2021-02-22 OMA Agenda - Board of Trustees (002)

o Determining the types of article submissions to be encouraged, and the structure and word count for each o Oversight of manuscript requirements and submission: ▪ Triage of submissions ▪ Submission flow from the receipt of a submission, to assigning an Associate Editor, to inviting reviewers, to making decisions regarding acceptance, to notification of authors (and preferably reviewers) of whether the article is to be accepted, revised, or rejected ▪ Nature of submission construct (including statement of study subject safety and ethics, informed consent, methodology, statistical requirements, reference style, authors page) ▪ Establishing Abstract structure, body text structure, and stated clinical applicability ▪ Choice of reference format o Training Associate Editors, Editorial Board, and reviewers o Periodic meetings with Associate Editors o Timely management of the manuscript review and decision process o Ability to work with publishing company (Elsevier) o Maintaining a “Firewall” from the Organization (regarding many financial aspects of the journal, such as which pharma companies will be advertising), while maintaining professional cooperation ▪ Editor has ultimate determination what gets published ▪ Editor should have skillset to find ways to work with the society regarding societal position statements It is best to have an Editor-in-Chief, an Executive Editor, and a full team of Associate Editors, Editorial Board members, and reviewers during all stages of a journal ’s lifetime – especially at startup . Editor-in-Chief: Paid principal manager of the journal, who ultimately determines what gets published. The Editor-in-Chief is usually paid by the publishing company (not the medical society). Pay ranges from $70,00 to well over $300,000 per year. Executive Editor: Works in concert with the Editor-in-Chief in the day-to-day management of the journal. Pay range varies and is often less than the Editor-in-Chief. Associate Editors : Unpaid individuals periodically assigned management of submitted articles. Associate Editors are responsible for triaging submitted manuscripts, seeking and inviting reviewers, and making decisions regarding manuscript acceptance, need for revision, or rejection. For organizations the size of OMA, a typical number of Associate Editors at start of a journal would be ~10 Associate Editors. Editorial Board Members: Unpaid experts in the field, who often also serve as reviewers. For organizations the size of OMA, the typical number of Editorial Board members at start of a journal would be ~50 Editorial Board Members. • MYTH: At the start of a journal, the only people needed are an Editor in Chief and perhaps an Executive Editor with only a few Associate Editors.

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