| The Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), an innovative and successful open access journal on topics related to Internet in health and health care, is looking for one or more experienced copyeditors for scholarly articles. Requirements: - We expect from our copyeditors flexibility, availability, an eye for detail and quality, and speed - Familiarity and experience with AMA Style (American Medical Association Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors. 9th ed. Baltimore, Md: Williams & Wilkins; 1998.) - A sound understanding of how statistics in medicine should be reported is an asset (e.g. How to Report Statistics in Medicine: Annotated Guidelines for Authors, Editors, and Reviewers (Medical Writing and Communication). Thomas A. Lang; Paperback; $39.95) - Ability to deal with Word Documents (in the future possibly also Open Office) - Ability to turn around manuscripts within 2 weeks (ideally less) - Ability to handle on average 3-4 manuscripts per month (sometimes more) - Experience with OJS 2.2 (online manuscript tracking system) is an asset, but not a requirement - Knowledge of XML (NLM-DTD) or even programming skills would be an asset – in this case we would be open to discuss a half-time / full-time position Responsibilities: - edit/clean manuscripts for style and (in particular for non-native writers) language - mark up the document by applying styles - check the completeness and “face validity” of statistical reporting - check references (though we have an automated system to check and match journal references, cited books etc still have to be checked) - archive any cited webpages using WebCite® (http://www.webcitation.org), unless the author has already done so - query and communicate with authors - continuously update our wiki-based style guide and make suggestions for improvements of workflow or styleguide-related processes Please email your hourly rates, 1-2 references (editors/journals you edited for) to Gunther Eysenbach, Editor & Publisher JMIR, University Health Network, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, Toronto, Canada, geysenba at uhnres. utoronto. ca. |
