Abstract: Former Science Signaling Editor, Nancy R. Gough, Ph.D., provides insights from her more than 17 years as an editor of a multi-disciplinary journal. Starting with a look at the life of an editor, the presentation then continues with a discussion of the importance of audience, cover letters, and accessible presentation in drafting a competitive manuscript for publication. With practical writing tips, this talk will help any scientist be a better science communicator.
Presentation Outline
- Scientific Editing as a Career
- Current Position
- Life at AAAS
- Life before Deadlines
- Life as a Research Journal Editor
- Life as a Secondary Literature Journal Editor
- Other Tasks Editors Do
- You Will Love Editing If
- You Will Hate Editing If
- Editor Skin
- The Best and Worst Parts of Editor Life
- What Hiring Managers Seek
- Career Trajectory
- Effective Science Communication
- 5 Golden Rules
- Audience
- Think Like an Editor
- Think Like a Reviewer
- The Power of the Cover Letter
- The Importance of the Title and Abstract
- Practical Writing Tips
- Samples
- Titles: From Expert to Broad Audience
- Titles: From Oversold to Accurate and Precise
- Titles: From Confusing to Clear
- Abstracts: Long and rambling to telling a coherent story
- Abstracts: Long and methodologically dense with jargon to shorter with a clear message
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