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Editage Insights works with ISMTE to bring great content to editors in the publishing industry. Once a month, Editage Insights shares the Editor’s Choice article from ISMTE’s member-only newsletter. Here’s a glimpse into ISMTE’s featured article for July.<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n

One of the missions of the ISMTE is to enhance the professional roles of those who manage peer review and Editorial Offices for academic and scholarly journals. As we all know, the definition of our roles and the responsibilities we take on are quite varied from journal to journal. Rosemary Shipton explores this topic and asks the question\u2014Should editors be able to write too?<\/p>\n

Read the full article on the ISMTE website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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