TY  -  JOUR
AU  -  Teixeira da Silva, Jaime A.
AU  -  Dobránszki, Judit
T1  -  Editors moving forward: stick to academic basics, 
maximize transparency and respect, and enforce the rules
PY  -  2018
Y1  -  2018-05-01
DO  -  10.1701/2902.29244
JO  -  Recenti Progressi in Medicina
JA  -  Recenti Prog Med
VL  -  109
IS  -  5
SP  -  263
EP  -  266
PB  -  Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore
SN  -  2038-1840
Y2  -  2026/04/19
UR  -  http://dx.doi.org/10.1701/2902.29244
N2  -  Summary. Despite all that is taking place in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Medicine) publishing, it is undisputable that editors remain the most important gate-keepers of the process. In this paper, we explore why editors need to continue to stick to basic editorial principles and use new digital technologies only to fortify the content, but not to substitute for its quality. To achieve this, in an age of multiple checks and balances, editors have to be carefully vetted and held as accountable as the authors that they screen. Short-cuts could have very negative and unintended consequences for that journal. A journal that suffers reputational damage might struggle to recover trust in its readership, and thus, at the risk of sounding cliched, it is better to prevent reputational damage than to cure it. The only way to avoid this is for editors to evolve and adapt to an increasingly critical post-publication movement that is demanding more transparency and accountability from the scientific base and from society, especially where research is publicly funded.
ER  -