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Contents

Background

(A checklist for editors beginning a new journal)

Journal set up

  • Domain name (optional)
  • Web design
  • ISSN

Journal information

  • Editorial board
  • Aims and scope
  • Open access statement (if applicable)
  • Peer review model

Staffing

Determine who will be responsible for the following:

  • Editor in chief
  • Recruiting reviewers
  • Desk review of submissions
  • Routing submissions for peer review
  • Communication with authors
  • Copy editing
  • Production of galleys (i.e. PDF or HTML versions of accepted papers)
  • Proofing
  • Assigning articles to issues
  • Reporting (submissions, publication times, etc.)
  • Publicity

Policies and documentation

  • Author submission guidelines
  • Author publishing agreement
  • Peer review guidelines
  • Authorship policy and dispute resolution
  • Research misconduct policy
  • Conflict of interest policy

Workflow information

  • Continuous or by-issue publication
  • Publication frequency and scheduling
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