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=== Executive editor meeting minutes === | === Executive editor meeting minutes === | ||
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:: '''2023-09-07, 11:00 (CET)''' <br> [[Cardoso Luiza HD]], [[Chinopoulos Christos]], [[Cocco Paolo]], [[Garcia-Roves Pablo Miguel]], [[Gnaiger Erich]], [[Kowaltowski Alicia J]], [[Tindle-Solomon Lisa]] | |||
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::: '''Meeting Agenda:''' | |||
::::* Increase submissions: | |||
::::: - EBEC call for papers (non-invited speakers) – full papers (not abstracts) | |||
::::: - Special issues for other meetings | |||
::::: - Follow-up on call for submissions/special topics | |||
::::: - Names of individuals to invite to submit | |||
::::* Executive editor rotation/extension | |||
::::* Other topics? | |||
::: '''Meeting Minutes:''' | |||
::::* Increase submissions ideas: | |||
:::::- Provide incentive for authors, e.g. free/discounted registration or membership | |||
:::::- Focus on reproducibility experiments/confirmatory results | |||
:::::- Make it easy (more flexibility on terminology) | |||
:::::- For special issue for a meeting, will look into possibility for one in Barcelona in Oct (might be out of scope of journal) | |||
:::::- Journal needs more visibility - include slide at end of presentations to promote BEC | |||
:::::- MiP''society'' summer school - have a series of educational papers | |||
::::* Executive editor rotation/extension | |||
:::::- Unanimous vote in agreement with [[Axelrod Christopher L|Christopher Axelrod]] joining as an Executive editor | |||
::::* Other topics? | |||
:::::- Find out about more funding opportunities in EU - Link on EU funding: https://hal-lara.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-04133000/document | |||
:::::- Next meeting to be Jan 2024 | |||
::::* Action points: | |||
:::::- AK: send any information that comes from the meeting in France | |||
:::::- PC/LT/EG: Create ppt slide to circulate to all editors for use. | |||
:::::- PC/LT/EG/LC: prepare email to becboard and authors with updates/minutes | |||
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:: '''2022-11-22, 16:00 (CET)''' <br> [[Cardoso Luiza HD]], [[Chinopoulos Christos]], [[Cocco Paolo]], [[Garcia-Roves Pablo Miguel]], [[Gnaiger Erich]], [[Kowaltowski Alicia J]], [[Tindle-Solomon Lisa]] | :: '''2022-11-22, 16:00 (CET)''' <br> [[Cardoso Luiza HD]], [[Chinopoulos Christos]], [[Cocco Paolo]], [[Garcia-Roves Pablo Miguel]], [[Gnaiger Erich]], [[Kowaltowski Alicia J]], [[Tindle-Solomon Lisa]] | ||
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::: '''Meeting Agenda:''' | ::: '''Meeting Agenda:''' | ||
:::: https://www.bioblast.at/index.php/Editorial_board_participation | |||
:::: https://wiki.oroboros.at/index.php/Peer_review | :::: https://wiki.oroboros.at/index.php/Peer_review | ||
:::: https://wiki.oroboros.at/index.php/Conflict_of_interest | :::: https://wiki.oroboros.at/index.php/Conflict_of_interest | ||
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::::: - Post acceptance “reviews” can be viewed as a conflict of interest and be frustrating for authors. Additionally not a sustainable workload. | ::::: - Post acceptance “reviews” can be viewed as a conflict of interest and be frustrating for authors. Additionally not a sustainable workload. | ||
::::: - Pre-review edits for SI Units, IUPAC and MitoEAGLE terminology done by BEC editorial staff and sent to authors for acceptance. | ::::: - Pre-review edits for SI Units, IUPAC and MitoEAGLE terminology done by BEC editorial staff and sent to authors for acceptance. | ||
:::::: | :::::: · Language should not be edited | ||
::::: - High quality editors should in turn pick high quality reviewers that will catch scientific errors | ::::: - High quality editors should in turn pick high quality reviewers that will catch scientific errors | ||
::::: - Unrealistic to expect every error or ambiguous terminology to be caught | ::::: - Unrealistic to expect every error or ambiguous terminology to be caught | ||
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::::* '''Published open peer reviews''' - Based on below feedback (figure), we will now provide 3 options (to be selected by reviewer in the reviewer form) | ::::* '''Published open peer reviews''' - Based on below feedback (figure), we will now provide 3 options (to be selected by reviewer in the reviewer form) | ||
::::: (1) Published open peer review with name (2) Published open peer review without name (3) No published open peer review. | ::::: (1) Published open peer review with name (2) Published open peer review without name (3) No published open peer review. | ||
::::: Agreed on above. | ::::: Agreed on above. UPDATED to only options (1) and (3) | ||
::::* '''Next meeting''' – frequency and date? | ::::* '''Next meeting''' – frequency and date? |
Latest revision as of 16:27, 7 September 2023
- Bioenergetics Communications is the Open Science journal on bioenergetics and mitochondrial physiology with Living Communications - ISSN 2791-4690
BEC editors
- Visit the the Bioenergetics Communications website for » BEC editorial team
Executive editor meeting minutes
- 2023-09-07, 11:00 (CET)
Cardoso Luiza HD, Chinopoulos Christos, Cocco Paolo, Garcia-Roves Pablo Miguel, Gnaiger Erich, Kowaltowski Alicia J, Tindle-Solomon Lisa
- 2023-09-07, 11:00 (CET)
- Meeting Agenda:
- Increase submissions:
- - EBEC call for papers (non-invited speakers) – full papers (not abstracts)
- - Special issues for other meetings
- - Follow-up on call for submissions/special topics
- - Names of individuals to invite to submit
- Executive editor rotation/extension
- Other topics?
