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Most major science and policy journals publish in and require that manuscripts be submitted in English. Because effective communication improves the chances that a submitted manuscript will be accepted, authors whose native language is not English and who don't have easy access to colleagues who can improve the prose, are at a distinct disadvantage. To reduce this inequity, I am calling for volunteers who are willing to help IBS members polish up the prose in a manuscript that they intend to submit for publication. The target journal need not be Biometrics or the Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics (JABES); the goal is to increase the publication success rate for IBS members irrespective of the intended journal. An author who wants to take advantage of this service would need to prepare a very mature draft of the manuscript; one that is ready to submit once the prose has been polished. The volunteer editor could provide additional input, but editing is the only expectation. To keep the focus on this role, the volunteer editor could not be included as a co-author.
If you are interested in serving as a volunteer editor, please email me (tlouis@jhsph.edu
I'm excited about this initiative and look forward to your response and to its success. And, I welcome any suggestions on how to improve the plan.
Thank you and best regards,Professor Thomas A. Louis, PhD President of the International Biometric Society Department of Biostatistics Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 615 North Wolfe Street, E3545; Baltimore, MD 21205-2179 USA 1-410-614-7838(office); 410-955-0958(fax); 202-494-9331(mobile) tlouis@jhsph.eduhttp://www.biostat.jhsph.edu/~tlouis/
Most major science and policy journals publish in and require that manuscripts be submitted in English. Because effective communication improves the chances that a submitted manuscript will be accepted, authors whose native language is not English and who do not have easy access to colleagues who can improve the prose, are at a distinct disadvantage. To reduce this inequity, I have asked for volunteers who are willing to help IBS members polish up the prose in a manuscript that they intend to submit for publication. The response has been very gratifying and so the program can begin.
The target journal need not be Biometrics or the Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics (JABES); the goal is to increase the publication success rate for IBS members irrespective of the intended journal. To take advantage of this service, you need to be a member of the International Biometric Society and have prepared a very mature draft of your manuscript; one that is ready to submit once the prose has been polished. You should identify the journal to which you plan to submit so that the editor will have the appropriate readership in mind when editing. The volunteer editor can provide additional input, but editing is the only expectation. To keep the focus on this role, the volunteer editor should not be included as a co-author.
To request editing, email either a Word or a LaTex document (for LaTex please include both the LaTex input and a pdf of the composed document) to me at (tlouis@jhsph.edu
I'm excited about this initiative and look forward to its success.
Best regards,
Tom
Professor Thomas A. Louis, PhD President of the International Biometric Society Department of Biostatistics Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 615 North Wolfe Street, E3545; Baltimore, MD 21205-2179 USA 1-410-614-7838(office); 410-955-0958(fax); 202-494-9331(mobile) tlouis@jhsph.edu; http://www.biostat.jhsph.edu/~tlouis/
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