title: Magazine or journal--what is the difference? The role of the monitoring editor.
abstract: Scientific communication, career advancement, and funding decisions are all dependent on research publications. The way manuscripts are handled by high-visibility, professionally edited magazines differs from the way academic journals evaluate manuscripts, using active scientists as monitoring editors. In this essay, I discuss the benefits that come with the involvement of active scientists. I enumerate the decisions a monitoring editor has to make, and how he or she goes about making them. Finally, I indicate ways in which authors can help to make the process a smoother and more positive experience.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA. apb5@cornell.edu
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bretscher
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000592:standards*; D003657:Decision Making; D035081:Editorial Policies; D006801:Humans; D017712:Peer Review, Research / Q000592:standards; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000592:standards*