who will help make your job easier and learn more about a number of additional resources at your disposal.

88 unique views to date.

How to be a Successful Editor in the 21st Century

Presenter:
Ursula Culligan, Publisher, Agriculture

An examination of the roles and responsibilities of editors covering topics such as establishing the direction and scope of your journal, managing peer review and engaging with the community.

63 unique views to date.

The Impact Factor and other Bibliometric Indicators

Presenter:
Andrew Plume, Associate Director, Scientometrics & Market Analysis

Love it or loathe it the journal Impact Factor remains a widely-used benchmark by authors to decide which journal to submit to. Whilst we recognize the Impact Factor at Elsevier, we also nurture the idea of using other indicators of journal performance.

70 unique views to date.

You can also view our expanding Editors' Update webinar library containing in-depth discussions on publishing and journal-related subjects

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Short Communications

Are you Eligible for Elsevier’s Ambassador Program?

Find out more about Elsevier's Ambassador Program which offers complimentary access to the SciVerse platform. Learn more

Knowledge Capture and Sharing—Biggerbrains

The new Biggerbrains campaign has just been launched to provide career guidance and advice for early-career researchers. Program Manager, Kuan Juan, explains more... Learn more

Elsevier Peer Review Challenge is Now Open for Entries!

On March 28th, Elsevier launched the 'How do you see the future of peer review?' challenge. We hope that this challenge will help inform the ongoing discussions on peer review. Learn more

Your Paper, Your Way!

Imagine if contributors could submit their papers to a journal without worrying about formatting the manuscript. Kelvin Davies, Editor-in-Chief of Free Radical Biology & Medicine introduces 'Your Paper, Your Way'. Learn more

The Effect of Open Access upon Citation Impact

Does open access publishing increase citation rates? Studies conducted in this area have not yet adequately controlled for various kinds of sampling bias. Learn more

The Merits of Virtual Special Issues

Jean-Claude Kader, Editor-in-Chief of Environmental and Experimental Botany (EEB), suggests that building virtual special issues can be an exciting way for editors to highlight the strengths of a journal. Learn more

Is Reference Formatting Really so Important?

Do you believe that a new approach to references could make our authors’ lives easier? Elizabeth Przybysz would like to hear your views. Learn more

A New Editor’s Thoughts and Impressions

Having been in the deep end of the pool for two months, Phil Martin, Editor for Surface and Coatings Technology, shares some early impressions that may be of interest to other new Editors. Learn more

What is YOUR Journal’s Content Innovation?

At Elsevier, Content Innovation projects like the Article of the Future are all about meeting the change in academic research output...but we can't do that unless you tell us what YOU need. Learn more

Editor Training Webcasts

Learn more about our growing library of useful bite-sized webcasts covering a range of topics relevant to your work as an editor, including ethics, peer review and bibliometrics.

Conferences

Journal Editors' Conference Boston, USA 05.10.12 to 07.10.12

Journal Editors' Conference Amsterdam, The Netherlands (program TBC)
16.11.12 to 18.11.12

Learn more about these forums for dialogue with, and between, our senior editors.