Interviews

Barbara Gastel (BA, MD, MPH), coordinates the master's degree program in science and technology journalism at Texas A&M University. She has written three books on communicating and teaching science. She has also authored with Robert A. Day the latest editions of "How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper"; published many articles and chapters on writing, editing, teaching, and medical topics; and edited the Council of Science Editors, periodical, "Science Editor....

Edgar Guevara is currently a CONACYT research fellow at CIACYT-UASLP and member of the Mexican National System of Researchers. He has been the technical specialist of a telemedicine project (proinnova 2015-2016) and bilateral cooperation program, Mexico-Quebec (2016-2018). He was a former Associate Professor at Universidad de las Américas Puebla Computing, Electronics and Mechatronics Department. Edgar’s Biomedical Engineering PhD thesis earned a special mention from the jury at École...

Part three of the conversation between Dr. Donald Samulack, President US Operations, Editage, Cactus Communications, in conversation with Dr. Anne Woods, Chief Nursing Officer at WKH, and Shawn Kennedy, Editor in Chief, American Journal of Nursing This vignette has some powerful takeaways for authors from the journal editors’ standpoint. Here, Dr. Samulack, Shawn, and Dr. Woods discuss 5 unethical publication practices that journal editors need to guard themselves against: multiple submission,...

Part two of the conversation between Dr. Donald Samulack, President US Operations, Editage, Cactus Communications, in conversation with Dr. Anne Woods, Chief Nursing Officer at WKH, and Shawn Kennedy, Editor in Chief, American Journal of Nursing In this vignette, Shawn concedes that often journal editors face a problem when authors fail to follow author guidelines or even check if their paper meets the journal’s aims and scope. The next problem is that of authors submitting manuscripts with...

Alvaro E. Migotto is former Director of the Center of Marine Biology (CEBIMar) at the University of São Paulo in Brazil. He received his Doctoral degree in Zoology from the University of São Paulo, where he now serves as an Associate Professor. Alvaro has authored over 70 journal articles, 4 books, 25 book chapters, and several conference proceedings and magazine articles, in addition to contributing to several bibliographic productions. He also participates in certain aspects of policymaking;...

Dr. Donald Samulack, President US Operations, Editage, Cactus Communications, in conversation with Dr. Anne Woods, Chief Nursing Officer at WKH, and Shawn Kennedy, Editor in Chief, American Journal of Nursing This is the first of an interesting series of vignettes where Dr. Samulack, Dr. Woods, and Shawn talk about several aspects of journal publishing, from journal workflow to publication ethics. Here, Dr. Woods fills us in on the range of publications managed by Wolters Kluwer and the scope...

In this interview, Dr. Caven Mcloughlin – Ph.D., Professor, Kent State University, Ohio USA – shares useful advice for researchers at all stages in their academic career. For over 25 years, Caven has been conducting federally funded training programs for interdisciplinary leadership personnel. As a Fulbright Specialist, he also conducts global workshops on academic publishing. Caven has published 100+ research papers and chapters as well as written, edited, or contributed to 10 books. He is...

Dr. Takaaki Kajita, won the Nobel Prize in 2015 (jointly with Arthur McDonald) for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which solved the longstanding and perplexing Solar neutrino problem. Following his graduation at Saitama University in 1981, Dr. Kajita received his doctoral degree from Tokyo University in 1986. He is currently the director of the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR). In addition to the Nobel Prize, Dr. Kajita has bagged several awards for his work, the most recent...

Pippa Smart is the owner of PSP Consulting, a company that offers advice and consultancy services to publishers, journals, and editors across the world. She advises publishers (particularly non-commercial associations) and editors on the development of their publishing programs and journals–particularly on editorial strategy. She also runs customized training on topics such as editorial skills, journal development, and copyright. Following a degree in Publishing and Anthropology from Oxford...

Pippa Smart is an independent research communication and publishing consultant with over 25 years of experience in publishing. She is the owner of PSP Consulting, a company that offers advice and consultancy services to publishers, journals, and editors across the world. She advises publishers (particularly non-commercial associations) and editors on the development of their publishing programs and journals–particularly on editorial strategy. She also runs customized training on topics such as...