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dc.contributor.authorGalipeau, Jamesen_UK
dc.contributor.authorBarbour, Virginiaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorBaskin, Patriciaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorBell-Syer, Sallyen_UK
dc.contributor.authorCobey, Kelly Den_UK
dc.contributor.authorCumpston, Mirandaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorDeeks, Jonen_UK
dc.contributor.authorGarner, Paulen_UK
dc.contributor.authorMacLehose, Harrieten_UK
dc.contributor.authorShamseer, Larissaen_UK
dc.contributor.authorStraus, Sharonen_UK
dc.contributor.authorTugwell, Peteren_UK
dc.contributor.authorWager, Elizabethen_UK
dc.contributor.authorWinker, Margareten_UK
dc.contributor.authorMoher, Daviden_UK
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-06T04:36:15Z-
dc.date.available2016-05-06T04:36:15Z-
dc.date.issued2016-02-02en_UK
dc.identifier.other16en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/22940-
dc.description.abstractBackground: Biomedical journals are the main route for disseminating the results of health-related research. Despite this, their editors operate largely without formal training or certification. To our knowledge, no body of literature systematically identifying core competencies for scientific editors of biomedical journals exists. Therefore, we aimed to conduct a scoping review to determine what is known on the competency requirements for scientific editors of biomedical journals.  Methods: We searched the MEDLINE®, Cochrane Library, Embase®, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and ERIC databases (from inception to November 2014) and conducted a grey literature search for research and non-research articles with competency-related statements (i.e. competencies, knowledge, skills, behaviors, and tasks) pertaining to the role of scientific editors of peer-reviewed health-related journals. We also conducted an environmental scan, searched the results of a previous environmental scan, and searched the websites of existing networks, major biomedical journal publishers, and organizations that offer resources for editors.  Results: A total of 225 full-text publications were included, 25 of which were research articles. We extracted a total of 1,566 statements possibly related to core competencies for scientific editors of biomedical journals from these publications. We then collated overlapping or duplicate statements which produced a list of 203 unique statements. Finally, we grouped these statements into seven emergent themes: (1) dealing with authors, (2) dealing with peer reviewers, (3) journal publishing, (4) journal promotion, (5) editing, (6) ethics and integrity, and (7) qualities and characteristics of editors.  Discussion: To our knowledge, this scoping review is the first attempt to systematically identify possible competencies of editors. Limitations are that (1) we may not have captured all aspects of a biomedical editor’s work in our searches, (2) removing redundant and overlapping items may have led to the elimination of some nuances between items, (3) restricting to certain databases, and only French and English publications, may have excluded relevant publications, and (4) some statements may not necessarily be competencies.  Conclusion: This scoping review is the first step of a program to develop a minimum set of core competencies for scientific editors of biomedical journals which will be followed by a training needs assessment, a Delphi exercise, and a consensus meeting.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_UK
dc.relationGalipeau J, Barbour V, Baskin P, Bell-Syer S, Cobey KD, Cumpston M, Deeks J, Garner P, MacLehose H, Shamseer L, Straus S, Tugwell P, Wager E, Winker M & Moher D (2016) A scoping review of competencies for scientific editors of biomedical journals. BMC Medicine, 14, Art. No.: 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-016-0561-2en_UK
dc.rightsThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://​creativecommons.​org/​licenses/​by/​4.​0/​), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://​creativecommons.​org/​publicdomain/​zero/​1.​0/​) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.en_UK
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_UK
dc.subjectBiomedicalen_UK
dc.subjectCompetenciesen_UK
dc.subjectJournalen_UK
dc.subjectScientific editoren_UK
dc.subjectScoping reviewen_UK
dc.titleA scoping review of competencies for scientific editors of biomedical journalsen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12916-016-0561-2en_UK
dc.identifier.pmid26837937en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleBMC Medicineen_UK
dc.citation.issn1741-7015en_UK
dc.citation.volume14en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.contributor.funderElsevieren_UK
dc.author.emailkelly.cobey@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.citation.date02/02/2016en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationOttawa Hospital Research Instituteen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationGriffith Universityen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationAmerican Academy of Neurologyen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Yorken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationPsychologyen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationMonash Universityen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Birminghamen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicineen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationCochrane Centre UKen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationOttawa Hospital Research Instituteen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Torontoen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationOttawa Hospital Research Instituteen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationSideviewen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationCouncil of Science Editorsen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationOttawa Hospital Research Instituteen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000369226700001en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-84956759974en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid577516en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0003-2797-1686en_UK
dc.date.accepted2016-01-20en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2016-01-20en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2016-03-09en_UK
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionVoRen_UK
local.rioxx.authorGalipeau, James|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorBarbour, Virginia|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorBaskin, Patricia|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorBell-Syer, Sally|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorCobey, Kelly D|0000-0003-2797-1686en_UK
local.rioxx.authorCumpston, Miranda|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorDeeks, Jon|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorGarner, Paul|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorMacLehose, Harriet|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorShamseer, Larissa|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorStraus, Sharon|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorTugwell, Peter|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorWager, Elizabeth|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorWinker, Margaret|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorMoher, David|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectProject ID unknown|Elsevier|en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2016-03-09en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/|2016-03-09|en_UK
local.rioxx.filenamegalipeau et al 2016.pdfen_UK
local.rioxx.filecount1en_UK
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