- Meeting Agenda:
- Meeting Minutes:
- Increase submissions ideas:
- - Provide incentive for authors, e.g. free/discounted registration or membership
- - Focus on reproducibility experiments/confirmatory results
- - Make it easy (more flexibility on terminology)
- - For special issue for a meeting, will look into possibility for one in Barcelona in Oct (might be out of scope of journal)
- - Journal needs more visibility - include slide at end of presentations to promote BEC
- - MiPsociety summer school - have a series of educational papers
- Meeting Minutes:
- Executive editor rotation/extension
- - Unanimous vote in agreement with Christopher Axelrod joining as an Executive editor
- Other topics?
- - Find out about more funding opportunities in EU - Link on EU funding: https://hal-lara.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-04133000/document
- - Next meeting to be Jan 2024
- Action points:
- - AK: send any information that comes from the meeting in France
- - PC/LT/EG: Create ppt slide to circulate to all editors for use.
- - PC/LT/EG/LC: prepare email to becboard and authors with updates/minutes
- 2022-11-22, 16:00 (CET)
Cardoso Luiza HD, Chinopoulos Christos, Cocco Paolo, Garcia-Roves Pablo Miguel, Gnaiger Erich, Kowaltowski Alicia J, Tindle-Solomon Lisa
- 2022-11-22, 16:00 (CET)
- Meeting Minutes:
- Editorial board participation guidelines - https://www.bioblast.at/index.php/Editorial_board_participation
- - Rejected multiple editor positions as a conflict of interest
- Meeting Minutes:
- Agreed:
- - Number of reviews expected: No more than 3 declined or unanswered requests/year.
- - Appointment length: 3 years, renew if meets the above criteria. Appointment can be ended earlier if non-responsive/decline to act as editor twice without explanation.
- - Executive editors may invite associate editors without discussion and inform the other members. Once journal more established executives can look at the board member composition and create a strategy to target areas where there is not an editor.
- Conflict of interest policy for editors and reviewers - https://wiki.oroboros.at/index.php/Conflict_of_interest
- Agreed:
- - For editors and reviewers, conflicts should be taken into account before accepting an assignment. Conflicts of interest include joint publications or collaborations within the past 5 years. Publications with a consortium are an exception.
- Peer review process and quality of reviews - https://wiki.oroboros.at/index.php/Peer_review
- - Post acceptance “reviews” can be viewed as a conflict of interest and be frustrating for authors. Additionally not a sustainable workload.
- - Pre-review edits for SI Units, IUPAC and MitoEAGLE terminology done by BEC editorial staff and sent to authors for acceptance.
- · Language should not be edited
- - High quality editors should in turn pick high quality reviewers that will catch scientific errors
- - Unrealistic to expect every error or ambiguous terminology to be caught
- - Stronger signposting to author checklist on what the journal requirements are
- - Editors should desk reject manuscripts that do not talk about bioenergetics
- Published open peer reviews - Based on below feedback (figure), we will now provide 3 options (to be selected by reviewer in the reviewer form)
- (1) Published open peer review with name (2) Published open peer review without name (3) No published open peer review.
- Agreed on above. UPDATED to only options (1) and (3)
- Next meeting – frequency and date?
- Agreed:
- - Every 6 months or upon need.
- Anything else?
- - Look into tracking citations
MitoPedia topics:
BEC